The lighting flare trend

[Walter Soyka]

[Ady Le Roux] “With all these music video using lighting flares in ambundance – (using anamorphic lenses I know!), I am wondering if there is a plugin or a technique which can make me get the same or similar result!???”

There’s Optical Flares from Video Copilot, and Knoll Light Factory Pro from Red Giant Software.

Optical Flares is CS5-ready now; Knoll should have an update for CS5 out soon.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Walter Soyka]

[Dave LaRonde] “Y’know, Walter, there’s a certain irony to all this.

I recall when lens flares were a hallmark of a photographer who couldn’t do the job properly. Over the years they’ve become a design element, like intentionally shaky images or distressed typefaces.”

And lens vignetting. If I bought camera lens that vignetted like the trend, I’d want a refund! I think originally this started as an effort to make something look like it wasn’t created digitally — but it’s gone way over the top, and clients are asking for it.

A very subtle lens flare can make a difference in selling a shot… and then there’s the J.J. Abrams approach, which I ran across in another forum here on the COW:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbJ-y6BWfUc&feature=player_embedded

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events

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