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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 J. Monahan Jr.

    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 J. Monahan Jr.
      Community Manager
      Kevin J. Monahan Jr.Community 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 and Engagement Strategist – Adobe 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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