Light Leaks, Have Some.

January 31st, 2011

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I’ve had few inquiries about how I did the light leaks in Growing Is Forever.

The process is simple. Take the lens off your camera and shine a light on the sensor until you see something you like. Or if you’re super lazy (like me) you can download a clip with all the light leaks I used in the film.

Drop it above your footage in your timeline, set the blending mode to screen or overlay, and season to taste. I used an LED light to make these clips so the footage is in the blue/magenta spectrum. Try putting a yellow tint on the footage for a more authentic look. Have fun!

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39 Responses

  1. Fantastic. Thanks for the share!

    January 31st, 2011 12:52 pm

    Drew

  2. Way to open-source your awesome, Jesse! Keep it up.

    January 31st, 2011 3:30 pm

    josh

  3. Thanks for the clip! I’ve been using a similar clip in a national cable show for some transitions. It’ll be nice to have some more variety.

    all the best,
    Ben Rowland

    February 1st, 2011 6:40 am

    Benjamin Rowland

  4. Thanks for the light leaks. I used them here, if you care to see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytu9nWhz9CY

    February 3rd, 2011 10:47 am

    Matt Youngblood

  5. Nice! Thanks for sharing.

    February 3rd, 2011 4:06 pm

    jesse

  6. [...] I edited in Final Cut Pro and then exported to After Effects to do some color correction. I used Magic Bullet and Sapphire Film Effects to do some desaturation and played with curves and gamma to pump up the reds a bit. Also added some light leaks to make the image even more intense. I created some light leaks myself in After Effects and tried shooting some with the GH2 without lens too. If you like light leaks you should visit Jesse Rosten’s site who wrote a short article about light leaks, he was also kind enough to share his own light leaks as well (If your too lazy to create it yourself) Check out his site here [...]

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  7. Very nice. Thanks for the generosity. I’m going to have fun playing with these!

    February 17th, 2011 10:22 pm

    Daniel Bean

  8. Very cool and generous of you to share.
    Many thanks.
    Ra-ey

    February 23rd, 2011 8:45 pm

    Ra-ey

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  10. Hey Jesse, thanks for the light leaks! I used a couple on this video: http://vimeo.com/danielbean/soulcollection

    April 3rd, 2011 4:50 pm

    Daniel Bean

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    April 3rd, 2011 5:04 pm

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  12. thanks a lot for these. really useful

    April 30th, 2011 8:22 am

    richard

  13. These effects are wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing them openly. This is why I will keep coming back to your website jesse :)

    August 5th, 2011 12:55 am

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  14. Awesome! Thanks for sharing these light leaks and the technique – I’ll definitely try it out. Your Growing Is Forever video is amazing and the light leaks are beautiful.

    September 14th, 2011 5:54 pm

    Lisa

  15. sweet :D thanks for the share :)

    September 26th, 2011 2:54 am

    alin

  16. I can’t seem to find how to download the clip with the leaks. Would really love to play with them. Your video looks great! Thanks.

    November 9th, 2011 8:21 am

    Brandon

  17. Never mind. I think I have it now. Thanks for posting.

    November 9th, 2011 8:22 am

    Brandon

  18. I’m probably just dumb, but how do I download the clips? Thanks in advance and thanks for sharing!

    November 14th, 2011 4:28 pm

    Shea

  19. Nevermind! The button did not show in Firefox, but I see it in chrome.

    November 14th, 2011 5:08 pm

    Shea

  20. My appreciation for anybody who share his work with others.

    December 6th, 2011 5:30 am

    rafael

  21. thx for sharing!!

    January 15th, 2012 3:13 pm

    ben

  22. Thanks a lot ! it helps !!! cheers and love from france

    March 29th, 2012 5:28 am

    loula

  23. Thank you, will try to put these to good use!!

    March 31st, 2012 4:11 pm

    N J

  24. Just wanted to say a quick thanks for sharing these – very generous of you and much appreciated.

    April 9th, 2012 4:52 pm

    Brian M

  25. Thanks for that mate! I will be sure to add some to my next video!

    April 11th, 2012 9:54 pm

    Louis Blythe

  26. It actually inspired me to build a whole load of my own light leaks to have for stock, thanks for the freebie, its very nice.

    April 20th, 2012 8:39 am

    Quentin Cooper

  27. Excellent work, sir … Open source creativity much appreciated!

    May 9th, 2012 10:04 am

    Will Moss

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  29. thanks !!!!!!!!!!

    November 12th, 2012 6:28 pm

    YU

  30. thank you. :)

    November 12th, 2012 6:51 pm

    YC

  31. thanks, great job

    November 12th, 2012 9:00 pm

    young

  32. thanks, it’s very useful !

    November 12th, 2012 10:46 pm

    una

  33. Thanks for sharing.

    November 12th, 2012 11:20 pm

    gino

  34. Thanks for sharing

    November 12th, 2012 11:48 pm

    john001

  35. Thank you very much~~~

    November 13th, 2012 9:16 am

    Elex

  36. Thank you, Jesserosten!

    November 18th, 2012 8:30 am

    ZidanC

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  38. Thanks for sharing:)

    January 7th, 2013 10:47 am

    shi

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