Adobe Audition: Create God Rays with Volumetric Rays
Adobe Audition
Demo summary
Shows how to apply Volumetric Rays, adjust intensity and direction, and use a crop effect on a duplicate layer to isolate the rays.
Step-by-step
- Drop the Volumetric Rays effect onto your footage
- Increase the Intensity parameter to brighten the rays
- Adjust the Highlights Only parameter to control the bright spots
- Move the blue circle in the Program window to change the light direction
- Duplicate the footage and remove the effect from the bottom layer
- Add a Crop effect to the top layer before the Volumetric Rays effect
- Lower the Source Opacity to zero on the top layer
- Change the blending mode of the top layer to Add or Screen
Options
- Use Add blending mode
- Use Screen blending mode
Watch out for
- The Crop effect must be placed before the Volumetric Rays effect in the effect stack
Tips
- Duplicate the footage and remove the effect from the bottom layer if you want rays to come only from a specific area
- Use the Highlights Only parameter to get rid of or bring in more bright spots from the footage
Highlights
“cool effects that you can create with just a few clicks”
All demos from “25 Rapid Fire Premiere Pro Tricks You Never Knew!”
- 0:230:32Clear media cache on startup in Premiere ProThe creator demonstrates how to open the reset options window by holding Alt/Option while launching Premiere Pro to clear the media cache and improve performance.Adobe Audition· AI Video Editor
- 1:230:34Remove backgrounds with Alpha effectShows how to use the Alpha effect in Premiere Pro to instantly remove white, black, or checkered backgrounds from graphic elements and manually adjust settings for better results.Adobe Audition· AI Video Editor
- 2:380:32Create camera shakes and wigglesShows how to apply and customize the Camera Shake and Wiggle effects in the Effect Controls panel to add movement to footage and graphics.Adobe Audition· AI Video Editor
- 4:370:26Mask blurs with Compound BlurDemonstrates using the luminance of a secondary video layer (smoke) as a mask for the Compound Blur effect on a primary clip.Adobe Audition· AI Video Editor
- 5:030:49Mask effects using Track Matte KeyShows how to use the Track Matte Key effect to restrict Lumetri Color adjustments to the shape of a logo or a custom-drawn mask.Adobe Audition· AI Video Editor
- 7:311:03Create God Rays with Volumetric RaysCurrentShows how to apply Volumetric Rays, adjust intensity and direction, and use a crop effect on a duplicate layer to isolate the rays.Adobe Audition· AI Relighting
- 8:460:50Create background patterns with Clone effectDemonstrates using the Clone effect and pre-scale settings to turn a single logo into an animated background pattern.Adobe Audition· AI Video Editor
- 10:320:35Animate text with Text AnimatorShows how to apply the Text Animator effect and adjust tracking to ensure individual letters animate separately.Adobe Audition· AI Motion Graphics
- 11:070:34Loop playback to test animationsDemonstrates setting in-and-out points and enabling loop playback in the Program Window to rapidly test different animation styles using the 'Surprise Me' button.Adobe Audition· AI Animation Generator
- 12:310:21Clean project with Remove UnusedShows how to use the 'Remove Unused' command in the Edit menu to tidy the project panel by deleting assets not present in the timeline.Adobe Audition· AI Video Editor
- Watch “25 Rapid Fire Premiere Pro Tricks You Never Knew!” →
AI Relighting
- 7:311:03Create God Rays with Volumetric RaysCurrentShows how to apply Volumetric Rays, adjust intensity and direction, and use a crop effect on a duplicate layer to isolate the rays.Premiere Gal