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Ranee Wates

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Youmay need to delve into your system's graphics settings to get proper OpenGL support. OF is an old plug-in that never got properly updated and recent versions of OSX have legacy OGL disabled by default. I'm not a Mac guy and may be spouting nonsense, but that's what I read on tech news pages. Investigating the issue via a web search should clear things up.

Same problem for me. I assume you never got around this? A potential pointer for someone who knows more than me - on my 1st of 2 iMacs, I think I installed optical flares whilst on Mojave. I then later updated to Catalina and I can still see previews - so it's not a 32-bit thing I don't think. But on my new 2020 iMac, running Big Sur, I now have the same issue of no previews. I would blame Big Sur but, all the others who have this problem have it on Catalina (or even earlier it seems). So I don't think it's the OS version.


In fact, the display of lighting effects only does not display thumbnails in the independent panel of Optical Flares. When you return to Ae, you can still render it directly. And when switching the color profile of the Mac system display, you don't need to close the Ae software, just reopen the independent panel of Optical Falres to refresh.


The default color description of the Mac system still looks good, and I often work in the default color mode. So when I set the OF light in the Option Flares independent panel, I can set it back to the default color profile. It seems to be a good solution.


As far as building a better looking flare goes, I tried a Google search for better lens flare after effects and got some good results:

A tutorial here on the COW [link]

And a tutorial on Creative Dojo that also links to a good Harry Frank tutorial on the same subject [link] I believe they use a 3rd-party plugin called Shine for some of it, but you can recreate Shine with some of the built-in effects too. CC Light Burst or CC Light Rays coupled with some color correction effects should do it.


Lens flares are largely just shapes with transparency, blending over the composite with an add or screen transfer mode. The positioning of these shapes can be based on rules which you can codify into a series of expressions, or perhaps handle in 3D with parenting and auto-orient.


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The reduced optical photometric data of AT2022tsd are provided in Supplementary Tables 1 and 2. Spectroscopy of AT2022tsd will be made available through the WISeREP public database. Facilities that make all their data available in public archives, either promptly or after a proprietary period, include the VLA, the LT, the W. M. Keck Observatory, the Palomar 48-inch/ZTF, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Chandra and ALMA. Furthermore, all of the data required to reproduce the figures are available in a public GitHub repository (www.github.com/annayqho/AT2022tsd).


All authors reviewed the manuscript and contributed to the source interpretation. A.Y.Q.H. identified the source; coordinated the follow-up observations; performed radio, X-ray and some optical data analysis; performed the source analysis and modelling; and wrote most of the manuscript. D.A.P. performed the optical image subtraction and photometry and contributed notably to the follow-up campaign, the source analysis and the manuscript. P. Chen observed the source with Magellan and LAST, made the first flare identification and assisted with follow-up observations and X-ray data analysis. S. Schulze performed the host-galaxy analysis, assisted with Swift data analysis and performed follow-up observations with the NOT. V.D. provided follow-up observations with ULTRACAM and ULTRASPEC. H.K., V.S., A.S. and V.B. performed follow-up observations and image reduction with the GIT and the HCT. M.B. performed NOEMA follow-up observations and data reduction. S.J.S. provided ATLAS and Pan-STARRS photometry. J.P.A., C.P.G., L.G., M.G., C.I., T.E.M.-B., F.O., M.P., P.J.P., P.W., Y.W. and D.R.Y. are ePESSTO+ builders. G.C.A. and S.B. are GIT builders. S.A. and S.P. enabled NARIT/Thai National Telescope observations. E.C.B., R.B., M.W.C., A.J.D., M.G., A.A.M., B.R., R.R. and A.W. are ZTF builders. S.B., D.P., E.S. and N.L.S. are LAST builders. T.d.B., M.D.F., H.G., E.A.M., M.N., K.W.S. and S.S. assisted with Pan-STARRS data analysis. T.G.B., J.C., C.F., J.F., S.K., M.M.K., V.K. and M.S. assisted with Keck follow-up observations. N.A.J. and P.C. performed uGMRT follow-up observations and data analysis. T.-W.C., W.-P.C., C.-C.N., Y.-C.P. and S.Y. assisted with Lulin observations and data reduction. K.K.D. observed with the P200. A.V.F. assisted with Keck follow-up observations and thoroughly reviewed the manuscript. A.G.-Y. assisted with LAST follow-up observations. K.-R.H. assisted with LT follow-up observations. T.M. contributed to Pan-STARRS and ePESSTO+ data analysis. E.O.O. assisted with LAST follow-up observations and performed LAST data reduction and photometry. C.M.B.O. contributed to the source analysis. G.P. performed SMA follow-up observations and data analysis. A.C.R. performed CHIMERA observations and data reduction. R.R. created the SEDM2 robotic observing software. Y.S. performed KP84 observations. J.S. assisted with NOT follow-up observations. D.S. performed the GRB search. Y.Y. helped write the transient scanning code and assisted with X-ray observations.


Periodogram constructed using the first four epochs of Chandra X-ray data. The horizontal line shows the power expected for a false-alarm peak (with false-alarm probability 2.5%) under the assumption that there is no periodicity present in the data, using a bootstrap simulation. The observed peaks arise from the 500-s sampling and aliases (marked with vertical dotted lines).


The file contains five tables and two figures. The material provides a comparison between the flares of AT2022tsd and those of literature objects; details of the host-galaxy spectral fitting and multiwavelength SED; and X-ray, optical and radio data.


The LAST photometry of AT2022tsd. Because, in many cases, we observed the transient location simultaneously with several LAST telescopes, the table provides a 2-min binning of the unsubtracted measurements.


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Would you mind provide an example or explain a bit better your issue ?

Are you talking about footage that has been shot in certain colorspace or

with a certain camera being converted to ACEScg ? Or CG lens flares ?


What are we in a J J Abrams movie or something? Unless you have a scope, binocs, camera or other optics in front of your face, you should not see a lens flare. It's an optical effect of the sun reflecting off of the a system of lenses (hence the name "lens flare"). What's next? The view "snap-zooming" and shaky-cam-ing to the greatest source of drama in the game?


Video Copilot Optical Flares is the perfect way to add cinematic flair and realism to your footage! Enjoy creating intricate lens flares in After Effects with an elegant, user-friendly interface. Plus, Open GL acceleration makes it super simple and fast. So, you can make stunning visuals without taking up too much of your precious time. Bring some extra sparkle into life with Video Copilot Optical Flares!


Every flare is completely customizable so the options are limitless. Plus, over 90 minutes of After Effects training with Andrew Kramer is included so new users can get comfortable quickly. Optical Flares is an affordable way to add sophistication and magic to your motion graphics and visual effects!


Plug-ins with M1 compatibility can run in the new M1-native version of After Effects, which is already up to 3x faster than previous versions on the Mac. And now, with M1-compatibility, Video Copilot plug-ins are ready to go!


The Render version of the plugin requires the same license process as the plugin itself but they can use the attached key file if they do not have access to the GUI (typical of AE Render or true nodes with no monitors).


The plugin is FANTASTIC, and ToolFarm made it effortless to download the plugin after purchase. The Plugin itself is Amazing, and everything they say it is. It has made my life so much easier, and my videos have come to life. I definitely recommend this product to people who are looking for that extra umph for their video editing.


It has a beautiful interface - makes using it great fun. As another reviewer said, it would be nice if there was a demo, but if you're looking for a flares plug-in just know that this is the one to get.


This is the new industry standard for Lens Flares! Optical Flares is by far the best plugin for creating lens flares. Not only are the possibilities endless but you can also create lens flares that look very realistic.The plugin comes with a variety (about 50-60) of presets wich are very helpful if you don't want to design your own lens flare. Plus it makes it very easy to combine different lens flares, position them with or without the help of AE Lights and much more.And it's fast. Even with a cheap graphics card you can preview the slowest lens flares in realtime. My last thought is just: Who needs Knoll Light Factory any longer?


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.

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