lens flare

[Mighty-Frog]

how do u make one? can someone tell me please?

they're used for lighting effects right?

[AcDiK-DR4G0N]

Go to http://www.flashkit.com I've seen a tutorial for it there. I'm to lazy to get it, and I think you might benefit if you get it yourself.

[Nuggs]

iff you have photoshop it is really easy there is a filter, but if not ull just have to follow the people above

[Mighty-Frog]

At 2/19/06 09:06 PM, No-oneSpecial wrote: It's quite easy to make yourself, just make a radial gradient that has a yellow or white outer part, and an inner part that has an alpha of 0%, repeat untill you have a perspective row of them leading up to the sun.

ok then ill try to get photoshop tommorow.
could anyone please explain to me in a little more detail, i kinda dont understan what this guy just said

i know about radial gradients and alpha, but what does he mean by; "repeat untill you have a perspective row of them leading up to the sun."?

[Trunks]

Ever see a camera croll past the sun? Notice those other circles outside of the sun, they are the lens flare. They lead up from the sun to slightly adjecant to the center of the camera on the oppostie side of the screen.

[Mighty-Frog]

At 2/19/06 11:12 PM, LordTrunks wrote: Ever see a camera croll past the sun? Notice those other circles outside of the sun, they are the lens flare. They lead up from the sun to slightly adjecant to the center of the camera on the oppostie side of the screen.

oh, thanks now i understand, i always wondered what those things were. and now i realize what he meant by perspective because they decrease in size towards the light source. thanks a lot.