Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.9] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4946839 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:37:34 +0100 Received: from oxbaltgw04.schlund.de (oxbaltgw04.schlund.de [172.19.246.10]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MARiQ-1Thtzx0VZq-00BDrj; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:42:39 +0100 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:42:38 +0100 (CET) From: "mylenium@mylenium.de" Reply-To: "mylenium@mylenium.de" To: After Effects Mail List Message-ID: <2134878134.1107010.1357872158896.JavaMail.open-xchange@email.1und1.de> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [AE] Real life lens flares MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1107009_1968057851.1357872158846" X-Priority: 3 Importance: Medium X-Mailer: Open-Xchange Mailer v6.20.7-Rev4 X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:oGbXwkHHq1hvMssGxjQfHKA2/U5Lm4wPgYUMWyPQYDT 5njq5JLaWXHfasn46jd/4wOzRdUXWL8gf1F8tdw6KwPysLILLi TJnUFFOvQgX/FnDBI47Xlm5Kr40pPDNDTFsMgTCU1aFt12fufj KpARLBBdi2UkDm5mbMk7mxRasPeoCApT14wrvWmRpYvgz6GRnX MYDxS8EIT/N3B8EuoONm/55PViNC3RsligogEPd1LSxq4mpjz+ 1OWN69sc72GY6Nczla2l74I2kmMImJTXIHq6sB8nNqgo3NB/Ih f4QdJtH8KmPC33Swqe40W8f0om+0z7OA4DWLPudJ3jCQ7f2Xzm YTrGOhodaLvWQ1CdMPymLa9gI5GCFhCFYqyU85CZci2dzHfgRy /gOFmanFpBXnV/F5wi6ZZHo9o3Yy8pkwFXHn6Std2hBgqcNFaR N7B0x ------=_Part_1107009_1968057851.1357872158846 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Umm, really? If you watch you those movies, it sure doesn't show. All the f= lares in there are hopelessly exaggerated and not physically plausible. Maybe he = did it for another movie, but clearly the "Star Wars" prequels are examples whe= re someone just went trigger happy on that stuff and it looks rather fake... Mylenium [Pour Myl=C3=A8ne, ange sur terre] ----------------------------------------- www.mylenium.de Chris Zwar hat am 11. Januar 2013 um 03:31 geschriebe= n: > Yup! > > If you watch the Red Giant TV interview with John Knoll, he describes how= he > built a rig to film real lens flares (might have been for the Star Wars > prequels- can't remember). > > Basically he got a box lined with black velvet, added a single LED, and b= uilt > a motion control rig to move the box from a computer interface, then poin= ted a > camera with a particularly flarey lens at the box. > > It sounds like he could keyframe the flares in the same way you would wit= h > software like Optical Flares or KLF, but he was actually controlling a ri= g > that created the flare in real life! > > Interesting that he didn't use his own software, but hats off anyway for = being > a genius. > > > -Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Clapham [mailto:helloluxx@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 01:07 PM > To: 'After Effects Mail List' > Subject: Re: [AE] Real life lens flares > > You can't beat the real thing though. > > ___ > > Tim Clapham > Director > ___ > > LUXX > 3D Animation > Motion Graphics > ___ > > web : luxx.com.au > blog : helloluxx.com > > > > > On 11/01/2013, at 1:04 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > > > You know, it would be cool if somebody made a plug in that recreated le= ns > > flares like these. > > > > Oh, wait=E2=80=A6 > > > > > > > > On Jan 10, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Chris Zwar wrote: > > > >> There's a HD vimeo link on this page showing a compilation of real-lif= e > >> lens flares: > >> > >> http://blog.domisljije.si/2013/01/03/lens-flares/ > >> > >> Great resource if you're interested in reality... > >> > >> -Chris > >> > >> > >> > >> +---End of message---+ > >> To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to ------=_Part_1107009_1968057851.1357872158846 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 =20 =20 =20
Umm, really? If you watch you those movies, it sure doesn't show. Al= l the flares in there are hopelessly exaggerated and not physically plausib= le. Maybe he did it for another movie, but clearly the "Star Wars" = prequels are examples where someone just went trigger happy on that stuff a= nd it looks rather fake...
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Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> hat am 11. Januar 2013 um = 03:31 geschrieben:
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> If you watch the Red Giant TV interview with John Knoll, he d= escribes how he built a rig to film real lens flares (might have been for t= he Star Wars prequels- can't remember).
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> Basically he got a box lined with black velvet, added a singl= e LED, and built a motion control rig to move the box from a computer inter= face, then pointed a camera with a particularly flarey lens at the box.
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> It sounds like he could keyframe the flares in the same way y= ou would with software like Optical Flares or KLF, but he was actually cont= rolling a rig that created the flare in real life!
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> Interesting that he didn't use his own software, but hats= off anyway for being a genius.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [AE] Real life lens flares
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> >> Great resource if you're interested in reality= ...
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