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Trapcode Starglow
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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 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 5.6+, 2.6+
Purchase Starglow
- Starglow
- Trapcode LightPack DeLux Bundle - includes Trapcode Shine, Trapcode Starglow and Trapcode Lux
- Trapcode Lightpack - Trapcode Shine and Trapcode Lux
- Trapcode Suite - All Trapcode Plug-ins
Download Demo and PDF Manual
Description
Starglow is a fast-rendering glow effect for Adobe After Effects 4.1 and higher. It creates a star-shaped glow around the highlights of the source. The star shape consists of eight directions, and each direction can be assigned an individual colormap and streak length.
The effect looks similair to shooting with a star filter on the camera. It can be used to add realism to CG clips or to create a magical, dreamy or romantic feeling in a clip shot with camera. It can also be set up for effects that are completely new or to simulate lens artifacts. And it works nice with particle effects and text.
But, it does not work with every kind of footage. Normally Starglow works best if the highlights are well defined (light areas on a dark background).
Sample Movies
Support
FAQ
Trapcode Shine, Starglow and Stroke FAQ
Forum
- Trapcode User Forum Hosted by Toolfarm and moderated by Red Giant Employees
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
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".
