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need some expert advise
by kuaishou on Nov 26, 2007 at 3:14:57 pm

hi...i need to do a glow one a moving light trail...the clients wants a dark blue glow...the background is shades of grey colour...i tried and could not make the dark blue glow visible when i use additive blending option...if i use normal blend mode the dark blue is apparent but it looks like a shadow...so i tell the client maybe choose a lighter blue which works...keeping in mind thet the light trail is white in colour as light should be...can i get some help on weather this can be done to look realistic?...maybe im thinking too hard and cannot see the simple solution infront of me...lol...any help is appreciated...thanks...kuaishou

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Re: need some expert advise
by mikederk on Nov 28, 2007 at 6:18:55 am

Maybe the dark blue needs to have white or light blue edges to separate it from the background?

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Re: need some expert advise
by Dave LaRonde on Nov 28, 2007 at 6:29:56 pm

Did you happen to inform the client that when something glows in the real world, it's BRIGHTER than its surroundings?

Or is your notion of a glow different from mine?

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV

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Re: need some expert advise
by kuaishou on Nov 29, 2007 at 5:32:26 am

no yur absoultely right dave...i tried to explain it to the client exactly what u said...it was the clients notion...lol...after 2 days of explaining and showing it to the clients and time wasting he finally got it...thanks for yur advise guys...i just wanted to make sure i was doing the right thing and not unintentionally taking the client for a ride...cheers all...

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