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Ambulance Lights
Hey guys,
I’m trying to figure out the most realistic way of creating ambulance lights flashing into my camera. I’ve already shot a scene that takes place on the site of an accident, but I didn’t have access to any spinners. I just want to create the illusion that there are spinning red lights off-camera, but spinning around the entire scene, and possibly reflecting in the lens. And obviously I want it to look real! Any tips?
Thanks guys!
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4 Replies
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Trapcode Lux would probably do it for a motion graphics animation but on video you really need something even better you might have to look to istock video and composite something.
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Here’s a blast from the past – George Polevoy – Cop Lights. Not too sure if it’ll do the trick but it looks great and uses some min-boggling techniques. FWIW, if you need to change the colors thn it’s best to drop an Adjustment Layer in the final comp and apply one of AE’s many color plugins.
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This may be useful. They are police lights but could easily be modified/color corrected:
https://www.detonationfilms.com/DVLightbars.html -
I guess what I’d like it to do is shine into the lens from off-camera, if that makes sense. There’s no where in the shot where I can put fake lights, so I just need to fake their “presence,” if that makes sense?
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