We're Not Alone

vonHobo

https://www.daz3d.com/were-not-alone-bundle

Does the flying saucer that comes with this bundle include the effect shown in the promo images?

Or do I need another product to create the light beam effects reaching down from the saucer?

https://www.daz3d.com/extraterrestrial-flying-saucer

Richard Haseltine

They may be popstwork, image editing done after rendering, but if not you could probably achieve the second at least with a cone primitive (Create>New Primitive) given rduced opacity and soem emission (in the Editor tab of the Surfaces pane). I'm pretty sure the first one has a spot-light almost directly behind the figures to give the rim effect, the beam might be a cone with a map applied to Cutout Opacity or translucence but it might also be an effect with the foreground figures having been rendered separately to generate a mask that could hide the parts behind them.

vonHobo

Richard Haseltine said:

They may be popstwork, image editing done after rendering, but if not you could probably achieve the second at least with a cone primitive (Create>New Primitive) given rduced opacity and soem emission (in the Editor tab of the Surfaces pane). I'm pretty sure the first one has a spot-light almost directly behind the figures to give the rim effect, the beam might be a cone with a map applied to Cutout Opacity or translucence but it might also be an effect with the foreground figures having been rendered separately to generate a mask that could hide the parts behind them.

Thank you Richard! 

I will try your suggestion. But I also have the Ghost Lights for Iray product 

https://www.daz3d.com/iray-ghost-light-kit-3

which has a column type spot light and haze effect, so that might work too

 

Richard Haseltine

Yes, probably - or it may be something like one of Jepe's effects (or similar - several people have done effects products using images on a plane or set of planes), on a plane or a cone.