How to Create an Anamorphic Lens Flare in After Effects
by James Dayton on May 19, 2012 at 2:57:19 am
I was thrilled to figure out how to create an anamorphic lens flare in After Effects (which can be seen in the link below - it is the quick red flare)!
How to:
1: Create a new solid layer.
2: Apply a lens flare effect to the new solid from Effects and
Presets.
3: Place the "Flare Center" on top of the "Anchor Point" to line
up the various circles.
4: Apply a glow effect to the new solid from effects and presets.
5: Set the "Glow Dimensions" to Horizontal only (not horizontal
and vertical).
6: Increase the "Glow Threshold" to 100%.
7: Increase the "Glow Radius" to 1,000.
8: Increase the "Glow Intensity" to 5 or higher.
9: Apply a hue/saturation effect to the new solid from effects
and presets.
10: Under the hue/saturation effect click on the "small colorize
box".
11: Set your "Colorize Saturation" to 50.
12: Using "Colorize Hue" set the color of lens flare you want.
13: Finally, put he new solid in "Add Mode" so that it only
reveals the lens flare on top of your footage rather than the
entire solid.
14: Enjoy your J.J. Abrams-esque Videos.
Re: How to Create an Anamorphic Lens Flare in After Effects by Perry Kroll on May 19, 2012 at 5:36:42 pm
You may also enjoy Optical Flares from Video Copilot. It's a pretty sweet lens flare plugin that lets you make almost any kind of flare you could imagine.
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