Adding lens flare to video

dexy · 24th March 2006, 00:21

How to add motion lens flare to video,and which filter or program to use?

Zarxrax · 24th March 2006, 01:27

I know Adobe Premiere has a basic lens flare effect...

dexy · 25th March 2006, 00:30

I found lens flare effect in premiere 6, but this is only fixed lens flare effect. I dont know if premiere pro (vegas, or similar programs) has motion lens flare effect.

SeeMoreDigital · 25th March 2006, 00:36

Out of interest... how many frames are you talking about?

Cheers

Zarxrax · 25th March 2006, 03:30

You have to keyframe the values. Premiere 6 supports keyframes.

dexy · 26th March 2006, 01:59

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how many frames are you talking about?

About 10 sec, which is about 250 frames in PAL.

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You have to keyframe the values

How can I do that?

Zarxrax · 26th March 2006, 03:24

Well I don't really use the program anymore so I couldn't really tell you. It's documented well in the instructions though.

dexy · 27th March 2006, 15:55

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Well I don't really use the program anymore

I dont use this pogram too, but I have it

Do you have any other idea, this seems to be difficult (if I understand well, I have to add keyframe for every move).

Zarxrax · 27th March 2006, 20:10

Well, thats how it works in pretty much any program. Its not all that hard. You just set the properties you want at one frame, set a keyframe. Then move to another frame, and set the properties how you want them there, and set another keyframe.

Basically, if you just want a lensflare to move across the screen, you might set a keyframe for the position of the lens flare with the position set to something like 0,240. Then 10 or 20 frame later, you just change the position value to something like 640,240 and set another keyframe.

dexy · 28th March 2006, 23:52

Thanks a lot Zarxrax. This is not difficult at all. I didn't have time to experiment with this past 2 days, so I thought that is difficult.

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24th March 2006, 01:27	#2 \| Link
Zarxrax Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 943	I know Adobe Premiere has a basic lens flare effect...

25th March 2006, 00:30	#3 \| Link
dexy Piracy of the Caribbean Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Serbia Posts: 81	I found lens flare effect in premiere 6, but this is only fixed lens flare effect. I dont know if premiere pro (vegas, or similar programs) has motion lens flare effect.

25th March 2006, 03:30	#5 \| Link
Zarxrax Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 943	You have to keyframe the values. Premiere 6 supports keyframes.

26th March 2006, 03:24	#7 \| Link
Zarxrax Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 943	Well I don't really use the program anymore so I couldn't really tell you. It's documented well in the instructions though.

27th March 2006, 20:10	#9 \| Link
Zarxrax Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 943	Well, thats how it works in pretty much any program. Its not all that hard. You just set the properties you want at one frame, set a keyframe. Then move to another frame, and set the properties how you want them there, and set another keyframe. Basically, if you just want a lensflare to move across the screen, you might set a keyframe for the position of the lens flare with the position set to something like 0,240. Then 10 or 20 frame later, you just change the position value to something like 640,240 and set another keyframe.

28th March 2006, 23:52	#10 \| Link
dexy Piracy of the Caribbean Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Serbia Posts: 81	Thanks a lot Zarxrax. This is not difficult at all. I didn't have time to experiment with this past 2 days, so I thought that is difficult.