a lit candle affect

mixtrik · Post by **mixtrik** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:21 pm

hi everyone! hope all is well. I am a level 2 noob on AS pro 8, but I feel the more questions I ask, the more I will learn to appreciate this beautiful software more. I have searched the boards for the answer to my question, but to no avail.

How can i produce a lit-candle effect? Preferably something realistic. Any thoughts or a link to thread I may have missed?

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:07 pm

Here look at this file it might give you ideas. I used the smoke script because it has a nice fire but I deleted the smoke. I used a vector shape for the glow that has the soft edge effect to it and the alpha turned down low. I then set-up a cycle for the glow that scales up and down to simulate the flicker. I just did this quickly to show you, the fire needs to be re-timed to a slower speed and the key frames for the flicker should be set to step. Hit ctrl+r to see the effect. Hope this gives you some ideas.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wdd35kmh0xcpi5a

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:34 pm

I made a torch maybe you could take a look or reuse. It's in the library, check on:
Props/Partners/Víctor Paredes/Fire

mixtrik · Post by **mixtrik** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:24 pm

This is excellent. Thank you guys. It's exactly what I needed.