• Adobe After Effects

  How can you add a bright glow effect to a scene?

  Posted by Lars Kristiansen on July 12, 2016 at 7:45 pm

  How can you add a bright glow effect to a scene? The lighting effect should look like light emancipating from inside a box and shine out when the box is opened, and will brighten the face of the actor with a colored glow. Kind of like the briefcase scene in Pulp Fiction” The scene is going to be shoot outside..
  Have to tell you guys that we are newbies when it comes to After Effects:(

  Hope you can help us or show us where we can get some help:)

  Daniel Waldron replied 10 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Greg Gesch

  July 12, 2016 at 11:52 pm

  Hi Lars, you might find this a good starting point:
  https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/advanced_3d_light_rays/
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  Daniel Waldron

  July 13, 2016 at 2:15 pm

  I agree with Dave. Practical effects are the way to go here. You can always enhance it after with some flares or rays, but it can be pretty difficult to create realistic lighting in post that interacts with the scene properly in shots like this.

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