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How to create an electrocution effect in renders?

Joe827Joe827 Posts: 229
edited December 1969 in The Commons

Hello. For some of my future work, I'd like to render a figure being shocked. What I imagine would be similar to a cartoon electrocution where the skeleton of the character is visible during the shock. I do have the M4/V4 skeletons, but before I set out an experiment on my own, I was wondering if anyone has already tried anything like this and would be willing to volunteer some advice to save me some time?

Thank you,
-Joe

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  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Lightning bolts.

  • Joe827Joe827 Posts: 229
    edited December 1969

    To clarify, I am wanting to create an illuminated/translucent effect on the body that allows the skeleton to come through. I have plenty of lightening bolt/energy props.

  • icprncssicprncss Posts: 3,694
    edited December 1969

    There's the pw Effects plugin

    http://www.daz3d.com/pweffect/

    and the pw Ghost plugin

    http://www.daz3d.com/pwghost

    And then there's the whole bundle

    http://www.daz3d.com/pw-shaders-bundle

  • TheWheelManTheWheelMan Posts: 1,014
    edited December 1969

    Desert Lion said:

    Hello. For some of my future work, I'd like to render a figure being shocked. What I imagine would be similar to a cartoon electrocution where the skeleton of the character is visible during the shock. I do have the M4/V4 skeletons, but before I set out an experiment on my own, I was wondering if anyone has already tried anything like this and would be willing to volunteer some advice to save me some time?

    Thank you,
    -Joe

    Those skeletons come with an effect to make V4 and M4 varying degrees of transparent so that you can see the skeleton conformed underneath,

  • Joe827Joe827 Posts: 229
    edited December 1969

    icprncss said:
    There's the pw Effects plugin

    http://www.daz3d.com/pweffect/

    and the pw Ghost plugin

    http://www.daz3d.com/pwghost

    And then there's the whole bundle

    http://www.daz3d.com/pw-shaders-bundle

    PWEffect has been my goto for most energy effects. The effects can be a little overwhelming without a lot of trial and error which is why I've asked if anyone has tried a similar effect before and can give me any hints to start with. Thanks.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 104,156
    edited December 1969

    You could create a geometry shell for the figure and apply pwEffect to that to get an overlay, with pwGhost or the transparency settings that come with the skeletons on the base figure.

  • Joe827Joe827 Posts: 229
    edited December 2013

    FYI, in case anyone stumbles across this thread in the future, I was able to get the desired effect by:
    1. Applying "Subsurface Gummy & Plastic Shaders" over top of a figure's existing texture. I used this to simulate the "inner glow" effect.
    2. Render
    3. Add "V4 Skeleton" to the scene and parent it to the figure. Decrease the figure's opacity to ~85-90% so that the skeleton can be seen a little bit.
    3. Render

    I then combined/blended the two images using GIMP. I've attached an example for reference.

    -Joe

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    Updated: I removed the image because there was nudity in it. I've posted it on DA. http://desertlion3d.deviantart.com/art/Character-Bio-Glare-423044249

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  • zawarkalzawarkal Posts: 1,018
    edited December 1969

    cool, thanks for the info
    I had tried doing something once with no luck
    I will be trying this!

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