• Maxon Cinema 4D

  Alpha channel for lens flare

  Posted by Graham Quince on November 5, 2008 at 11:08 am

  Hi everyone

  Wondering if you can help. I’ve created an object with a light on it, with the lens flare effect activated and need to be able to isolate the object from the background.

  I added a compositing tag to the object, (the light is a child of it) and rendered out including a matte multipass, but unfortunately, the matte hasn’t taken into account the lens effect.

  Is there any way around this, or should i always add lens flare on in After Effects?

  Graham

  https://www.shiveringcactus.bravehost.com – Free FX for amateur films

  Graham Quince replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Adam Trachtenberg

  November 5, 2008 at 4:31 pm

  You can add “lens effects” to the multipass render which will give you the flare on a black background. Then you can multiply it over your object … or not, as you prefer.
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  Graham Quince

  November 5, 2008 at 9:16 pm

  That’s brilliant, thanks Adam

  Graham

  https://www.shiveringcactus.bravehost.com – Free FX for amateur films

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