Optical Flares Crative Lens Flare Studio 
Optical Flares

Featuring:
• 3D Lens Flares with AE Lights
• Intuitive Design Interface
• Live Visual Preset Library
• Real Texture Support
• Dynamic Triggering Animations
• Chromatic Aberration
• Up to 32 bpc color support


What is Optical Flares?
Optical Flares is a plug-in for designing and animating realistic lens flares in After Effects.
 NEXT-GENERATION INTERFACE
Build, Edit and Customize Lens Flares
with amazing speed and simplicity
• 12 unique Lens Objects
• 50 custom Lens Objects
• Large Pop-Out Preview window
• Rename, & Rearrange Objects
• Show BG in Preview Window
• Integrated Copy & Paste
• Duplicate Objects & Undo/Redo

Preset Browser
• 60 Built-in Presets (included)
• Real Lens Inspired Presets
• Share & Swap Presets
• Save All Settings in One Place
• Save & Reuse Individual Objects
• Expand and Build New Presets

       USING OPTICAL FLARES
                                                                                                      Illuminate your Possiblities
Great For:
3D Animation
Motion Graphics
Commercials
Music Videos
Graphic Transitions
Compositing
Special Effects
Combine with Particle Effects
 Optical Flares Uses:
 Add final touches to Motion Graphics
 Simulate Concert or Stadium Lighting
 Fake Volumetric Lighting
 Help Blend 3D Animations
 Build a virtual Light Array for Music Videos
 Add Realism to your Virtual Sets
 Add Flares to Live Action Footage
 Simulate Visible Atmosphere with Lighting
 Simulate Bright Lights in your scene
 Draw focus to a product or graphic
 Accentuate Highlights or contours




3D LENS FLARES
Optical Flares will automatically calculate size and intensity based on your 3D Lights.
• Generate lens flares from AE 3D lights
• Works with lights exported from your 3D applications
• Create multiple flares with 1 instance of Optical Flares
• Choose to render Flares for specific lights only
REAL TEXTURES
Add realism with lens artifacts from actual photographic elements to create the most genuine lens flares ever seen!
• Over 25 built-in textures to choose from
• Use custom layers from your project in a flare
• Auto-rotate textures towards light for realistic movement
• Custom layers can be still or animated







     KEY FEATURES
     3D Lens Flare Creation Studio

On-Lens Simulations

Simulate dust & scratches on your lens 
that becomes 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. behind.

objects. in. the.foreground Workswith.

 2D& 3D layers


Luminance Tracking
Generate a lens flare from bright spots in your video such as a particle system or matte layer. Control resolution and threshold

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



Auto-Shimmering
Add smooth flowing shimmer to elements with self-propelling animation. Simply set the amount and speed of the animation. -No Keyframes

                  
       Chromatic  Aberration
            Simulate realistic color bleeding around the outside of the lens. This                effect also helps make the lens flares look more organic & natural.

        Light Flickering
             Make lights appear more energetic with random
            light flickering featuring a unique seed for each
            light source. Choose from smooth or Twitchy

               Flexible Core Objects
              Build stunning lens flares with the use of 12 powerful core objects.                These elements offer unmatched flexibility with detailed control                       settings

           32 Bit & GPU Ready
                   Optical Flares renders up to 32 bpc offering high color fidelity as                       well as enhanced speed with Graphics card acceleration.


        Precise Translating
            Control the position of each object with distance, offset and custom                  translation. These features are essentials to building anamorphic                      elements

ADVANCED TUTORIALS
Learn Optical Flare with fun projects
Light up the Night
Optical Flares includes over 90 minutes of After Effects training by Andrew Kramer.

Learn to use Optical Flares with several real world examples and in-depth information on building complex lens flare presets from scratch.

The tutorial include building a wall of lights, constructing a bright concert scene and tutorials that teach you how to combine Optical Flares with live action footage.

Tutorials include footage and images required to complete the lessons with After Effects.
              Visual Preset Browser

Yameen Editor Presents
Load Presets with 1-click and try out many looks for your project. You can add to or remove elements to get the perfect look. Experimentation is encouraged!

Optical Flares is designed to provide instant visual feedback when editing a lens flare and when loading presets. You can even combine multiple presets to create the ultimate Lens Flare that would be so bright that it would have a lens flare too
Organize and Manage
Make as many lens  flare presets as you want and easily save and organize them into sub-folders for quick retrieval.
PLUG-IN SPECIFICATIONS:
Mac & PC Compatible
Compatibility
Mac* (Intel only) & PC Compatible
After Effects CS5 and up
*Mac OSX 10.6+ required for OF Version 1.3.3 minimum of CS3

Video Card GPU Support (optional):
Optical Flares does not require a special graphics card to render but you can increase render performance with better cards.

NOTE: Other graphics cards may be supported but speed improvements may not be as great. GPU Compatibility may vary on Mac converted Nvidia Cards, since updated drivers are not available from Nvidia.

Available in 3 Packages:

OPTICAL FLARES PLUG-IN: only $124.95
Includes the Optical Flares Plug-in, 60 Presets and 5 Video Tutorials.

OPTICAL FLARES BUNDLE: only $139.95 (save $10)
Includes all the above, plus the Pro Preset 1 Pack with 50 high-end flare presets.

PRO FLARES BUNDLE: only $165.00 (save $29)
Includes all the above, the Pro Preset 1 Pack and Pro Presets 2 each with 50 high-end flare presets.

The Pro Presets 1 ($25) and Pro Presets 2  ($45) are available separately. 

Plug-in License:

The product may be installed on 1 workstation and 1 personal system such as a laptop or home computer. This applies only if the systems are used by the same person and not multiple users. Please read our License Agreement for more information