

The software processes images at 32 Bits and does not require a graphics card to operate. For added realism you can also choose to add color bleeding and artifacts from a set of 12 pre-loaded high quality lens textures that simulate the effect caused by specs of dust or scratches on the lens surface. The flare can be made to move across the image, change size, pass behind objects, pass around objects that have a well defined outline, shimmer at a user determined rate and even flicker.

To make the scene look more life-life and natural, the flares can be customized in a number of ways and be made interactive with the scene. The software will determine the properties of the flare based upon the light settings. Claimed by Video Copilot to be “the most powerful lens flare tool in the world”, Optic Flares can be used to create multiple numbers of two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) flares from After Effects 3D lights or from those exported from similar software. As its name implies, Optical Flares is used to introduce, customize and animate lens flares in digital images.
