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Anamorphic Lens Flare
« on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 16:49:39 PM »
This is something I always wanted to try and get for AA. It looks great in modern games and movies and I figured it would spice AA up a bit. I killed a few hours of boredom and came up with this:






For you devs and others that have access to the mAAp on Dropbox, feel free to play with it. I uploaded everything I have to the dev folder.
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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #1 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 16:52:11 PM »
Oh, that's what that is. I saw a couple of files update and was wondering what it was. :P I think lens flares would look pretty cool if done right.They can't be too to where it blinds players.

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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #2 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 18:06:31 PM »
Looks cool. This is an effect where the map needs to be built around the effect instead of dropping it into every map.



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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #3 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 18:13:07 PM »
Looks cool. This is an effect where the map needs to be built around the effect instead of dropping it into every map.

It's actually an effect that you need to perfect then I'll take the credit for it and over-use it in every map. There's issues as noted in the txt in the dev folder.
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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #4 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 20:18:14 PM »
The "I thought there would be more interest in this" bump.
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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #5 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 20:24:49 PM »
thought wrong
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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #6 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 20:27:53 PM »
Shouldn't you be busy changing your in-game name or creating a "I'm leaving but I still love you guys" post on the AK4 forums?
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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #7 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 20:40:55 PM »
It looks quite bright and pronounced, maybe lesser opacity might do some use. I tested the zip version and i guess it was the z-write you described in the txt because it shows through the walls. You might also want to use a whiter aura for the outer parts of the flare (might help giving a more natural feeling, light preserves its irradiated colour through). A lesser contrasted flare/emitter it's also easier to control, color wise.
« Last Edit: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 20:44:48 PM by Koden »

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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #8 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 20:43:10 PM »
I suck at Photoshop and spent probably an hour trying to create that. Possibly longer. It was my first attempt and after implementing, I realized many things wrong. I don't know that it could ever be implemented properly to look good. Just a test :)
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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #9 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 21:29:43 PM »
Shouldn't you be busy changing your in-game name or creating a "I'm leaving but I still love you guys" post on the AK4 forums?

I was just trying to bump it again for ya, no need to be hostile :)
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Re: Anamorphic Lens Flare
« Reply #10 on: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 21:36:10 PM »
I don't quite have the time to pull up the editor or the game, especially when I spend most of my time on my laptop now which doesn't have either.



 

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