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dust in the lights
hey i was wondering if its possible to have a light shine on something in ae and have little dust particles floting around and the light is reflected off them?
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hey that looks great
btw how do i open .sit files, im on a pc?
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never mind that didnt really work.
what im doing is i have a light at the top of my 3d comp shining down. a pic of a fan rotating casting shadows on to the ground. and i need to have little dust particles floating as i truck though the beams of light. and is there a way to also make the light that isnt caught by the fan pic to have a foggy beam of light coming down?
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Would Trapcode Lux help?
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my company has it i just dont know to use it.
any tips on how?
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hey mrling,
check out https://trapcode.com/products_lux.html it’s straight from the horses mouth.
if you’re looking for more of a random generation of light fog check out this great tutorial using fractal noise as dust particles https://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=29571
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Lux is the slick way to go, but I like this freebie script that gives you a lux-like light with a foggy atmosphere (generated by fractal noise). You can quickly sub in fractal noise dust (#1), or use Foam to make custom dust(#2).
https://www.petertorpey.com/tutorials/volume_light/
Don’t be intimidated by the page, he just explains how he created the expressions that tie it all together.
Click on the link at the bottom of the page, the second to last sentence is the “Download the script” link. Put the .jsx file into the AE Scripts Folder. Add a camera, Add a light of choice (I
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wow, that’s what I’d call a usefull reply!
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