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January 13, 2025
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Flashing lights in eye effect?

  • January 13, 2025
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For a science fiction trailer I'm working on, I want to achieve an effect where a little red light flashes twice in the eye of a woman.

 

I tried doing this with AI (Kling), and it made it way too dramatic.

I want just two little flashes around the cornea while the camera does a slow zoom-in. Can I accomplish that with something in the effects panel?

    Correct answer Kevin-Monahan

    Yes, you'll need to do some camera tracking and After Effects is where you'd do that. Here's a tutorial for you, @jonathanr40489519:

     

     

    Find more video tutorials here.

     

    Thanks,
    Kevin

     

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    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
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    January 13, 2025

    Doable, but trying to remember the exact steps is fun when not at the computer doing it.

     

    One method in Premiere, you could have a bright red round graphic, duplicated so one for each eye.

     

    Then track the eyes so the red 'balls' stay on them. This would take quite a bit of fiddling. So I 'spect others will have a better idea. Though personally, I'd probably do this in Ae, as the effects are more copious there and tracking multiple things is a breeze. 

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
      Kevin-Monahan
      Community Manager
      Kevin-MonahanCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
      Community Manager
      January 13, 2025

      Yes, you'll need to do some camera tracking and After Effects is where you'd do that. Here's a tutorial for you, @jonathanr40489519:

       

       

      Find more video tutorials here.

       

      Thanks,
      Kevin

       

      Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
      jonathanr40489519
      jonathanr40489519Author
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      January 14, 2025

      Thanks for your suggestion and helpful video; however, I'm wondering if there's a simpler way to do this with a lens flare effect...

      I added a lens flare to her eye, and it does achieve the blinking effect I want, here at 2:39

      Can I just change the color of lens flare color to red? That would be perfect and wouldn't involve tracking or installing after effects

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