• Adobe After Effects

  Creating a Light Tunnel (in Zaxwerks?)

  Posted by Jeffrey Fitzgerald on December 1, 2005 at 11:58 pm

  I am working on a project that needs a tunnel of vertical light beams shimmering in a 3D circle. The effect is used a lot on news stations.

  I’m thinking of an extruded disc in zaxwerks with a layer map. Does this sound right? Any ideas are appreciated.

  Michael Szalapski replied 20 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chris Zwar

  December 2, 2005 at 11:15 am

  Maybe I’m thinking of something different, but CC cylinder or CC sphere should be easier to use. Start with a flat composition with a 2:1 ratio, eg 1000×500, create a flat version of your light beams, then apply the cc cylinder effect and adjust the settings to suit.

  -Chris Zwar

  Motion Graphics Designer
  Will animate for food
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  Michael Szalapski

  December 2, 2005 at 9:14 pm

  Why not use Polar Coordinates? Animate a bit of fractal noise scaled big time in one direction and then Polar Coordinates it! Put a circular mask in the center to make it more tunnely.

  Would that do it?

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