Optical Flares

What is Optical Flares?

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• 3D Lens Flares with AE Lights
• Intuitive Design Interface
• Visual Preset Library
• Real Texture Support
• Dynamic Shooting Animations
• Chromatic refraction
• Support for colors up to 32 bpc

What is it?

Optical Flares is a plug-in for designing and animating realistic lens flares in After Effects.

NEXT-GENERATION INTERFACE

Create, edit and customize flares with incredible speed and simplicity.

Custom interface within After Effects.

Interface features

• 12 Unique Lens Objects
• 50 Custom Lens Objects
• Large pop-out preview window
• Rename and rearrange objects
• BG in the preview window
• Integrated Copy and Paste
• Duplicates Objects and Undoes / Redoes

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• 60 built-in presets (included)
• Real lens-inspired presets
• Share and swap presets
• Save all settings in one place
• Save and reuse individual objects
• Expand and build new presets

USING OPTICAL FLARES

Enlighten your possibilities

Great for:

• 3D Animation
• Motion Graphics
• Commercial
• Music videos
• Graphical Transitions
• Composition
• Special effects
• Combination with particle effects

Uses:

• Add end touches to Motion Graphics
• Simulate Stadium Concert or Lighting
• False Volumetric Illumination
• Get help merging 3D animations
• Create a virtual Light Array for music videos
• Add Realism to your Virtual Sets
• Add Flares to Live Action Footage
• Simulate a visible atmosphere with Lighting
• Simulate bright lights in your scene
• Draw focus for a product or chart
• Accented highlights or contours

ADVANCED FEATURES

The most powerful Lens Flare tool in the world!

3D LENS FLARES

Optical flares will automatically calculate size and intensity based on your 3D lights.

• • Create flares of AE's 3D lights
• • Works with lights exported from your 3D apps
• • Create multiple flares with one instance of optical flares
• • Render flames only for specific lights

REAL TEXTURES

Add realism with lens artifacts from real photographic elements to create the most genuine lens flames ever seen!

• More than 25 built-in textures to choose from
• Use custom layers of your project on a flare
• Automatic rotation of textures toward light for realistic movements
• Custom layers can be stop or animated

DYNAMIC TRIGGERING

Static lens objects come to life with dynamic drive to create natural animations without keyframes!

• Recreate organic animation with multiple trigger types
• Create a flash of light as your flare exits the frame
• Iris elements change in size as they move away
• The shooting area can be viewed for precise animations

MAIN FEATURES

On-Lens Simulations

Simulate dust and scratches on your lens that become visible by the light source. Includes 12 HD lens textures or use your own.

3D occlusion

Obscure layers by alpha or luminance to simulate the light source going after objects in the foreground. Works with 2D and 3D layers!

Luminance Screening

Create a lens reflection of bright spots in your video, such as a particle system or a matte layer. Control resolution and threshold.

Mask Placement

Anime lens flares along the contour of complex shapes with ease. Great for detailed shapes that would require extra key framing.

Self-shimmering

Add soft glow to elements with self-propelled animation. Just set the amount and speed of the animation.

Chromatic Refraction

Simulate realistic color bleeding around the outside of the lens. This effect also helps to make the lenses become more organic and natural.

Shimmering Light

Make the lights look more energetic

Ready for 32-bit and GPU

Optical flares renders up to 32 bpc offering high color fidelity as well as higher speed with graphics card acceleration.

Flexible Basic Objects

Build stunning lens flames using 12 powerful central objects. These elements offer unmatched flexibility with detailed control settings.

Accurate translation

Control the position of each object with distance, offset, and custom translation. These features are essential for building anamorphic elements.

System Requirements

Mac (Intel only) and PC-compatible

CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC, CC 2014 and 2015

Mac OSX 10.6+ needed

GPU support for video card: Optical Flares does not require a special graphics card to render, but you can increase rendering performance if needed (depending on the video card)