Candle flames in Iray help please

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• Khory Posts: 3,854

  January 2016

  You have two options. One is a point light placed where the flame is and color it candle light is. You can look up the color temperature for candles on the internet pretty easy. The other option is to use the emissive surface option. I think that the emissive shader daz included is a bit wonky but it is easy to do yourself. Go to the surface tab and select the candle flame surface on the candle (Which needs to be selected in the scene. Apply first the Uber Iray Shader to the surface then scroll down to emission color. You can change it to white and add the original texture to the color or you can change it to a flameish orange. When you change the color your going to get more options. The only one you need to worry about really is luminance and I'd do a test render to see if you need to adjust that.
• Guardian Angel 671 Posts: 232

  January 2016

  ok thanks:)
• SnowSultan Posts: 3,802

  January 2016

  I recently did some tests trying to get candle light in Iray and came up with this. It's not 100% accurate, but it seems to give decent results so far. Maybe it can help a little.  :)

  http://snowsultan.deviantart.com/art/Iray-Fantasy-Interior-Light-Test-Settings-579389698
• fastbike1 Posts: 4,081

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  There's anther option. Just takes a little money.

  http://www.daz3d.com/z-light-my-soul-candles-and-poses

  Here's a NSFW render to see how it looks: http://fastbike1.deviantart.com/art/Livia-By-Candlelight-569714761

  Ther are other products that offer torches and campfires.

  Post edited by fastbike1 on January 2016
• Redz Posts: 1,459

  January 2016

  Just to add that a small amount of bloom (as in snow sultans example) in the render settings helps a lot to get that blurry glow of realism. 
• Widdershins Studio Posts: 556

  January 2016

  fastbike1 said:

  There's anther option. Just takes a little money.

  http://www.daz3d.com/z-light-my-soul-candles-and-poses

  Here's a NSFW render to see how it looks: http://fastbike1.deviantart.com/art/Livia-By-Candlelight-569714761

  Ther are other products that offer torches and campfires.

  I hope she takes care with those flames, or do I see a party trick coming up ? 
• fastbike1 Posts: 4,081

  January 2016

  No party trick. Just some drame to see if the candles alone would be sufficient. I did keep thinking that some of the positions would be difficult. I'll just go with the concept that this Livia is a mystic and can "control" the flames.  

  This is a great product. Several options for styles.

  Widdershins Studio said:

  fastbike1 said:

  There's anther option. Just takes a little money.

  http://www.daz3d.com/z-light-my-soul-candles-and-poses

  Here's a NSFW render to see how it looks: http://fastbike1.deviantart.com/art/Livia-By-Candlelight-569714761

  Ther are other products that offer torches and campfires.

  I hope she takes care with those flames, or do I see a party trick coming up ? 

   
• Guardian Angel 671 Posts: 232

  January 2016

  thanks for tips & SnowSultan I fav'd your candle tips on DA.
• SnowSultan Posts: 3,802

  January 2016

  Thanks, I'm glad it helped.  :)