Comments on: Flare Wars

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:51:04 +0000

That’s great Sandeep. I’m sure AK would be happy hearing that too! Best wishes, John.

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:26:55 +0000

Hi John,
1 day back i got optical flares..n man its the best thing ever.
i hardly use flares but after this i am gonna use it a lot and i feel its far better than KLF but i dont have Pro Presets Pack…how good that is ??

By: Mark Lee

Mark Lee — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:23:44 +0000

Hi Gopinth

It’s here:
http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2010/01/optical-flares-in-action/

Not available till 25th Jan

By: Gopinath

Gopinath — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:27:59 +0000

hi John D
Please, i am ask find Optical Flares??? please u help me DEAF work learn more…

Regard,
gopinath

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:16:59 +0000

That’s true… I’ve had a similar problem with KLF. It sometimes crashes AFX during final render and when I open it again, I have to hit spacebar or it crashes again just because the KLF layer was selected when it crashed the first time… *sigh*

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:58:56 +0000

Thanks for that excellent behind-the-scenes information Sean. Best wishes, John.

By: Sean Safreed

Sean Safreed — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:46:34 +0000

In Star Trek, a number of the flares were created optically, specifically the scenes of the bridge and other shots on the interiors of the ships. However, Knoll Light Factory was used to generate flares and light glints you see in the space shots and battles. These were created by one of the senior compositors at ILM, Todd Vizari with supervision from John Knoll. Look for more information soon on how Light Factory was used on Star Trek, and even Avatar.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:35:04 +0000

Thanks for keeping everyone in the loop Brett. Best wishes, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:34:39 +0000

You’re welcome Klas. Best wishes, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:31:13 +0000

Thanks Ahmed I agree with you. Best wishes, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:30:02 +0000

Hey Sébastien, OF is fast and so is KLF. I love KLF but if I had to choose between the two now I would buy OF over KLF. That opinion could change when we see what KLF has to bring to the table in the next version. The only advantage that I can see that KLF has is that one can apply different parts of a flare as separate effects in After Effects. Open GL was also mentioned. I don’t have a definitive list but I’m sure it will be made clear enough soon by both companies what the benefits are of each plug-in. Best wishes, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:26:43 +0000

Hi Renzo, from what I’ve seen of Optical Flares it will be fully featured and stable. I have no idea when it will be released but hopefully soon Best wishes, John.

By: Benjamin Eshagpoor

Benjamin Eshagpoor — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:08:55 +0000

I was playing around with KLF 3D on a project last night, and AE kept crashing every time I checked 3D obscuration. I really like my KLF but I have to say, I’m quite impressed with what AK talking about putting out…so put the product out already!!!

By: esc

esc — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:51:13 +0000

I think both have their place. OF looks cool and can’t beat the price but they really need to work on that 1998 GUI for the OF Studio.

By: Brett Perry

Brett Perry — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:19:47 +0000

Here’s an update for those who may have downloaded 3D Flare beta from Knoll. At first I couldn’t find it as an effect, so I contacted Red Giant. It turns out that it’s a script found in the “Windows Menu” in AE. You must first have a layer with a Knoll Light Flare on it, a camera, and at least one light layer. You then apply the script. The regular Knoll Light Flare pops to the light’s position and a new filter is added to the Knoll Flare layer. It seemed a little clunky to me but it does look cool and react as advertised. It will be interesting to see how 3D Optical Flares fron Video Copilot will work.
Brett