I am looking to make a fight scene and i would like to put in a fireball (a la street fighter) but what ever i try it looks rubbish, could any one point me towards a tutorial or suggest any good settings to make a great looking fire/energy ball

Thanks

Did you tried the fire primitive??

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yes i have looked at that, i remember someone on here saying you could fake it using a bulb light and sphere

 This is also a good use for the Old Volumetric clouds. Is this the  look you have in mind?

it is now :) - Thanks Mark

I have been trying to figure out how you have done that all day, and have failed, care to help a struggling renderer and its maker by sharing the settings? :D

Check out the file - it's easier than explaining. However, certainly ask questions after you've had a chance to review it. 

After downloading  the file, remove the ".txt" suffix from the file and then open in Carrara.

Thanks again mark :)

You can animate some shaders too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnnjODnneeY

nice! - how you do that? i haven played with animation in carrara yet

This shader pack it's a freebie from C3DE Magazine and Carrara 3D World registered users. You can download it here:

http://www.carraraworld.com/pg/file/GKDantas/read/3456/noviski-free-shaders

Happy rendering! ;)

thanks, i should have looked there, im a member ;)

 Also, the  little sample I posted is fully animatable although it currently has no animation in it. DCG's Enhance C and Shoestring Shaders have some excellent procedural shaders that can be animated too. 

Here's one I did a little while ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh1fjYeiatU

Quote - This shader pack it's a freebie from C3DE Magazine and Carrara 3D World registered users. You can download it here:

http://www.carraraworld.com/pg/file/GKDantas/read/3456/noviski-free-shaders

Happy rendering! ;)

doesnt seem the link is working, sends me to a page stating no results found, i did do a search over there but couldnt see it, is it still there?

Quote -  Also, the  little sample I posted is fully animatable although it currently has no animation in it. DCG's Enhance C and Shoestring Shaders have some excellent procedural shaders that can be animated too. 

Here's one I did a little while ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh1fjYeiatU

Now your just showing off ;)

The plug-in is the star. I just got the  colors in the right spot! :D

Quote - doesnt seem the link is working, sends me to a page stating no results found, i did do a search over there but couldnt see it, is it still there?

How strange, it works for me...

Don't forget some of the stuff available in the effects tab when a light is selected. Sometimes playing with those gets interesting results too.

Now go hit your opponent with a hadoken while they're still busy charging their hamekameha. :)

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Thanks i will give that tab a look over :)