3ds Max Glow Tutorial

[@josephgovi1433]

Wow man, you're so chill with your commentary. You make it sound like everything is going to be O.K.

[@presbarkeep]

Joseph Govi Because everything is going to be O.K. :)

[@zolabaybee123]

+Joseph Govi lmaoooo

[@jesiahquincy8384]

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[@memphismarco5147]

@Jesiah Quincy Instablaster =)

[@jesiahquincy8384]

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[@Hyral]

hi presbarkeep, you have no idea how much you changed my life with this tutorial. thank you very much!

[@3DSavage]

Thank you so much for posting this, been struggling all day to create a clear sign with glowing letters, and after all the online tutorials I stumbled across this and it worked a dream. I'm using Max Design 2011 and all the tools etc were exactly as you describe.

[@champsmitty1]

thanks man, this helps a lot. one of the best tutorials ive come across in a long time

[@ShutterAuthority]

Can someone please tell me how the architectural material method can be used with Vray? I cant find the camera shader settings in vray.

[@presbarkeep]

@Cuxito17 I used 2008 for a long time, trust me it's in there. It's not labeled as "Render Setup" but in the Render menu, I believe its one of the options toward the bottom. Render Window or something like that. Just look through your render menu.

[@chlbrn]

Fast and useful! Dude you really saved me. Thanks.

[@Sum0fNothing]

6:35 This is why I love Max. That looks photorealistic

[@OmarramOKamel]

Thanks, you made this very simple. Got exactly what I was going for in a matter of minutes!

[@jacoborojodelrio]

Many thanks!!! it was my first youtube lessons!!

[@LuizVictorBragattoCustodio]

I have a error message when rendering, but the effect is working, but i would like to know why this error ocurrs Error Message: "Lens Effects" effect expected unsupported GBuffer channel "transparency"

[@presbarkeep]

im sorry man, i dont know the specifics of your error, maybe try to google it.

[@Yo0pps]

Hello there! Just followed the steps you mentioned here! Lots of thanx!!! It really glows :D However... When I render, a window appears sayings there´s an error with the GBuffer which cannot support the Lens effect in transparency.... Now the question is: How can I get rid of this error message? Thanx!!!! Greetings from Mexico.

[@koka11lola]

your voice is amazing i loved it, it's so warm :) keep it up

[@whatabeautifulchaos]

definitely have learned something here! thanks man!

[@AshuraTheHedgehogDX]

very helpfull , thanks but I have another problem now : how do I get 1 glow to render above a second glow ? I'm trieing to a blade lightsaber hilt in 3ds max for an wallpaper

[@SercanSalkir]

are you kiddin? he sounds like a damn rockstar!! thanks for the tutorial..

[@SchmidtFG.]

Amazing tutorial. Thanks to share!

[@My2Cents1]

I need to make an oil lantern, with the glass tube and everything. I need to make the glass material really light up from the flame inside, and it needs to cast caustics. The glass material I used (Autodesk Glass) don't seem to work with any of the glow features. Please, what do I do??

[@ManWalkingStraight]

try from mental ray architectural -->physical qualities --> Luminance cd/m and give a high number... only for self illumination

[@3dartistguy]

how would you make the glow pulsate? like turn on and off?

[@PascuaVG]

@presbarkeep Thanks for answer :) ... I don't remember what I did, but I can see that menu now xD ... maybe I just tried another tutorial, I don't know. Another question... This is usefull in order to make "neon lights" effects :O? Thanks again.

[@redhyper1]

Cheers dude, thanks for the help. I now have some cool Dead Space suit style glows in my scene! you rock! :D

[@1stKarkan]

the best picture is at 6:33 Did you skip the render process? Usually it take a long time to render such picture

[@PansoftDev]

Thanks a lot for posting this!

[@FranFyrhart]

i assume this is the error you get: MSG 0.0 error: bitmap expected unsupported GBuffer channel "transparency" In that case, you have lens effects in the effects tab in the environment menu of rendering. Lens effects isn't supposed to work with mental ray so delete that.

[@Nico42ke]

great tutorial! i dont have glare in my camera shaders (im using 3dmax 9), its a plugin or something like that?

[@presbarkeep]

@1stKarkan i didn't record the rendering process, so yes, i skipped it. each one took a minute or two to render out.

[@1czyms]

man grwat instruct..i needed this thx a mil!

[@tejalsingh6207]

great tutorial.. can u please make a tutorial on how to animate the glowing object..

[@GotterVibez]

that's great... but do you have any clues how to achieve the glowing effect on the background image? let's say I have a window and when I look on the window, I see a background image but I don't want a pale image, as how it looks in most cases... I want to have a lightful sky which needs sort of a glowing effect.. Is that possible?

[@JonathanGorr]

Mine didn't work in Max 2017 until I set it back to Scanline renderer. Great tut! Thank you!

[@presbarkeep]

@Hyral cool, glad to help out.

[@salmahassaballa]

Thank you so much.. I am an instructor and it really helped me alot

[@mGn082]

i was tried as you, but there opened window with text of error when rendering : MSG 0.0 46 MB error: bitmap expected unsupported GBuffer channel "transparency" MSG 0.0 46 MB error: "Lens Effects" effect expected unsupported GBuffer channel "transparency" LIB 0.0 46 MB warn 292006: cannot invert a transformation matrix

[@Verdreztruch]

had the same "unsupported GBuffer channel transparency" error, I really hope this link helps you to solve it forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-3ds-max-design-general/error-rendering-glow-lens-effect/td-p/4154659

[@ZaeemMughal]

i need help that when i change camera glow effect size also changes with camera. i want to change glow effect with respect to size of object not size of camera. plz help

[@MultiPrincey]

pls stick to only one technique and perfect it then comeback again with a better glow effect tutorial bcos im confused right now and i still dont know which techniques works best, Thank you!!

[@NuelKbrowsky]

ok so I di dall the steps in the video but when i hit render i keep getting a box that says " The following render effects are not compatible with the bitmap format selected for rendering. The selected bitmap format is: RGBA color 32 bits/channel. Lens Effects." how do I fix that?

[@DarthKamci0]

I don't know if it's because I'm using it on a flat surface, not on a 3d model, but for some reason I can't obtain the glow effect. The result is usually a single-color texture with no glow whatsoever. Also, I do not have "glow lume" option (the one you did for mental ray material), only plain "glow". I am using the 2013 version. I would appreciate your help :)

[@presbarkeep]

That's what one of my instructors in college did... and depending on your school, your teacher could be treading on some sensitive legal boundaries there. If you're paying a tuition, I'd definitely talk to someone about it.

[@archangel9088]

sometimes 3DS Max has problems when overwriting a saved file. Had the same problem and solved it just by changing the save path to an nonexisting file. Try it, it might help.

[@bassie1995]

I can't choose where I want the glare to be, and so it is applied to the wrong material... Any ideas?

[@magica2z]

Great tutorial.. thanks dude..

[@ShinigamiChick39]

YOU ARE MY HEROOOO

[@Arachnalicious]

This is sort of what I'm looking for, when I apply it to a practice scene it works fine, but when I apply it to an object in my scene with daylight it doesn't glow at all. My luminance has been tested up to 10000 which should be more than enough, I have FG on and I've created the lens flare as an instance but still nothing :(

[@SRthemonster]

you're the man.

[@DWIWindsands]

I really have no idea how you did that I did the tutorial a few times today & get nothing even close, I'm using 3d max 2009 & have been using it since Discreet 3d Max 4 was new.

[@MarcusSims91]

When I apply the settings you have for your light everything that doesnt have a glow turn dark

[@PascuaVG]

What version is this :O? Plz tell me, because I have 3Ds Max 2008 and it doesn't have Render Setup and the following menu :S

[@presbarkeep]

@3DSavage Great! glad to help out!

[@ParisVaughn]

I can't do it. I get this error: MSG 0.0 error: bitmap expected unsupported GBuffer channel "transparency" MSG 0.0 error: "Lens Effects" effect expected unsupported GBuffer channel "transparency" Please help

[@vvpant1]

Thanks a log Bro! it help me a lot. Thanks again.

[@presbarkeep]

@iShutup2 probably. i dont know anything about 2011. read the help file that shipped with your copy of 3ds Max 2011.

[@MultiJacob123]

I have 2011 and I cant find material id channel!

[@eargasmmm]

clear tutorial, tnx!

[@Primality5]

Is the omni light necessary, cause I'm doing a project where I can only use mental ray render.

[@dragonfiremalus]

What I am trying to do is make a rope light out of a simple cylinder without having to stick a ton of lights inside it. But no matter what I do I can only get self illumination to work, none of these techniques will get the light to shine on anything else from them.

[@silentprotagonist9]

thanks allot. Really helped me out :)

[@khurramsa5133]

i am using max 8 wheir the hell are render setup in rendering tab which version may have tht

[@frankvalle308]

I own 3ds max versions from 9 to version 15...and havent paid a penny for them...i can help you to get the lastest version for free and you will fix ur problem

[@presbarkeep]

cool! glad i could help!

[@presbarkeep]

did you watch the video? i used mental ray the whole time lol what are you having trouble with?

[@cikho]

same here? did you manage to fix it?

[@Bart_Depestele]

thanks for tuto, I ll be back over a year or so :)

[@rezaahmadpour3279]

Glow doesn't show when I export as .FBX, what should I do?

[@presbarkeep]

The glow effects are only applied in the rendered frame window in 3ds Max. If exporting the model/scene as .fbx, you would need to add the glow effect into whatever program you're importing it into, which this video does not show. This video only shows a couple ways how to add glow effects onto an object in 3ds Max 2009.

[@1czyms]

thx bro, u da man!

[@thenielschannel]

i get an error when i render it...

[@Fiercefighter2]

Is it actually supposed to cast light? because I followed your directions carefully and the glowing surface has no effect on any objects around it.

[@hsxenon]

probably too late, but you can easily animate the parameters with autokey.

[@Sebhelyes22]

Lens Flare effect not supported by mental ray.

[@TntMooze]

+Sebhelyes22 same +presbarkeep

[@paulaax3]

Could you tell how to do that?

[@RockerKirschi]

Go to the main menu and choose: Rendering > Render Setup > Renderer tab > Sampling Quality > Frame Buffer Type. From the Frame Buffer Type drop down, choose: Integer (16 bits per channel). You should now be able to render Lens Effects Glows in Mental Ray mode.

[@FBI43]

oh yeah, thanks man

[@hananwatchworld]

btw , im still confuse with this thing , i follow every step from your tutorial and the result is different , that glow effect is kinda hard in the edges not soft , i dont get it ,

[@sumbulable]

are you sure that the actual name is maxglow. but the real name is glowmax. for led bulbs .and manufacturing is located in udaipur.

[@Osamah001]

this video is exactly what i am looking for thanx a lot and yes you should think about teaching you will get payed very well Good look in your life and stay out of drugs lol !! weed is not drugs no one can denie that.

[@IIIIWhisky]

Great!

[@zakashi684]

Whenever I do the glow effect in mr in 3ds max, the glow doesn't fade smoothly getting fainter and fainter like the one in this video. It cuts off suddenly, making it look terrible and not like a glow very much. Does anyone know how to fix this? Is anyone else even experiencing this problem? Because I have searched far and wide on the internet and have not found its solution... If anyone knows what the problem is, pleeease reply. This problem is driving me crazy... D;

[@petrurebel9875]

Thank you so much!!

[@presbarkeep]

cool.

[@ptakupptakup]

Thank You

[@sephirothpwnsface]

You should make a project file

[@veronikam9223]

Thanks!

[@MITHUNJAMES]

thank you:=D

[@H4xxmax]

I dont get it .... I do as u do but it dosnt glow at all ... i wanted to use the seccond example but it just looks like a plane red ball(for me).

[@alenafedorovaPs22]

bellissimo!!!)))

[@boringbreaker]

is that effect in v ray?

[@artboySHF]

Thanks man

[@presbarkeep]

thanks :D

[@dinud71]

thanx........

[@BabaSidiKhouya]

thank you ^.^

[@presbarkeep]

@BlueBlanky I hadn't slept in about 24 hours and it was the last thing I did before going to bed. i dont disagree i sound annoyed but i was pretty tired. ;)

[@sameeram.6574]

Great!!!

[@atifrana3575]

thank u very much sir

[@Yrgen2]

Let me guess you fell asleep as soon as you pressed the stop recording button?:Q

[@squaredcorn]

your voice makes me think your stabbing a helpless puppy in the background but other than that the video was extremely helpful :D

[@soronefabrik1]

@CodPro212 hmm im just startin with cinema 4d and from what ive heard/read cinema 4d is way easier for 3d beginners

[@attogb4356]

keyen

[@laouramelene2813]

You did everything very fast! You could be more slow the next time, for people who don't know the program so well....

[@soronefabrik1]

but from what ive seen over there 3ds max stuff looks more realistic than c4d

[@caj19]

@presbarkeep IMO you don't sound annoying ;)

[@romendrakumarsahu6535]

thanks to help me.........

[@GCVos]

So stupid visibility tracks won't work with Mental Ray...

[@ThePollarRabbit]

A late response but yeah I'm having the same problem. If you found a solution I would appretiate it if you pm me. thnx.

[@MrHomingMissile]

Thanks for the tutorial man ..... but why do u talk like the punisher? XD