Optical Flare

[Scott Sheriff]

Effects>video filters>quicktime>lens flare

Or in the button under the viewer where the bars/text/slug is located
Render>lens flare

Or use Motion.

Scott Sheriff
Director
SST Digital Media
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

[Marlon Vom bruch]

yeah but i dont mean lens flares. I mean optical flares.

[Thomas Morter-laing]

Forgive me if I’m wrong but aren’t they the same thing? Perhaps you could point me in the direction of a video of one or an article or something demonstrating the differences?

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Production Assistant, Grace Productions
Degree; TV Production

[Scott Sheriff]

“yeah but i dont mean lens flares. I mean optical flares.”

No direct filter built in FCP labeled as such, but really, this is just a variation of lens flare, specular highlight, glow, glints. With a little compositing, multiple filters, tweaking what is already in FCP or Motion, or all of the above you can probably make what you want.
Pretty sure there are some ‘Optical Flare’ plugins for AE. But once you start using trendy plugins, then you end up with something that looks like everybody’s stuff.

Scott Sheriff
Director
SST Digital Media
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

[Scott Sheriff]

Thomas,
“Forgive me if I’m wrong but aren’t they the same thing? Perhaps you could point me in the direction of a video of one or an article or something demonstrating the differences?”

Yes, I think your right. To me there is much difference either.
Pretty much a lens flare minus the iris shape, or the big two point star you get when you overload a CCD, or some variation of that type of optical defect.
I remember when we went out of our way to avoid these things.

I think this is more about being addicted to trendy plugins, then seeing things for what they really are.

Scott Sheriff
Director
SST Digital Media
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

[Gary Adcock]

“yeah but i dont mean lens flares. I mean optical flares.”

What other kinds of flares are there? Optics = lensing.

Or are you referring to anamorphic flares ( star trek)
Or some more like chromatic aberrations (color fringing when point light sources bounce light between elements)

gary adcock
Studio37

Post and Production Workflow Consultant
Production and Post Stereographer
Technology Development
Quality Assurance Assistance

Chicago, IL

https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640

[Gary Adcock]

“yeah but i dont mean lens flares. I mean optical flares.”

What other kinds of flares are there? Optics = lensing.

Or are you referring to anamorphic flares ( star trek)
Or some more like chromatic aberrations (color fringing when point light sources bounce light between elements)

gary adcock
Studio37

Post and Production Workflow Consultant
Production and Post Stereographer
Technology Development
Quality Assurance Assistance

Chicago, IL

https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640

[Bj Ahlen]

You mean like the optical phenomenon caused by internal reflections in a lens?

A simple bluish mask layer composite with your favorite flare shape should do it, just play with the composite modes and use the mask layer to wash out the original video a bit where the flare is supposed to occur.

Here’s https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=71%26section=3%26tasks=true“>the section in the FCP7 manual on this.

[Marlon Vom bruch]

I am looking for a flare like in 0:10 of this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdU5N_atb7s

[Adam Taylor]

thats an anamorphic lens flare.

Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

http://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk