Zoom Lines in After Effects

Tuesday 07 February

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Zoom Lines in After Effects

Need to pull a zoom effect in After Effects? Here’s how.

1. Add your clip into a new comp. The easiest way to do this is to drag your shot onto the new comp icon at the bottom of the project window.

2. Duplicate the shot by pressing Cmd+D (Ctrl+D). Name the layer Rays.

3. Desaturate the duplicate layer by choosing Effect>Image Control>Hue/Saturation. Set the Saturation Slider to -100.

4. Starting with AE 6.5, the Cycore Effects are bundled on your install disc. Choose Effect>Blur>CC Radial Fast Blur. If this is not an option, choose the regular Radial Blur and be prepared to go walk down the street for a cup of coffee. Adjust the Center and Amount of your effect.

5. Adjust your Levels on the Blur Layer by Choosing Effect>Adjust>Levels. Pull your Black and White Input sliders in towards the edges of your Histogram. This will increase the contrast of your layer

6. Experiment with different blending modes and opacities. You may want to adjust the gray slider on the Levels effect to tweak the rays’ intensity.

7. To limit the effect, duplicate your original source layer, name it Mask and place it on top. If you have a lot of motion in the shot, you’ll need to keyframe a mask and roughly rotoscope the shot with a soft edge. If the shot is fairly static, just double click it to load in the footage window and use your Eraser tool.

8. Change the Track Matte of the Rays layer and set it to Alpha Inverted using the Matte layer.

9. You may want to combine this effect with the previously mentioned Film Look technique to boost saturation.

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