Using Trapcode Particular and a Beveled stroke created with Write-On, Harry J. Frank created this pretty, pretty flower.

Motion designer Harry Frank shows how to breath new life or make a retro look with standard After Effects Lens Flare by using Shape Layers and Trapcode Shine.

This is a fairly simple technique often done poorly. The trick to making the 3D extrusion look as good as possible is in the way you use a custom shape layer and the way you assign textures to the extrusion.

Here is a project file that adds an anamorphic stripe and star around the standard AE lens flare.

This example expression instructs a layer to be at the same position as the next higher layer in the Timeline panel, but delayed by a specified amount of time (in this case, 0.5 seconds). You can set similar expressions for the other geometric properties.

Cast 3D shadows onto live action footage
Use shadow diffusion and special material options
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A simple, elegant, telecine-style color-correction tool for coloring or grading your movie.

The Difference Matte effect creates a transparency a mask or a matte by comparing the pixels in a source layer with the pixel in a defined difference layer, and then keying out (eliminating) pixels in the source layer that match both the position and color in the difference layer.

Step through time with this innovative look at the evolution of energy. Use 3D animation, layering, colorization and more to create this incredibly unique opener.
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