Arni Heimir Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 does anyone know what filter is causing this flare effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 17, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted March 17, 2007 The link doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Thomas Posted March 17, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted March 17, 2007 Anamorphic lens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Venhaus Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 (edited) There maybe more then one way to do it but I have used a filter called a "Vari Cross" that can cause flares like that. It is basically a star-cross filter except that the flare angles are adjustable. Setting both angles horizontal will produce an effect like that. Edited March 17, 2007 by David A Venhaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Bliss Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 hi Vantage Film have produced a filter called Blue Vision which produces the blue horizontal flare, I used it on a recent shoot, works a treat. go to http://www.vantagefilm.com/ and follow the equipment link through to filters, click on Blue-Vision and see the samples regards mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schatz Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 If what you are talking about is the horizontal lens flare, that would be a streak filter. Personally I've used 4x5 3m Streak filters to do the same thing. Try asking a camera shop for streak filters and that should be a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ghast Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 This effect is produced by shooting directly at a light source with a 3chip CCD camera, though i forget if the effect only vertical or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 23, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 23, 2009 Now that the photo is posted, that's a streak filter faking an anamorphic lens flare. Otherwise the reddish ring flare around the light would have been flattened horizontally once the image was expanded by 2X to look normal (if shot anamorphic.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Oliver Christoph Kochs Posted March 23, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 23, 2009 With todays possibilities in postpro I wouldn't shoot such a thing in camera but leave it up to Knoll or whatever plugin. If you combine filters this looks extremely realistic. Flares in camera have other side effects you might not want that the plug-in flares do not have. All of the following are fake lensflares added in postpro. The shots look great because their light sources were tracked and some parameters were animated on the overlying flare effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keylight Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 does anyone know what filter is causing this flare effect? Could be anamorphic lens or it could be the Vantage Blue Streak - an insanely expensive filter made by an outfit in germany that can also be accomplished with a BLue Streak from The Filter Gallery in New York for about $450 for a PV size. See below. Frame grabs from Human Target Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemalettin Sert Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 isnt it optical flares plugin on ae? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Capota Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 With todays possibilities in postpro I wouldn't shoot such a thing in camera but leave it up to Knoll or whatever plugin. If you combine filters this looks extremely realistic. Flares in camera have other side effects you might not want that the plug-in flares do not have. All of the following are fake lensflares added in postpro. The shots look great because their light sources were tracked and some parameters were animated on the overlying flare effect. I disagree it can be done in post, and these samples do not look great to me, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenna Whitney Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Is this at all similar to lens flares in Punch-Drunk Love? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Maw Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Magic Bullet Looks has a fast and easy way of doing streaks in post. And, you can change the color of the streak, if blue doesn't suit your fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert McLachlan ASC Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 That is a frame from the Fox action series I shot, Human Target. The filter was the very first prototype of the Filter Gallery's BLUE STREAK . The show was supposed to look like a big action movie and I had fun using them - sometimes over using them in season one but the show runner who took over in season 2 hated them and put the kibosh on their use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Parsons Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Schneider makes a series of streaking filters that are available in different colors. Schneider also has a "lending library" of their filters for testing purposes. So if you want to check them out for yourself, you can do so at no cost. You may have to pick them up in person. Just contact Schneider directly to find out. Also, I agree with Harry Capota; a flare, or ANY filter, does not have the same effect in post as it does in camera. Analog filters affect objects the scene differently according to their placement in relation to the light and their distance from the camera. These subtle changes are not easily replicated in post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 6, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted January 6, 2014 Also, an operator can frame a shot and move a camera to bring a flare into and out of the shot creatively as needed, moves he might not do if the flare is added later in post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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