How to turn Saber Glow to gradient color

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July 27, 2018
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Hi guys,

i'm doing an animation with Saber plugin (attached)

i want to change the blue color to a gradient color, but i can't seem to figure out how. I know how it works for regular shapes, but for this one can't figure out how.

Any help would be appreciated.

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alexisbaydounAuthor

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It worked! there is however one more point:

i am attaching how it turned out to be (radial effect), whereas what i potentially want to do is like the second attachment. i want the gradient color to be surrounding the circle and not in the way it currently is.. Any help? if there is any video tutorial i would gladly watch it to cut things short 8-)

Many thanks again

Mike_Abbott

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You could just mask out the middle - but Saber has a built in option that will do it I think:

Saber > Render settings:

Alpha mode : Mask Glow

Invert masks: ON

PS: There are lots of other (maybe better ) ways to do a simple radial glow like this - look up: Gradient Ramp (Radial), Glow effect, Shape layer gradient fill (radial), Layer styles (inner / outer glow)... for some other options in the future.

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Dave Merchant

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SABER is a purely synthetic effect - just like with plugins like Trapcode Stroke, After Effects cannot see the 'shape' being created on the layer. It would have to be pre-composed to turn it into something that behaves like regular footage.