J.J Abrams Lens Flare

I was wondering what thread to post this on but I figured this would work. I'm wondering how to achieve that blue-ish lens flare from Star Trek and Super 8. I have other software such as Motion, Flash, Blender and many other softwares.

Thanks
Spencer

Check out Video Copilot's Optical Flare Plug-in:

http://www.videocopilot.net/products/opticalflares/

Video Copilot guy is buddies with JJ Abrams and despite what Abrams says about the flares being natural I don't think they are. They are too stylized and choreographed. He more than likely used that plug-in or something like it.

For this plug-in, you need Adobe After Effects though.

Best regards,

Kevin Camin

Yeah, some of them might be on camera, but I think most of it was done in post. I like using Knoll Light Factory from Red Giant, it's pretty sweet. I heard that the foundation of this plug in was used on Star Trek (prob tweaked to be specific to the movie), and the guy John Knoll, was the effects guy. Pricey, but worth it.

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Nice I never saw that. Cool to see it was equal parts, optically on lens as well as in post for shots they didn't have control to add it on set, such as CG. I couldn't find what anamorphic lenses they were using, that would be nice to know.

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RocketRAID 4322 via dual MiniSAS
Panasonic Lumix GH2, Canon 5DMKII, 7D, Panasonic HVX200A, Panasonic DVX100A