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  Reflected lights of a (off screen) Disco ball… thoughts?

  Posted by Adam Lewen on May 13, 2015 at 9:19 pm

  Hello!
  I have a task where I need to create a number of different sequences of the reflection of a party-like atmosphere (Disco ball) on a flat wall (simple black solid)
  It’s not very complicated task but I don’t wanna be repetitive and thought of asking here for different ideas of achieving
  here are some refs of what I have in mind: (again, i aim only at the reflected light. not the ball itself)
  https://tinyurl.com/knm5wdr

  https://tinyurl.com/l47j4z5

  https://tinyurl.com/l6be7yz

  My method so far is;
  Rotating an inverted Grid. Offsetting it’s Position with time* and treating those rotated shapes with color\glow\glints (2 layer of different grids will sell the effect, a fractal will add some atmosphere)

  But my post here is to bring up other ways. There are many ways to get such effect…

  Thanks a bunch!
  Adam!

  John Cuevas replied 11 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  John Cuevas

  May 14, 2015 at 1:01 pm

  You might want to look at this very very old tutorial. Using Projection Layers to create a gobos and projector type effects

  Completely different approach that might be worth checking out.

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  Thinkck.com

  “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
  —THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

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