Download Optical Flares For After Effects Extra Quality Free
Perry Barillari
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As a compositor and motion graphics designer, light and lens effects can really mean the difference between a polished-looking or half-baked shot. Video CoPilot's Optical Flares is one-stop shopping for that final pass on your comp. Adding lens flares in post fell severely out of favor as After Effects' stock flare effect became more and more tired and outdated. But the highly customizable flare settings in Optical Flares helps breathe new life into that kind of design element, and more importantly, does a fantastic job simulating REAL flares-- hugely helpful in my work for matching shots acquired from different cameras. The do-it-yourself flare building options are actually quite daunting at first, so I depended heavily upon the really excellent presets that come bundled with the license until I learned the ropes. It's a great product and VCP's support are great as well when you have questions.
Before proceeding with the description of how it affects the lens flares, I wanted to refer to a great write-up by Padraic Hennessy about physical basis for the lens flares effects in actual, physical lenses. This post covers comprehensively why all lenses (unfortunately) produce some flares and about simulation of this effects.
In my opinion, anamorphic effects like bloom, glare and lens flares are one of many effects and tools in the artists toolbox. There is a physical basis for such effect and they are well established in the history of the cinema. Therefore viewers and audience are used to their characteristic look and even subconsciously can expect to see them.
We study the effect of irradiation in accretion disks around black hole X-ray novae. Two types of irradiation are considered: direct irradiation from the inner disk and indirect irradiation reflected by a corona or chromosphere. The irradiation is a function of the time-dependent mass accretion rate and location in the disk and affects the rise, peak luminosity, and decay time of the burst. We include the dynamic effects of the evolution of the disk height profile as the disk is irradiated. As a result, irradiation of intermediate portions of the disk cause them to swell and shadow the outer portion of the disk from direct irradiation. Some time after primary maximum, 50 to 100 days depending on parameters, inner portions of the disk shrink in height, reducing the shadowing of the outer portion of the disk thus exposing them to the direct irradiation. This produces secondary optical flares similar to those observed in A0620-00 and Nova Muscae. Modulation of the mass flow through the disk may also yield a small increase of the soft X-ray flux at about the same time. These models do not require an external source such as a suddenly enhanced mass transfer rate from the companion star to explain the secondary flare. We discuss the implications of these results to optical, X-ray and gamma-ray observations.
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