| Effect | Flare | Glow | Star
Defines the type of flare you can assign to a light object and how it will react with the camera. For more information, see Creating a Lens Flare [Lights and Cameras].
To Display: Expand the light node in the explorer view and select the light’s flare icon (it will only be visible if a flare property has been applied to the light).
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Enabled |
Switches the flare effect on or off. |
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Flare File |
Specifies a flare file preset from the drop-down menu. Click and scroll through the list to see more flare file selections. |
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Brightness |
Controls the overall brightness of the flares. The brightness and visibility of the light also affect the flare brightness. |
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Size |
Defines the flare’s size. Default value is 1. |
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Aspect Ratio |
Defines how “squashed” the flare fill be. The default value of 1 causes the flare to be round. |
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Glow |
Applies a glow or halo within the flare effect. |
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Brightness |
Controls the overall brightness of the flare’s glow. |
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Size |
Defines the size of the halo. A value of 1 creates a halo to cover the entire image. |
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Falloff |
Defines the halo’s attenuation from the center of the flare. |
The light will create a starry shape on the lens. The number of rays as well as its angular distribution can be controlled. The thickness and length (size) of each ray can be jittered.
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Stars |
Defines whether the shader creates a star-flare effect on the camera’s lens. The star’s rays can be defined with the following parameters: |
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Brightness |
Defines the overall brightness of the stars. |
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Number of Rays |
Controls the number of rays per star. |
Length
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Length |
Defines the length of the star’s ray. |
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Jitter |
Controls the seemingly random variations in the star ray’s lengths. |
Angle
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Auto Rotate |
When on, the star effect will automatically rotate as the light source is moved. |
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Resolution |
Defines the resolution at which the auto rotate effect will be rendered. |
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Twinkle |
This parameter controls the random flickering of the star over time. Humming “Twinkle, twinkle little star” is optional. |
Autodesk Softimage v.7.5