vehicle), I am making an animation of a room which has hanger-type
doors opening and I want to make a warning light which flashes when
the doors open, By Peter Borcherds.
I finally got my revolving light figured out. For those who are
interested here's how I did it.
In the detail editor I made a reflector object (colored black),
and moved the axis to the bottom as a pivot point. I added an axis,
which I made a light (point, round shape, R = 400, G = 0, B = 0).
/ / x <- light (x)
| reflector |
\ \ (something like that....)
I grouped these two objects to enable them to revolve together.
I made a glass cover, and a bulb (R = 255, G = 0, B = 0, set to Bright).
In the action editor I added the Revolve effect to the reflector
(revolve around Z axis) and then traced. In effect, the black reflector
object revolves with the light around the bright bulb object, shining
the light onto the walls of the room, and hiding parts of the bulb as it
revolves, creating a realistic (at least I think so) warning light.
I haven't added lensflares yet, as Imagine's lensflare effect
adds multiple flares, instead of just one when the light is shining
directly at the camera. I'll probably use Image Master (Amiga) or
Win Images (PC) to add flares.
Not really a detailed description, but it should at least give
You an idea how I achieved the effect. I might post a jpeg to show You
what it looks like.
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