The Pipeline Develop electric atmosphere with lighting effects
As with so much in the realm of visual effects, there are a myriad of methods and tools that can be utilised to achieve the same end results. If you're looking to add atmospheric effects such as lightning to your scenes it can be much too easy to think in 3D and try to add splines with animated paths, set up emitting materials and so on.
That's all well and good, but it can be time-consuming and taxing at render time. There are cases where that's the best way to go, such as when the lightning needs to illuminate a complex shape or a moving character. That said, for an environment shot or something less
