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How to get Flare with alpha channel?
I want to use a flare as a transition for videos that i can import into AVID.
I make a flare by making a BLACK solid first and then applying the flare effect to it. Then i keyframe the brightness up and then back down to get my desired effect.
but, when i import my exported clip into avid, it comes in with the black solid and no alpha channel. when the flare transition occurs, it shows a flare on a black background. not what i want.
does anyone know how i can keyframe a flare and export it with an alpha channel? so then when i import into avid and put it over a transition point of 2 videos. the flare is like a SCREEN or ADD TRANSFER MODE over the videos?
it also brings a nother question. in AE the only way i know to add a flare transition in AE is to apply a flare effect to a black solid and then use the SCREEN or ADD transfer mode (forgot which) so it blends well with my composition. this sometimes makes my comp a little washed out. anyone know how i can do it in AE as well? i think there is a keying effect i can use to get rid of the black or smething???
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I always use flares using SCREEN transfer mode. I have never found a need to do an alpha personally. But you can try AE Unmult which should do the trick. It’s out there somewhere for free.
But I actually last week made a lens flare in AE and brought it into the DS and Screen Transfered it (except in DS it’s called ADD Non-clipping) and it looks great.
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Unmult can be found here:
https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/unmult.html
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