[Archived - AquaMoonStar] Hi :) I am creating a candle wall, and trying to find out how to control the flickering of the candles. I would like to slow them down to a more calming speed. I've tried adjusting elements of the texture animation with no succes

Posted by “AquaMoonStar” on October 07, 2021.

Thank you LestatDeLioncourt :)

Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on October 07, 2021.

Hi @AquaMoonStar​ In general if you are wanting to slow down a texture material animation and want it to look realistic, you will need more frames.

 

Many years ago, I took a close-up video of a candle flame in a dark room. I converted the video frames to a GIF file. This was easier for me to grab the individual frames I wanted for my candle flame. I ended up with a 512x256 file that contained 8 frames wide with 4 rows (of 8) going from left to right. It is interesting to define the 64x64 frames contained in my final file. I ended up defining a wonderfully natural candle flame.

 

Look closely at a project of mine that gives more information on a 128x128px frame and 16 frames total. The concept similar to yours and you may follow the tutorial there for practice. I think you can make a nice candle flame with 16 frames for your "movie". Check the tutorial on this page Here and see if it helps. https://www.imvu.com/shop/product.php?products_id=7619195

 

Keep in mind the best place to get support for projects you are making is from the person you derive from. In this manner all the information is there and they are best equipped to help you.

 

Hope this help with more understanding of cycling material animation...