This can be very important when working with DSLR footage since most DSLRs have rolling shutter problems that create a “jello-cam” effect when moved quickly.”
I also show you how to add realistic handheld camera shake to your footage.
The results are very realistic and highly customizable. “This is a great alternative to spending thousands of dollars on anamorphic lenses for your camera. Below, Felt Tips showed something similar in Quick After Effects Expressions #2 – Glue a lens flare to a light and circle it:Īdd Anamorphic Lens Flares to Video is an After Effects tutorial by Next Wave DV. Host Tony Reale uses flares from Video Copilot Optical Flares to show how and why to use flares: Video Copilot Optical Flares was the first tool to roll this functionality into a plug-in. Optical Flares (noted below) comes with an advanced tutorial that builds a light wall.Īndrew Kramer posted several suggestions answering a question on a tutorial in Lens Flare on 3D Lights?, which includes an expression on the Flare Center (thisComp.layer(“Light name”).toComp() ) mentioned in a 2008 VCP tutorial on bump maps. Tibor Miklos wrote a tutorial for AEtuts, Switch On This Casino Style Text Effect Tonight, which uses Video Copilot Optical Flares on a ton of layers and CC Particle World to create a distinctive look (preview below). He also did Illuminate A Lovely Logo Light Reveal, which features the ever popular 'flare leading a particle write-on'. Michael Park posted a tutorial on how to create a Harry Potter “lumos” wand effect, with the added bonus of tips on After Effects tracking, a zoom blurred Lens Flare, and homemade animated chroma hoop without 3rd party filters. “Ch-Ch-Check It” also has an AE tutorial to Create Custom Lens Flares (No Plugins Needed):
Mike Borup later posted a tutorial for his cheap preset that enhances the very basic lens flare built into AE see Flare Plus: After Effects Lens Flare Preset. He used the Glow filter with Glow Dimensions set to “Horizontal” only and several refinements to quickly get a different look without 3rd-party filters.Ĭompositing Problem-Solving in After Effects by Daniel Bryant used the Tint effect to tone the old Lens Flare effect, and adds some nice masking basics too. Grant Swanson shows you one way to think outside the box in his After Effects tutorial video, Anamorphic Lens Flare.