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How to Create an Anamorphic Lens Flare in After Effects
I was thrilled to figure out how to create an anamorphic lens flare in After Effects (which can be seen in the link below – it is the quick red flare)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJHoxHkrHLg
How to:
1: Create a new solid layer.
2: Apply a lens flare effect to the new solid from Effects and
Presets.
3: Place the “Flare Center” on top of the “Anchor Point” to line
up the various circles.
4: Apply a glow effect to the new solid from effects and presets.
5: Set the “Glow Dimensions” to Horizontal only (not horizontal
and vertical).
6: Increase the “Glow Threshold” to 100%.
7: Increase the “Glow Radius” to 1,000.
8: Increase the “Glow Intensity” to 5 or higher.
9: Apply a hue/saturation effect to the new solid from effects
and presets.
10: Under the hue/saturation effect click on the “small colorize
box”.
11: Set your “Colorize Saturation” to 50.
12: Using “Colorize Hue” set the color of lens flare you want.
13: Finally, put he new solid in “Add Mode” so that it only
reveals the lens flare on top of your footage rather than the
entire solid.
14: Enjoy your J.J. Abrams-esque Videos. -
6 Replies
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You may also enjoy Optical Flares from Video Copilot. It’s a pretty sweet lens flare plugin that lets you make almost any kind of flare you could imagine.
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Optical Flares rocks! I love that you can even add dirt to the lens when the flare hits it.
Stephen Smith
Utah Video ProductionsCheck out my Motion Training DVD
Check out my Vimeo page
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For Real Man…post a link on here to a YouTube example. I’d love to see it.
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Here is a video I did with Optical Flares: https://vimeo.com/35776680
Here is a link to the product: https://www.videocopilot.net/products/opticalflares/
It is worth every penny.
Stephen Smith
Utah Video ProductionsCheck out my Motion Training DVD
Check out my Vimeo page
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This is legit Brother, do you have a YouTube Channel to subscribe to?
You can subscribe to me here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCZCfOJrxKs
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James,
Thanks for the kind words. Here is my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/lonepeakproductionsStephen Smith
Utah Video ProductionsCheck out my Motion Training DVD
Check out my Vimeo page
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