PACK 025 / LIGHT SMEAR LOOKS
WAKE / FULL PACK REEL4K · AFTER EFFECTS
WAKE Light smear looks for After Effects
Only the light moves: highlights smear off your shot while the dark parts stay put.
What's inside: 12 looks in 12 After Effects comps.
One adjustment layer per look. The smear breathes and drifts on its own, no keyframes needed.
| Looks | 12 |
|---|---|
| Frame rates | Any |
| Resolution | Any: sizes follow your comp |
| Setup | One adjustment layer per look |
| Controls | All keyframeable |
| After Effects | 2026+ |
| Plugins | None |
EVERY LOOK. EVERY CONTROL KEYFRAMEABLE.12 LOOKS
- 01ARiseLight smears straight up off every bright window and highlight; the figure stays dark.
- 02AFallLight pours down off the windows, as if melting off the shot, slowly swelling.
- 03ASidewindA sideways smear sliced into uneven bands.
- 04ABreatheThe smear swells and relaxes on a slow breath, holding at each end.
- 05ATremorNervous light: the smear length flickers every frame.
- 06ATideA slow wave between a short and a long smear.
- 07ALingerMoving highlights leave a wake in time as well as space.
- 08ASurgeOn each marker the light bursts long, then settles back.
- 09ACoronaThe highlights smear outward in every direction from the center.
- 10ADiagonalA warm 45° film smear.
- 11ACold LightOnly the hottest highlights smear, in ice blue.
- 12AFull ShiftEverything but the deepest blacks smears, the angle drifting.
