Optical Flares & Light FX

Preview photo: Claudia Chiavazza on Unsplash.

WHAT IT IS

Light that hits the lens.

Anamorphic flares, streak flash transitions, camera flashes, strobe and lens dirt textures.

HOW TO USE · FROM THE README INSIDE THE DOWNLOAD

Flares/ 6 animated flares: anamorphic blue & warm sweeps, spherical ghosts, blue pulse, streak flash transition, warm sun in the corner.

Light_FX/ quick white flash, soft warm flash, blue camera flash, controlled 3 Hz strobe.

Lens_Dirt/ 3 lens dirt textures (4K PNG).

All 4K (3840x2160), 24 fps, on pure black. License: CC0 — free for any use.

Flares & flashes: track ABOVE your footage, blend mode SCREEN (or Add). Move/scale/flip to place the light source.

Streak flash transition: put its brightest frame (the middle) exactly on your cut.

Lens dirt: put the PNG above a flare (or above bright footage), blend mode SCREEN, opacity 20–60%.

It only shows where there is light — just like real dirt on a lens.

STROBE WARNING: flashing light can trigger seizures in photosensitive viewers. Use with care and warn your audience.