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In this tutorial, we are going to use BCC Rays Cartoon in Adobe After Effects to generate a volumetric lighting effect on an animated text element. The BCC Rays Carton filter will also give the text the appearance of being made of neon lights. We'll complete the effect by using the BCC Light Sweep to add a light sweep across the face of the text element and then we'll use the BCC Colorize Glow filter to provide a soft glowing look. Click on any of the images to see a full resolution version.
Go here for an Apple Final Cut Pro version of this tutorial.
Launch AE and create a D1 sized NTSC comp with a 5 second duration.
Now we'll generate the text element:
Because we want the text to animate around the center of the text, we'll need to move the anchor point from the bottom of the text to the center:
Now we'll animate the text:
The text now zooms in from the distance, with a slight bounce, remains static until it nears the end of the timeline and then zooms forward past the camera. So now that we have the text set and animated, let's add some eye candy.
By default, the look is a fiery red - orange gradient but we're going to change it to a blue gradient:
Now we'll animate the rays so that they move across the text horizontally:
Next we'll add the BCC Light Sweep:
Now, to complete the effect we'll add the BCC Colorize Glow:
So now we have created an animated title effect using only a raw text element and a few filters from the 180 + arsenal of filters in the BCC 5 package. The BCC filters can be downloaded from the BorisFX web site at www.borisfx.com/downloads/. The trial version will render without watermark for a period of 14 days, after which they will render with a watermark across the image. Trial versions of the product can be unlocked by purchasing a key from Boris FX.
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