Light Rays Text

Compatibility

Light Rays Text is compatible with Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere and After Effects.

Parameters

Presets

Presets contain a snapshot of your effect configuration. 4 built-in presets are available.

When you save parameter configuration to a file on disk, this file can later be loaded to recreate the same effect configuration. Presets generated in one video application can be used by the same plug-in running in a different video application.

Working with the Presets Menu

Display Style

The following options are available:

Origin

A point parameter centered in the frame by default.

Initial location in the frame

While it is possible to change the X and Y coordinates via the inspector, it is far easier to interact with point parameters directly on-screen:

Adjusting Point Parameters in Final Cut Pro
Adjusting Point Parameters in Motion
Adjusting Point Parameters in Premiere
Layer Selection in After Effects

Length

Set to 30 by default. Only values between 1 and 200 are allowed.

Strength

Set to 2 by default. Only values between 1 and 20 are allowed.

Saturation

Set to 0 by default. Only values between 0 and 1 are allowed.

Opacity

Set to 1 by default. Only values between 0 and 1 are allowed.

Use Image Colors

Off by default.

Color

Set to
by default.

Output

Controls whether RGB component values are clamped during high-precision renders.

Mask

Mask Shape

The following options are available:

Custom Mask

Lets you provide additional media to the effect.

When no media has been assigned to this parameter, a standard checkerboard pattern is used to represent areas of the screen where your custom media is missing.

The user interface varies by host:

Drop Zones in Final Cut Pro
Drop Zones in Motion
Video Track Selection in Premiere
Layer Selection in After Effects
Auxiliary Media Selection in DaVinci Resolve

Mask Center

A point parameter centered in the frame by default.

Initial location in the frame

While it is possible to change the X and Y coordinates via the inspector, it is far easier to interact with point parameters directly on-screen:

Adjusting Point Parameters in Final Cut Pro
Adjusting Point Parameters in Motion
Adjusting Point Parameters in Premiere
Layer Selection in After Effects

Mask Scale

Set to 1 by default. Only values between 0 and 10 are allowed.

Mask Aspect Ratio

Set to 1 by default. Only values between 0.01 and 10 are allowed.

Mask Angle

Set to by default.

Mask Softness

Set to 1 by default. Only values between 0 and 500 are allowed.

Mask Invert

Off by default.

Mask Preview

Off by default.