Light animation

[daveclive]

Hi guys,

I'm creating a pumpkin halloween spot.
I have a pumpkin with a logo booled out and inside is a light. I want to animate the light so it looks like it's flickering on/off then stays on.

I have tried animating the intensity of the light and keyframing with a few frames apart higher then lower values but it doesn't seem to look right.

I am animating at 30FPS.

Am I on the correct track and just need to fine tune the distance and intensity between the keyframes or is there a more efficient way to mimic a flicker light. Think of a horror film when the light flickers on and off quickly then stays on

[Beanzvision]

To my knowledge, Corona lights can't be keyframed as of yet. You will get your desired look using C4D lights.

[Cinemike]

To my knowledge, Corona lights can't be keyframed as of yet. You will get your desired look using C4D lights.

They can.

@daveclive: You did not try to animate the "units" parameter by accident?

[4b4]

Not sure if this might help but I got some OK results using the fire shader in C4D.

Sorry for the small video but it was for a specific purpose:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1gi0vjv0ggtw3j6/solar-usb-candle-lantern.mp4?dl=0

[burnin]

Works just fine, even with xpresso...

As an alternative, you can get by with animated texture.

[Beanzvision]

To my knowledge, Corona lights can't be keyframed as of yet. You will get your desired look using C4D lights.

They can.

@daveclive: You did not try to animate the "units" parameter by accident?

I should have been clearer with my response, color and temp aren't animating from the light settings (yet).

[Cinemike]

If you must, you can animate the Color via Xpresso already.

[Beanzvision]

Yes, but it should be standard in the settings in my opinion. ;)

[Cinemike]

Absolutely. I was just pointing it out in case somebody needs it now.

[Beanzvision]

No probs ;)