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  • AE Glow problem!

    Posted by Kurt Jensen on October 16, 2009 at 10:30 am

    Hello, im new to after effects, so please write understandable answers to me 🙂

    I am having a problem with After effects, im trying to add some cool lightning and glow to an explosion, i am using the tutorial from video co-pilot where he leanrs you to create and explosion in a city : and my problem is happening at 09.49 (If this info helps you!)

    But, when im trying to add glow after i have puttet in a adjustment layer and done a circle around the explosion, then when i press stylize -> glow the explosion is just getting a ring of a very strong white colour, and i can’t get it looking nice…

    If u did understand that, i hope someone then can help me 🙂

    Kalleheikki Kannisto replied 10 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Simon Bonner

    October 17, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    The glow effect can make very light parts of an image ‘blow out’ (get so light they’re just a patch of white).

    You need to turn the glow down. You can do this by making the intensity lower, or the threshold higher.

    Simon Bonner

    youtube.com/simonsaysfx

  • Kurt Jensen

    October 18, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    but, when i do like this, im not gettin’ any cool glow at all :/
    and the intensity is at 1,0 and the thereshold is at 60,0% from the very begging (/basic or what to call it!)
    And im not gettin’ any cool glow :/

  • Alo Killer

    February 9, 2016 at 7:38 pm

    yes , I have the same problem too :/ I didn’t know why ?
    PS: in the previous CC version I got a good glow effects , but now with the lastest is not the case ..

    Creativity is the second world of our life 😉

  • Kalleheikki Kannisto

    February 9, 2016 at 8:19 pm

    The default settings of 1.0 and 60% and pretty extreme for most cases. Try starting with 0.1 and 90% and tweak it from there.

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