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    Kheops
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    Hi guys,

    I'm looking for something to mimic ray of light coming from a flashlight. I had a flashlight kit who was supposed to come with this kind of feature, but it's not really doing well. So I was wondering if some of you were aware about some tool/light kit/etc fullfilling this kind of thing.

    Thanks. 🙂

    #2098152
    That_Nyx
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    I believe a ghost light set will provide but can't remember the ones I use :/

    #2098168
    Frank21
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    Have a look through this.
    Rendering volumetrics takes forever and personally I'd just fake it in postwork.

    #2098185
    Kheops
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    Ghost light kit 3 does it, I dug into what was available a little more after Nyx's answer.
    Thanks to everyone who repiled. 🙂

    #2098252
    ADAM
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    I did it with light profiles long ago.
    Can find a couple thousand free online.

    #2098336
    Kheops
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    Light profiles you can load into Daz?
    I was not aware of that, thanks.
    Well I'll have a look into it for a next picture, the one I was working on is done now, the ghost lights kit did the job. 🙂

    #2098348
    Anna1945
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    Can be done quickly, cheaply in photoshop with two layers (black and white) and the shape
    of the beam

    #2098519
    Kheops
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    But then, don't you loose the volumetric effect, and how the light impact the environment around ?

    #2098529
    Charley
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    I prefer to add that type of lighting in postwork. Volumetrics takes forever and I've never been too keen on the results.

    Far easier to render your scene, then add light layers in Photoshop.

    #2098540
    Anna1945
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    Kheops gradients on the light layer and adjust the transparency

    #2098680
    Kheops
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    i'll take a look into it, I barely use Photoshop for this kind of stuff, so I'm not familiar with it.

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    Sameen
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    #2098802
    Kheops
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    I gave it a try while working on my picture a few days ago, and it was not fitting. Even to mimic god rays through windows, I struggled.
    I finally worked things out using the ghost lights kit 3: it has cone and cylinder lights perfect for a flashlight.
    You can see the result on the art competition forum, trick or treat topic: I posted the picture there. 🙂

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