Sometimes I tell to my students how important it is when in a composition we are trying to make an effect: Maybe we will find some powerful plugins to save the day. That\u2019s great, but someday thouse plugins or shortcuts maybe won’t be able to create a specific effect, and that is really important when we are working for ads or in a movie under the director\u2019s orders\u2026<\/p>\n
This is a little test that I made: It\u2019s a realistic Sun created with the most simple effects in Adobe After Effects<\/strong> like Fractal Noise<\/em> or Radial Blur<\/em>. No 3D or extra plugins. Watch it in full screen and HD quality if you can.<\/p>\n[vimeo]https:\/\/vimeo.com\/65608081[\/vimeo]\n The video intentionally has grain noise and artifacts: I wanted to recreate the look like the view from a satellite with some sensor failures. For that reason I looked for some pictures from the SOHO satellite<\/a>\u00a0to use as references.<\/p>\n I will post a breakdown shortly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes I tell to my students how important it is when in a composition we are trying to make an effect: Maybe we will find some powerful plugins to save the day. That\u2019s great, but someday thouse plugins or shortcuts maybe won’t be able to create a specific effect, and that is really important when we are working for ads … <\/p>\n