Free Download Light Rays [UPD]
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Thanks to the new 1.2.0 mechanics, you're allowed to make stuff GLOW! To top that, you're also allowed to ONLY render the glow, but not the item itself. So by making a gradient texture that goes from white to transparent, you can mimic the so said "light ray".
You would position the gradient texture where you want the light ray to be, open the graphics tab and tick on the glow and the only render glow option. Then you'd open up your render settings and tweak the raduis and intensity (i recommend you keep the intensity high, so you have a wider range of intensity options available to you). Your object should look pretty bright, so change it's glow color in the color settings - simply make it darker. Then add some lighting and camera effects and you're all done!
The light rays layer I made differently, not as per details given in tutorial.
I created a new pixel layer and used a brush from "sprays and splatter" drop down
menu. White colour was selected for the brush. Made 10 to 15 clicks without dragging
the mouse. This layer was then used for the zoom blur as per procedure given in the videos.
Before we get started, right-click on the Layer you create the rays on and select Convert to Smart Object. This will allow us to add Filters and effects to the Layer while being able to go back and adjust the settings at any time.
The Radial Blur dialog will open. Set the Blur Method option to Zoom. Now you can set a single point where the blur effect will originate from. This should be positioned over the light source in the image.
The area we painted and blurred is going to be our light ray template that we can load into a Layer Mask of a Levels Adjustment Layer. The Levels Adjustment Layer will be what actually creates the final light effect.
Levels allow you to adjust the highlight and shadow information in an image or Layer. Additionally, you can target specific color channels to adjust as well. This is what will allow us to shift the white lines to a warmer tone.
Then do the same but on the Green color channel. Feel free to switch between the two as much as you need to dial in the right look. The color should match the color of the lighting in the image as much as possible.
You could use this to have light entering the windows of the detailed building you posted before. The next thing I would like to have for this lighting technique is to have dust particles floating in the air.
For the light, keep the emission high and the radius small. Large lights create soft shadows and small lights create sharp shadows. The volume scatter needs small but powerful lights to cast long shadows.
You can tweak it just a little more by going to the distort tab and use perspective to widen the rays a little bit as you get away from the window. Instead of the rays being in a constant width channel. Don't go overboard, just slightly.
It is 60 foot closer to the sun and in a south facing garden to the rear of the house (modern extensions you know) I guess the rays are a little bright, but I'm blaming that on having a white ceiling
You can just reduce transparency NN. My point to you would be to pay careful attention to depth. Look at where the 2 skylights are in the room compared to where the light ends up. I would try to end them on and around that bowl of fruit. Square it off with the far edge of the door on top of the counter near us on the vertical, and then square off with the countertop on the horizontal. Do both before applying fading process.
Yes I like that better. Have you considered fading the light 'beam' intensity as the beam extends into the room? I.e foreground beam has edges as sharp at the bottom as the top. Shouldn't it be more diffuse at the bottom?
Hello, is there any update on such a stage lights?
I am trying to create visible light beams from vray Spot Lights adding Environment Fog. However, as light beams are visible from the sun, nothing is happening for the spot lights. (scene is inside the building)
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You can do it.
Remember to set the spot light intensity to lumens and big value and set decay to inverse square for a phisically correct result
While sitting in a room, there was a ray of light coming in through a small opening in the window. I tried my best, to capture the light ray, against the contrasting darkness in the room, but I failed. I have tried to take such a picture outside too, in woods, where light rays were coming in through think growth of trees, but the capture was not at all what I have seen in pictures of similar situations.
Once the effect of the ray is visible in the air, you can easily photograph it. It will be more visible if the background is dark, so you may need to adjust the exposure, or use manual settings so that the camera doesn't expose to make the background light.
Depending on the range of light in the scene you might be able get both the light and the room within tolerable limits, but it is likely that the room will be very dark. If that's the case you could use a tripod and take two exposures, for the room and light ray, and blend them in post processing.
Etched in my mind are scenes like Afternoon Chat by Fan Ho or Grand Central Terminal by Hal Morey. The scenes is interesting in itself. However, it is the dramatic shafts of light that contribute to the striking beauty of the portrait.
I love to dream about how this light must have been a regular occurrence in olden days, when cities were filled with smog and buildings were thick with smoke from cigarettes. I imagine these are the environments in which Fan Ho and Hal Morey created their beautiful pieces of work.
Through windows, look for hard light creating harsh shadows on floors and walls. Note how the light changes around your house, depending on the time of day and season. Capturing this type of dramatic light will be easier towards the start or end of the day, when the sun is lower and will be shining directly through your windows.
There are many ways to create the haze that helps to capture these beautiful light rays. For these images, I used a little fog machine which I bought from a local homeware store for $40. These machines give off quite a bit of smoke fairly quickly. Because of this, I let it puff away with the door shut for a while and then wait for the wispy smoke to settle into a soft haze. Once I am happy with the haze, I ask the kids to come in and play!
Burned food, accidentally or intentionally, will also create a similar look! Make some pancakes, burn toast or sizzle some bacon in the morning and watch as the stunning early light of the day is captured in shafts of hazy light.
Play around with different patterned net curtains/fabric in front of the window. Venetian blinds with thin strips will give a different effect to the wide slats on my plantation shutters. One large window with no inner grid will produce one large shaft of light, spotlighting your subject.
Thank you Amy! I saw this article on Pinterest and it took me to this page! I am so glad I clicked to it! Your work is beautiful and heart warming! I felt drawn in to your home, like I was actually there! Thanks for the mini vacation lol. I love dramatic light and shadow in photography. never thought of using a fog machine. Thanks again for sharing! Best Wishes from San Diego, Ca USA
The Black Dragon Viewer has a feature called God-Rays. NiranV does some nice shots using those light rays. But, he wrote the computer code that makes the rays. So, I expect him to know how to use the feature. I keep meaning to try it and never get around to it.
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