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Published: 2010-03-28 17:59:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 2554; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 170
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An Animated Tutorial on how to create Animated Lens Flares on text and other images using the Gimp.If you have any suggestions or notice any errors please let me know
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Can you please make similar tutorial for adobe users? Pleaaaaase? Thanks
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I would love to but I don't have PS. I would assume it has a simiilar set of tools that would make the effect possible but honestly I don't know.
Look around PS and see if it has a Lens Flare tool, and if so just play with it. Run the filter over and over again, inputing a different x value each time (or run it in a different place each time), and it should give you something of a similar effect.
Sorry
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Wow, this is pretty cool! I can't wait to try it out.
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ddgj;hghd Amazing tutorial but for some reason it's too complex for me.. Maybe i'm just used to simply pictured tutorial.. I'll figure it out somehow.
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Yeah...I think I need to redo it. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of what's happening - it just takes a while.
In plain english, the animated Lens Flare effect is achieved by running the 'Lens Flare' Filter over and over again, and changing the X value (left to right) each time. With every repeat you copy the result, then press undo, and then paste it onto a new layer. Basically, just hit Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+V one after the other. When you paste a new layer, it appears as a 'floating layer', so you have to right-click on it in the Layers window and make it a 'New Layer', which will make it visible.
You then select your text-layer again and repeat the process. It's a lot of repetition and usually takes a good 10-20 minutes, but it can yield some neat results. Not sure if my 'plain english' version is helpful
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Oh.. I get it. xD Thank you very much. :}
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T~T; I failed miserably at it.. But I did find another way to do it using just gradients. :}
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I don't if it's just me but the animation at the top is distracting...perhaps put it on the bottom?
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Hehe it was sort of intended that way - I needed to make the tutorial look different so it stood out. I would put it at the bottom, but there's already one there
Dan
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Thanks for making this, it's a really interesting concept! 8) I'm debating about whether I have the nerve to tackle this sometimes, it seems like a lot of work but worth it. ^ ^
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No problem!
It is, but the result is really cool!
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If its any good give me a link so I can check it out!!
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Thankyou!
Are you thinking of using it? If you do Please tell me I'd love to see what you make with it
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welcome
I was practicing last night with it
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