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# 1 18-05-2004 , 04:34 PM

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A couple buddies of mine came to me asking if I could help them create a shield effect similar to that on Star Trek for a short that they are doing. My mind's a little razzled from another project that I am working on. Does anyone have any suggestions on what steps I should take in trying to create a Shield like that?? It would help me out tons. Thanx.

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# 2 19-05-2004 , 05:48 AM

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Look into shaders. But it sounds more like an AfterFX thing rather than a Maya thing.

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# 3 19-05-2004 , 09:41 PM

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That is what I thought in the beginning, using shaders. But I started wondering if there might be something better that could give the same effect. I'll test out the shader thing and see if that works out for what they want. Thanx.

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# 4 21-05-2004 , 01:02 PM

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Highend3d has a nice x-ray shader. Increase the transparency and you change the color to a blueish from the green and you have a decent "Shield", just put it on a nurbs sphere around your object and it works fine.

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# 5 21-05-2004 , 11:06 PM

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Thanx alot, twisted. I'll check into that.

InvaZimm

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