Real Lens Flares

2D + Distance gives you the ability to customize the distance of the light source in Z-Space, adding dimension to your shot. With the help of the Distance Affects Size and Size Affects Brightness Parameters you can change the moving flare.

Real Lens Flares was built on an engine that simulates the optical qualities of a real lens and calculates rays of light bouncing around inside of glass to create beautiful images.

The accuracy of our simulation creates lens flares that move, morph and merge as the light source shifts across the screen. It will make you feel like you are looking at the real thing.

Thanks to the upgraded lens simulation engine with support for anamorphic lenses in Real Lens Flares, filmmakers doing 3D renders, shooting video or doing motion graphics work can add Real Lens Flares to their shots.

Real Lens Flares ships with dozens of beautiful presets based on real lens simulations, as well as a set of stylized flares and core projections to start building your own.

Real Lens Flares works like a real camera lens, you set the type of light, position and intensity, and our engine calculates a realistic flare based on the exposure that you set. Light Control also enables you to precisely place flares in 3D-tracked scenes based on After Effects Lights.

A set of core projections that can also be controlled through the lens model, as well as individually:

• Glowball - soft zone of over exposure around a light.
• Starburst - a star shaped visual artifact caused by the aperture.
• Single spike - emulating a smear of oil across the lens.
• Halo - chromatic ringing effect caused by a scratched or oily lens.
• Gate Flare - light hitting the edge of the lens barrel and bouncing across the glass.
• Ring projection gives your favorite vintage flare looks from the 1970s and 80s.