How to use Lens Flares

I have just downloaded the “Lens Flares Sixteen lens flares for your Unity projects” http://unity3d.com/support/resources/assets/lens-flares.

But I don’t know how to use them.

It’d be great if you could tell me how to use them.

Thanks in advance for your help.

This took me awhile to figure out when I first started Unity but it is pretty simple. If you haven’t already add a light source to your scene such as a directional light and then with the light selected go into the inspector view and where it says flare drag and drop the flare that you want to use into it.

I hope that helps

Light sources have the problem that they always emit light if the lens flare is supposed to be on and thus they also eat ressources.
You can also simply create a lens-flare and add a lens-flare component to an empty object. Then put the lens flare into the coresponding slot in the lensflare component. Voila: lens flare without a light source :slight_smile:

Just in case you need it :wink:

Also read the reference manual on it. There you can see how to create lens-flare materials yourself.

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Anyone still have this pack? Can’t find the download page anymore.