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Lens Flares in After Effects: A Side-by-Side Comparison RGTV Episode 42: An Interview with John Knoll РІР‚вЂњ Part 2 RGTV Episode 42: An Interview with John Knoll РІР‚вЂњ Part 1 Luxology interviewed John Knoll in 2008 in a podcast titled Father of the Lens FlareР’В and Red Giant did two in-depth interviews with him. He developed Knoll Light Factory, which IРІР‚в„ўll cover in the next article in this series. On the subject of digital lens flaresРІР‚В¦ care to guess who is credited for inventing them? ItРІР‚в„ўs John Knoll,Р’В visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic.

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WeРІР‚в„ўre talking about digital lens flares and digital lens flare plug-ins can be used to create both lens flares and diffraction effects, as well as mimicking the sun, lights, glowing embers on missiles, reflections off of cockpit windows or glares on the wings of a spaceship. It turns out that the reflections off of cars and glass are technically diffraction artifacts, not lens flares since the light is not going through a lens but reflecting off a shiny object. It can be If you want to get all scientific about it, read the Wikipedia article about Lens Flares. A lens flare is created when sunlight refracts off of a camera lens or even the lens of thehuman eye. The Raging Shrimp sign photo, taken by yours truly in Albuquerque, NM, shows a naturally occurring lens flare. Yes, in the previous paragraph I refer to lens flares as magic, but itРІР‚в„ўs all science and light. The Science Behind Lens Flares and John Knoll All of the tools that IРІР‚в„ўll be covering are capable of making natural looking flares or extremely fake looking flares.

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IРІР‚в„ўm here to tell you WHAT options you have, not how to use them stylistically. I say, use them as gratuitously as you want. Even in the 90РІР‚в„ўs, 3D video games were besmirched with fake looking lens flares.

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See Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (or donРІР‚в„ўt see it!) David Boyd, DP on Firefly, sent back the fancy new lenses which reduced lens flare in exchange for cheaper ones so that he could get an old school 70s tv show look. An obvious example is JJ Abrahms in 8mm and the Star Trek reboot, having crew point flashlights at the camera lens to generate them. As I was doing research for this article it was very apparent that some people feel that they have been overused. There are SO many options, for elements and colors, and you can place them anywhere you like, whether it could occur in nature or not. With CGI lens flares, itРІР‚в„ўs easy to go overboard. Lens flares can add drama and artistic style to footage. In the old days, photographers tended to avoid lens flares, but that is no longer the case. How often to you stop to really appreciate the magic of a naturally occuring lens flare? I guess this is the geek equivalent of stopping to smell the flowers. No, I wasnРІР‚в„ўt taking any drugs! I am sure you remember squinting like that as a kid and marveling at how the light broke into stars and lines.Р”В®xamining lens flares you see in daily life can help you build realistic looking flares to add to your film and motion graphics work. As I squinted, the effect was intensified and the arms of the star grew. I was noticing how there was a white starburst, a polygonal ring and a sort of golden line as well as a glow in the center.

Last weekend I was at a stop light and zoning, staring at the glare on the back window of the minivan in front of me. Before long IРІР‚в„ўm noticing lens flares everywhere in my daily life. Maybe itРІР‚в„ўs the writer in me but I wasnРІР‚в„ўt satisfied with giving a general overview and I dove really deep. So, I dove in, pushing the plug-ins to their limits, in some cases. I wanted to create some really good examples too. The plan was to create a few examples like I did in my book, Plug-in to After Effects: Third Party Plug-in Mastery, and go over the pros and cons of several plug-ins. In the past couple of weeks I have been working on an article about lens flares. Take Time to Stop and Squint at The Lens Flares

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More than you ever wanted to know about Lens Flares! This is the first of a 5 part series and will give an overview of lens flares and the plug-ins that can generate them.

How to add video copilot plugins to after effects