looking for a basic light effect plug in !

[Michael Szalapski]

What do you mean by a “basic light effect”?
AE has tons of effects that come with it and what you’re looking for is very likely to already be in there.

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[Stanly Boon]

i mean a light effect that will simulate flares and stage lights . i checked the effects that are boundeled with the software and i would like something more. some thing like light burst light wipe. i would like to get the name of the plug in package every one thinks is basic for this kind of job
thanx for your answer

[Michael Szalapski]

Knoll Light Factory [link]
KLF is the industry standard for lens flares. And now that they’ve added an AE 3d functionality in a script you can download, it’s even better.

Optical Flares [link]
Is the new hotness in town. It has a couple of features (dirty lens) that KLF doesn’t have and it’s cheaper. I don’t have any experience with it though so I can’t say if the quality is as good, but the work I’ve seen it on has been pretty good.

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