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How do I create a spotlight which casts volumetric light?
Hi all,
I’m using AE and trying to figure out a way of creating an animatable 3D-looking spotlight which casts a beam of volumetric light onto the floor.
Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Adam.
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5 Replies
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If you can’t afford lux (which was going to be my suggestions)
You can make your normal spot light, then make a new solid the same color as the light, use a mask to cut a shape out of your beam, and feather the crap out of it… won’t be as good as lux would be, but it’d be darn close, and if its not a high-def project, no one will prolly notice the dif..
Hope it helps
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you could try multiple layers of the mask in diff light strengths sandwiching other 3D layers. That would look cool, expecially if they overlapped and diffused in some parts like smoke in the air set by displacement maps.
“buy lux or buy a lit broadway stage, record the stage with camera”
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Jerzy Drozda made that tutorial. It’s a great one:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/drozda_jerzy/VolumeLight.php
from post:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/939250#939271 -
Adam –
There’s a free script at AEnhancers which does the job for you. I’ve tried it in AE CS3 and it works just fine…a nice flare at the light point with a cone of volumetric light. You can find it at:
https://aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=343
Joe Bourke
Art Director / WMUR-TV
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