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After Effects Optical Flares – Make only light show other layer help
Hi, my problem is basic but difficult to explain when written down. I have filmed me and my mates and have put it into an AE comp. I want to create a spot light using Optical Flares but I only want the video to show where it’s shinning. I want the part that the light isn’t shinning on blanket out.
Any ideas?
Alex
P.s. Sorry if this is not clear – like I said hard to explain!
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I believe I was able to achieve the effect you are looking for, although I don’t have optical flares but you should be able to do something similar with it from what I know of it.
What you can do is put the flare on black solid and set the track matte of your footage to luma. I did an quick example I can post if you need it.
Hope this helps
Greg
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Thank you very much for this reply, just what I was looking for! Been trying to figure this thing out for ages!
Thanks again,
Alex
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