AFX: 3d Light Beams...

[snooze]

Alright,

I'm making this clip of 4 dancers prancing in front of a moon. I'm trying to use a lighting layer to make it so that the moon acts as a spotlight, sending a visible beam which illuminates the dancer from behind and cast a shadow on the "ground" in front. The problem is, I can't figure out how to get the beam visible and I can't seem to position it behind the dancers...

Can any of you slcik VJs give me any tips on how to do this?

[VisionsUnleashed]

So are you using 3d layers? are the dancers keyed out, so their filmed backgrounds are invisible?

You can easily cast a shadow with 3d layers, positioning a light... not too hard, but the beam of light is a bit trickier. The 'volume light' effect can't be achieved with AFX alone as far as I know... you need a plugin called Trapcode shine. www.trapcode.com

[famouswhendead]

Originally posted by VisionsUnleashed
So are you using 3d layers? are the dancers keyed out, so their filmed backgrounds are invisible?

You can easily cast a shadow with 3d layers, positioning a light... not too hard, but the beam of light is a bit trickier. The 'volume light' effect can't be achieved with AFX alone as far as I know... you need a plugin called Trapcode shine. www.trapcode.com


Actually you could do it with just shine.
But if you add lux it'll work easier. :D

For just using the production bundle 6.5 use:
CC light burst and CC light rays while masking the dancers and precomping it the effects over the footage.