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  • Volumetric light Shadows

    Posted by Tomer Epshtein on December 7, 2014 at 9:31 am

    Is there a way to make particle systems react to volume light/optical flares/shine etc…?
    (like the attached image)

    optical flares has the FG layer option, but it turnes off the whole flare when it
    passes through it instead of using it as a real 3d object.

    Tomer Epshtein replied 11 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • James Archibald

    December 8, 2014 at 11:21 am

    Hey Tomer,
    Try this:

    Duplicate the layer you want to cast shadows, put a CC Radial Fast Blur on it, set the Zoom to “Darkest” and the blending mode to multiply.
    Add an expression to the Radial Blur which sets its center position to the same position as your optical flare.
    Add a further fast blur to soften the shadow edges and then adjust the Radial Blur’s amount until it looks good!

    Hope that works for you,

    • Archie •

  • Tomer Epshtein

    December 8, 2014 at 12:28 pm

    Hey James,
    Great Solution works great. thanks !

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