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  After Effects Laser as light source

  Posted by Joshua Devita on August 25, 2011 at 12:19 am

  Say I have an object in a scene that’s intentionally been made too dark to see, then I have a couple lasers be emitted by a few sources.
  The lasers are created by just gaussian blurs and some color.
  Any way to have the lasers light the object, without manually lighting the object?
  I could apply a levels adjustment to the object, and keyframe when needed, but I was hoping there was a better approach.

  Tudor “ted” jelescu replied 15 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chris Buttacoli

  August 25, 2011 at 2:28 am

  Two approaches pop into mind…

  1- Creating duplicates of the objects as they would appear lit by the lasers, and keying the transparency from 0-100 at the right time.
  2- Using some AE 3d lights to reveal the objects

  Keyframming is unavoidable unless using a time driven expression as far as I can tell.
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  August 25, 2011 at 6:50 am

  You could use FreeForm Pro to displace the object in 3d. Then you can use AE lights (linked with the lasers) to light that object.

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior VFX Artist

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