Return-Path: Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4941508 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:12:46 +0100 Received: from mbp-17.westell.com (50-55-11-251.waus.wi.frontiernet.net [50.55.11.251]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LnPaY-1TN53x2TLa-00hW8V; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:17:37 -0500 From: Steve Oakley Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F38C337C-6980-4584-A276-B123E29B18DB" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Question about flares on transparent layers Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 10:17:35 -0600 References: To: "After Effects Mail List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:Zsk6dVlYO7B16EuOnAyehdRk/HCXLvtSZIa/Oaqye8y rev0biit0ZNjV0f+3JD7OnyI3WK0MpodO2R9ca2+7yfVcX+g9N 5AxC/BHMHY/CtKdcpuZRd1rUCcyO/c6ri0aI6AxhMISamx9Lhe wGH8vKLgpaDFkd+Zc42Y+Fr8oTjjYVXcBHUg1r5NADI9pvqcwA hXO70vM+fIQIGDV+4SnAPetHFjo9tqSzFglK/SXd2ioa9DDrtw ugk2l16zmvaBZrqG6ZtRDXeCe13nr0128TpZIKZC54dDukm8V3 Clt0zOlq/uspSBfY+cNDPXe3/40AQLPHdxg6BfJlQsQiGSEZME T69Z/glB/QsiIawjXGsDFb8lLIYRSiLMi/GHQVqn3cE943CK5g rvz/Qs4oDYf2A== --Apple-Mail=_F38C337C-6980-4584-A276-B123E29B18DB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 no need for that. just use screen / add / overlay - your choice = depending on which works best FWIW I have no idea with lens flare filters don't generate their own = alpha.... S On Jan 4, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Bruce Wainer wrote: > Apply it to a black solid and then use the UnMolt effect to remove all = black. One of the plugin makers has it available for free, Google is = your friend. The effect was made to turn premultiplied alpha into = straight alpha, but can be used anywhere that black behind something = non-opaque should be transparent.=20 >=20 > On Jan 4, 2013, at 10:45 AM, John Morgan wrote: >=20 >> Hi, >> I=92m trying to create some animated lower thirds for a video about = Energy partnerships here locally. I envisioned a small burst of = light/Knoll flare/lightning with the text animating out of it. Intend to = render as RGB+Alpha to overlay on video. Can=92t seem to find a way to = have the flares show up on any transparent non-solid layer. Applying the = effect to text layer confines to within text boundary. Is there a way to = get these kinds of light/flare effects to go beyond text edges or to = appear on an empty/transparent layer? Tried bringing an empty layer = .png from photoshop to no avail. >> =20 >> John >> =20 --Apple-Mail=_F38C337C-6980-4584-A276-B123E29B18DB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 no = need for that. just use screen / add / overlay - your choice depending = on which works best

FWIW I have no idea with lens = flare filters don't generate their own = alpha....

S

On Jan 4, = 2013, at 10:09 AM, Bruce Wainer <brwainer@gmail.com> = wrote:

Apply it to a black solid = and then use the UnMolt effect to remove all black. One of the plugin = makers has it available for free, Google is your friend. The effect was = made to turn premultiplied alpha into straight alpha, but can be used = anywhere that black behind something non-opaque should be = transparent.

On Jan 4, 2013, at 10:45 AM, John Morgan = <John.Morgan@slcc.edu> = wrote:

= Hi,
I=92m = trying to create some animated lower thirds for a video about Energy = partnerships here locally. I envisioned a small burst of light/Knoll = flare/lightning with the text animating out of it. Intend to render as = RGB+Alpha to overlay on video. Can=92t seem to find a way to have = the flares show up on any transparent non-solid layer. Applying the = effect to text layer confines to within text boundary. Is there a way to = get these kinds of light/flare effects to go beyond text edges or to = appear on an empty/transparent layer? Tried bringing an empty = layer .png from photoshop to no avail.

John=

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