Trying to duplicate this effect

#1

Hi all,
I am trying to duplicate the title effect from the Star Trek trailer found here:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/startrek_trailer3_small.html

The effect is the black background with the bluish flare effect in the middle that tapers horizontally to the edges, and then the text appears and fades. I have no problem with the text effect but creating the bluish flare effect is giving me some problems. I am a certain this is rather simple but it is making me crazy. I guess I could make it in photoshop and then fade it in and out but is there another way in AE with lights? Any ideas?

Thanks

#2

Well here is a low-tech method you could try…:smiley:

Duplicate the text layer. Fill the bottom layer with dark blue color. Apply a directional blur (Rotation 90 degrees). Apply the exposure filter to boost levels, and maybe a fast blur or gaussian blur to soften. Mask off a strip of it horizontally to get just one band.

Trapcode starglow on the “Scope” Preset also looks pretty similar to the look.

#3

You could also do this effect by creating the blue streak in Photoshop - then fade in or size up etc., depending on what you want.

I believe Video Copilot has a tutorial regarding something similar - check out the “Ring” tutorial… In that video he goes over a light burst or solar flare using simple methods.

#4

Thank you both for your replies. In doing my research on this there is also the Knoll light factory pro plug in from red giant software.
I think I will try a few ways and see what way makes more sense for my small brain.

Again, thank you both!

#5

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