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newbiw: vignette and diffraction
Hello, fellow mooombers, I am an AE newbie (this program is seriously kewl) and curious about two effects I have seen in a couple of showreels online.
One is a vignette, and the other is a light effect, perhaps diffraction. I have been wondering what are the best ways to achieve the two, particularly the latter, which i think might be a plugin. On that particular note, I have seen the effect used a lot in work by coulourmovie (www.colourmovie.com). Chris Kelly’s current reel (35interative.com) also employs both effects.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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3 Replies
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Hi,
The vignette is not much more than a white-to-black radial ramp (render>ramp) on a solid that is overlayed using ‘multiply’ blend mode. Play with transparency to taste.
The light artefacts you see are lens flares. The industry standard lens flare effect is Knoll Light Factory (https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/knolsec2teso.html)
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thanks, barend! i love the knoll plugins! however, i went thru them and couldnt find which one could produce the effect…i guess i will play around and see…
as for the vignette: interesting. i only heard about the ramp recently. i was using a radial gradient from photoshop…
thanks again.
Dwaynne -
Hi Dwayne…
Yes, for some reason, a gradient is called “ramp” in AE… One of those things.
Well, if Knoll Light Factory doesn’t do what you were referring to, maybe you could be a bit more explicit in explaining what ‘diffractions’ you were talking about?
Cheers,
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