Application used to make special effects/skin

[Lyrad]

What application you usually used to make sfx/skin for the spells?
Like these for examples http://chaosrealm.info/forum/3227750/

 

[PurgeandFire]

A lot of them are actually made through triggers. Usually you'll combine smaller effects to make smaller effects. See these pics to see the potential of math combined with simple effects:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/lab-715/geometry-shapes-243319/

Anyway, this might help:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...create-unit-item-stuff-angle-distance-241367/

And there are tons of GUI spells in our spells section that you can learn from.

If you want to create actual models for effects, there are a number of tools. More complicated ones may require more complicated editors, but you can do quite a bit with Magos' Model Editor. See this tutorial series:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/3d-modeling-tutorials-282/making-effects-magos-35101/
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...king-effects-magos-advanced-techniques-59348/
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...-effects-magos-advanced-techniques-2-a-67542/

Good luck! I know it is a lot of reading, but it is really fun once you can actually start making things.

 

[Lyrad]

A lot of them are actually made through triggers. Usually you'll combine smaller effects to make smaller effects. See these pics to see the potential of math combined with simple effects:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/lab-715/geometry-shapes-243319/

Anyway, this might help:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...create-unit-item-stuff-angle-distance-241367/

And there are tons of GUI spells in our spells section that you can learn from.

If you want to create actual models for effects, there are a number of tools. More complicated ones may require more complicated editors, but you can do quite a bit with Magos' Model Editor. See this tutorial series:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/3d-modeling-tutorials-282/making-effects-magos-35101/
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...king-effects-magos-advanced-techniques-59348/
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...-effects-magos-advanced-techniques-2-a-67542/

Good luck! I know it is a lot of reading, but it is really fun once you can actually start making things.

Wow that really is a lot and quite complex, well better start one by one. Thank you very much.