Soon they will shake the camera so much that motion sickness will occur while watching a film.’īut that’s the thing: it isn’t a revolution and it isn’t something I’m necessarily a fan of (Hello, Paul Greengrass!) But Trek using handheld camerawork and greater dynamism in FX shots is nothing new outside of the TNG universe.
‘But it seems flares and shaking the camera is the new revolution of film making. And I used to think: ‘Why not?!’ A symptom of the dreaded Roddenberry Box again, I suppose! I remember reading somewhere one of the people on those shows saying you ‘can’t’ have shots in Star Trek where the camera moves round the ship, where it’s upside down or whatever. TOS demonstrated far greater dynamism and Babylon 5, for all the weaknesses of early CGI technology, had a sense of ambition that seemed lacking TNG and co. captain_neill: ‘I guess I love the nicely crafted and designed shots.’īut, for the most part, they weren’t especially interesting. Is it possible that in the future everything has lens flares? WoodenNickelShore asks this question.Īnd finally, our old friend Daren Dochterman posted this shot of his excellent model of the original Enterprise "futurized".ģ7. Here is more "Space Seed" with flare via JohnnyZitoĪnd here is Star Trek VI with more lens flare (via wcleere).
Last May we showed a video from YouTuber partmor, which showed a 1960s preview from "The Space Seed", done JJ Abrams-style. The plug-in costs $124.95, but makes those flares come easy, check out the demo.
The folks at io9 had some fun with the app, adding lens flares to some classic movie moments, check out their gallery at io9.com.Īnd if you are serious about your lens flares you can buy the Video Copilot Optical Flares plug in for Adobe’s After Effects. It is available in the iTunes store for $0.99. Now a new application from Brain Fever Media called LensFlare makes it easy to do lens flares with your iPhone.
But that takes owning the software and all that time. If you have Adobe Photoshop, adding a lens flare to a photo is not to hard to do ( here is a tutorial to get you started). See below how you can add flare to your life, plus some examples lens flares being added to things to make them more…flarey. Well if you ever wanted to give your photos or videos the JJ Abrams Star Trek treatment there are apps for that.
They work especially well on dark images, increasing contrast and depth. Lens flares can enhance any image - from portraits, action shots, artistic imagery to design elements like logos and titles. Much has been said about JJ Abrams directing style in the 2009 Star Trek movie and copious lens flares. LensFlare Studio is a powerful light manipulation tool for creating great optical effects.