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Flare Preferences 369
Flare Parameter tabs
Let you create and control the lens flare. Each of
theninetabscontrolsaspecificaspectofthelens
flare.
Wa rn in g: When you animate Lens Effects parameters,
this creates pointers into the actual scene, so Lens Effects
animation is lost if you save the Video Post queue in a
VPX file (page 3 –1125) . To preser ve the animation, save
the Video Post data, including Lens Effects animation,
in the MAX file.
A flare is composed of eight basic par ts. Each part
of a flare is controlled on its own panel in the Lens
Effects Flare interface. Each part of the lens flare
can be individually activated and deactivated to
create different effects.
Prefs (page 3–369) :Thispageletsyoucontrol
which par ts of a lens flare are active and how they
effect the overall image.
Glow (page 3–371) :Ageneralglowcentered
around the source object of t he flare. You can
control t he color, size , shape, and other aspec ts of
the glow.
Ring (page 3–371) : A circ ular color band t hat
surrounds the center of the source object. You can
control t he color, size , shape, and other aspec ts of
the ring.
A Sec (page 3–372) :AutoSecondaryFlares.The
small circles you would normally see coming out
from the source of the lens flare. As the camera
position changes relative to the source object, the
secondary flares move. The secondary flares are
automatically generated when this option is active.
M Sec (page 3–373) : Manual Secondary Flares.
Additional secondary flares added to the lens
flare effect. They appear in the same axis as the
automatic secondary flares and look very similar.
Rays (p age 3–373) : Bright lines that radiate out
from the center of the source object, providing the
illusion of extreme brightness for the object.
Star (page 3–374) : Bright lines that radiate out
from the center of the source object, generally
composed of 6 or more spokes, (instead of
hundreds, like a ray). Stars are generally thicker
andextendoutfartherfromthecenterofthe
source object than rays.
Streak (page 3–375) : Wide horizontal bands that
run through the center of the source object.
Infer no (page 3–376) :Letsyouaddspecialeffects,
such as explosions, to your flare effect.
Fla r e P ref erences
Rendering menu > Video Post > Video Post toolbar > Add
ImageFilterEvent>ChooseLensEffectsFlarefromFilter
Plug-In list. > Setup > Prefs tab
In the Prefs panel, you can control whether or not
specific parts of the lens flare, such as the rays or
the star are rendered by turning them on or off.
You can also control the axial transparency of the
lens flare.
Interfa ce
Affect Alpha—Specifies whether or not the lens
flare affects the a lpha channel of an image, when
the image is rendered in a 32-bit fi le format. The
alpha channel is an extra 8 bits of color (256
colors) that indicate transparency in an image.