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Trapcode Shine
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- Developer: Trapcode
- Version: 1.5
- Platforms: Mac OS X 10.4.4 - 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.5.2 and later, Power Mac G5, Mac Intel; Windows XP SP1 or later (32-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit), Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or faster (or AMD equivalent) Windows XP and Vista 64-bit systems are not supported at this time.
- Host Applications: Adobe After Effects CS4, CS3, 7, 6.5, Apple Final Cut Pro 6, 5.1.4, Apple Motion 3.02, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, CS3 and Avid Avid Xpress Pro/Media Composer 5.5, 5.6 / 2.6, 2.7
Purchase Shine
- Shine
- Shine with AE Training
- Trapcode Light Pack Delux Bundle - includes Trapcode Shine, Trapcode Starglow and Trapcode Lux
- Trapcode Suite - All Trapcode Plug-ins
Download Demo and Manual
Description
A fast light effect plug-in for Adobe After Effects. The effect looks very much like volumetric light, but is actually a 2D effect. There are special controls to make shimmering lights and numerous coloring modes. This is an effect that you see everyday on TV and in many movie titles.
Sample Movies
Reviews
- DV Magazine review by Frank Capria
- DV Magazine review by Chris & Trish Meyer
- Digitalpostproduction review
- Rich Young Review
Support
FAQ
Tutorials
- Toolfarm tutorial Using Expressions with Shine
- Toolfarm tutorial Shine Sky - animating sunbeams through clouds
Issues with Mac Fixed
- New Trapcode Betas solve issue with Mac OSX version of GridIron Nucleo
When using the Trapcode suite of plug-ins together with GridIron Nucleo on Mac OSX, some users have reported that the license magically dissapears in renders, so that the "demo-X" (the red cross that indicates the plug-in is not licensed) appears, most of the times on every other frame (dual CPU) or every fourth frame (Quad CPU). No such problems have been reported with the Windows versions.
Here are public betas of new versions of the Trapcode suite plugs that should fix the above mentioned problem (nothing else has changed): Trapcode / Nucleo Betas for Mac OSX
Trapcode Forum
Trapcode User Forum Hosted by Toolfarm and moderated by Red Giant employees
Render Farm registration tool
In order to use Trapcode Shine/Trapcode 3D Stroke/Trapcode Starglow/Trapcode Lux/Trapcode Particular on the machines in a render farm the plug-ins need to be registered. Since the normal user interface does not exist on render engine installs, here is a stand alone application that will allow registration of the plug-ins. Install the plug-in the normal way on the machines in the render farm, then run this program on each machine and enter your name and key. Do not forget to press "Register".
