How to do fake camera/lightning flash on subject?

[rickyj89135955]

I'm trying to figure out how to do a fake camera or lightning flash on a person or subject in After Effects?  I'm meaning like a flash bulb on an older style camera or lightning strike that would light up parts of a person.

[Martin_Ritter]

This is just an color correction layer with a mask on the persons face and other image parts which would get brighten up by a flash.

You can also make it way easier by just increasing brightness of the scene for 2 or 3 frames. Don't make it all white, but give it a good over exposure. Keep in mind that old flash bulbs are fading out slowly and their light is warm.

*Martin

[Dave_LaRonde]

To make it look realistic, you will need to determine WHERE the flash bulb is located, and then mask the level-changed portions of the shot to reflect that direction.  You can't just momentarily make the image bright and expect it to look like it's from a flash bulb.