From Red Giant Software, and created by John Knoll, Photoshop co-creator and Star Wars effects guru, Knoll Light Factory is one of the industry's most popular motion graphics tools.

It is most famous for its high-fidelity simulations of light effects called flares, which simulate reflections from a very bright light source as seen through a camera's lens. Knoll Light Factory is Hollywood's go-to tool for adding interest to text or logos or extra pop to FX explosions.

Custom Lens Editor
Build your own flares or edit a preset with the custom lens editor. Choose from elements such as StarFilter, Ellipse, or PhotonSpikeBall, and control each element's position, color, scale, thickness, angle, and width. You also get pinpoint control over brightness, scale and color of the lens as a whole.

 

 

70 powerful presets
Use the same presets that the pros turn to every day for sports events and major motion pictures. Presets include Desert Sun, Arc Welder, Generic Panavision, Spikey Glow, Pv1 (for exploding stars), RedLaser, RockConcert, Omnimax (a flare seen on IMAX projection), or Distant Quantum (the original photon torpedo).

 

 

Auto-obscuration tools
Flares can be obscured by objects (cars, enemy spacecraft) that come between them and the viewer. The auto-track feature tracks specific points in an existing alpha channel, making flare location a snap. The integrated Knoll Unmult tool generates alphas, making it easier to include lights and flares in complex composites.
 

 

 

Knoll Light Factory Customizable Presets

Choose from 70 presets or customize them to suit your needs.

Lens Editor

Use the custom lens editor in Knoll Light Factory to create and save your own unique effects for future use.

Custom Light Effects

19 lens elements in the main plug-in within Knoll Light Factory, create custom light effects. Each element is also included as a separate plug-in for creating complex motion graphics.

Automatic Tracking

The auto track feature tracks multiple points and adds multiple identical lighting points to a scene.

GPU Support

Offers up to 10x render speed improvements, compared to a single CPU

Auto Obscuration

Automatically hides or reveals a light effect as the light source moves behind another object, automatically adjusting the light's brightness as it is obscured.

Light Factory EZ Plug-in

Included with the package, Light Factory EZ gives you access to all 70 flares with a single click.

Alpha Generation

Generate integrated alpha channels automatically with Knoll Unmult, part of Knoll Light Factory Pro

• Host Applications :
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Apple Final Cut Pro
• Apple Motion
• Avid Media Composer
• Avid Xpress Pro

• Operating Systems :
• Mac
• Windows