FlareFactory

Easy to create and use flares are a notorious blind spot in Nuke. There are a couple of tools that have come out to fill this gap like Andrew Kramer’s new Nuke version of his Optical Flares tool. But it’s really expensive, and that makes it prohibitive for studio artists. Typically out in the wild, if your Director wants a lens flare, then you’ll need to just make it yourself!

So that’s what the FlareFactory is here to do. It’s been completely rewritten and restructured under the hood to not only make it lighter, but also give you the ability to mix and match flare elements to create something completely unique. While at the same time giving you built in presets that you can then take and customize even more! Think of it as the lens flare version of Legos.

It also has tools to apply various types of curve based animation, built in flare dynamics based on real world camera artifacts so they behave realistically, and features all new Flare presets.

Give it a try!

This FREE version of the tool is to be used for educational purposes only.

If you are going to be using it on a PROFESSIONAL commerical production, then please visit http://www.doughogan.com/toolbox/flare-factory/ to donate at least $10, or whatever more you think this tool is worth!

It really helps so that I can continue to make helpful tools like this in the future!