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Aram Rian · September 20th, 2010, 07:59 AM

Hi guys.

How is it possible to achieve that sunlight (or just any kind of light) effect, so frequently seen in movies and music videos (it looks horizontally emphasized and spread off the light's centre)?

Cheers.

Brian Drysdale · September 20th, 2010, 10:57 AM

Are you talking about a horizontal flare? These are a characteristic of some anamorphic lenses, but people put a 2 star filter on to recreate this effect on normal spherical lenses. You could also creat the effect in post.

There's another effect in which sunlight is caught in the og from a smoke machine, which create shafts or beams of light around an object or person.

September 20th, 2010, 07:59 AM	#1
Aram Rian Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK / Yerevan, Armenia Posts: 93	The Sunlight Effect Hi guys. How is it possible to achieve that sunlight (or just any kind of light) effect, so frequently seen in movies and music videos (it looks horizontally emphasized and spread off the light's centre)? Cheers. __________________ "I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual." Lord Byron

September 20th, 2010, 10:57 AM	#2
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Are you talking about a horizontal flare? These are a characteristic of some anamorphic lenses, but people put a 2 star filter on to recreate this effect on normal spherical lenses. You could also creat the effect in post. There's another effect in which sunlight is caught in the og from a smoke machine, which create shafts or beams of light around an object or person.