After Effects Spotlight Effect
Posted by Brooks in After Effects on Jan 18th, 2009 | 3 comments*Update*
I highly recommend you check out a much more recent tutorial I did that illustrates how to use After Effects’ built-in 3d spotlights.
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Sometimes you really just want to emphasize a particular area in a screencast which means if you’re like me its time to dust off your favorite compositor (After Effects in my case) and add a little visual magic. This short screencast (2:40) gives you a leg up if you’re chasing this technique.
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Dude, do you know what “exactly” means? As in, this is *E*X*A*C*T*L*Y* what I was looking for! :) Man… thanks so much for taking the time to demonstrate the technique!!
Cheers,
D.
Use layer – light – spotlight.
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