Showing the true power of our Optical Flares Plug-in, we were able to push it to the limits and recreate AE's built-in lens flare from scratch! AAA-MMMAZING! Think of the possibilities...

We're still polishing the plug-in features but expect a big release sometime in November. Aside from working on this plug-in, I'm also planning a Halloween tutorial and blog show that might be frighteningly fun. Stay Tuned! or should I say "stay ghouled!!!". -No that doesn't work, scratch that.

In this new "Video Blog Show" we will be trying a new format and most importantly checking out the interface for OPTICAL FLARES for the first time!

Topics Covered:
New Blog Show Format
Fight Enhancement Tip in AE
Check out Upcoming Bar Graph Tutorial
5 Min Inside Look at the Optical Lens Flare Interface

This episode is a bit longer (18 min) but the time flies-by! We are shooting for 10 minute shows in the future! We also changed the resolution to 960x540 so you can see the tutorials and demonstrations much easier.

NOTE: Optical Flares is Mac & PC compatible.

We are working hard adjusting the features for our new Lens Flare plug-in called Optical Flares but I wanted to tell you about some of the cool features . I've included some notes that might help you understand this plug-in better but expect a video presentation soon. We are still shooting for a "sometime in November" release.

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UPDATE: For those interested, I posted a short response below.

I stumbled upon a fun behind the scenes video with Digital Domain that had a lot of interesting insights. I especially liked the environment rebuilding stuff towards the end of the video.

Check it out!

I was checking out a list of countries I could visit where someone might be willing to give me a place to sleep and a warm meal. So naturally I checked the list of visitors of Video Copilot by geographic location! I actually found it very interesting when I realized that we are connected so prominently across the world in such a unique personal way. This is truly an amazing time and incredible to be part of this community. Thanks to everyone for making this site what it is today and what it will be in the future!

Check out the list to see who's visiting and from where!
In order of website traffic by location:

List displays countries & regions.

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