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Stage lights
Hi guys,
I must say this is my first time working with After Effects. My goal is to use AE for designing stage sets. So far I’ve made a 3D stage with some preset lights, but I actually wanted to use the beam effect for the lights! The problem is, whenever I zoom in with the camera, the beams remain in their initial 2D position and are not affected by the zooming. I tried parenting them to the walls – didn’t work. Of course, I’ve already clicked on the 3D button on the taskbar, but I can’t seem to figure out how to make the beams zoom in and out as if they’re actually on the wall… hmm any advice?
And btw, thank you very much for your great tutorials!
Your friend, Bianca. -
3 Replies
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Fake 3D with the Beam effect…
https://aefreemart.com/2007/07/11/3d-beam/But it sounds like what you really need is to pick up a plug-in called Trapcode Lux.
https://www.trapcode.com/products_lux.html
https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/trapcode-lux/ -
[Bianca Ghitescu] “My goal is to use AE for designing stage sets. So far I’ve made a 3D stage with some preset lights, but I actually wanted to use the beam effect for the lights! “
This really isn’t a good idea. You’ll know why after a few endless days of needless frustration. You want an application for designing stage sets. AE is an animation system. The fact that you can fly a camera through a series of flat objects creates an illusion of architectural functionality that does not really exist.
It’s rather like trying to write your thesis paper using only Xcel.
Beam is not a 3D effect, it is applied to a 2d layer. You can easily orient the layer in 3d space but the beams themselves do not emit light. Know also that every light you add to a scene dramatically impacts the rendering time.
bogiesan
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Bianca
If you want to actually see the lights, probably your best option is to use Lux from Trapcode. Just go to the Red Giant page to download a demo, it may be what you want.
Antony
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Vertigo Productions
https://www.vertigo.co.uk
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