Best Light Leaks, Lens Flares & Optical FX Plugins for After Effects

Spotlight FX

freemium

2,300+ transitions, titles, overlays, elements and 20+ free workflow tools

Real Glow

paid

Simulates physically accurate glow using inverse square light falloff

Deep Glow

paid

Creates cinematic glow effects with HDR tonemapping and RGB control

Shadow Studio 3

paid

Casts raytraced shadows and lights with realistic or stylized results

Dynamic Shadow 3

paid

Generates realistic shadows and lighting effects with automated angles

Illumination

freemium

Creates controllable softbox lights with ambient shadows in 3D space

Quick Lens Flare

freemium

Create lens flares controlled by nulls or lights with occlusion support

Spectra

freemium

Spectral light leak and bokeh footage clips for video compositing

Spectra Collection One

freemium

40 organic spectral light leak and bokeh clips for compositing

Sunny Day

freemium

Add customizable sun flares and light leaks to footage lacking sunlight

AI Relight

paid

Add AI-driven virtual 3D lights to footage in post-production

AI Relight Pro

paid

Add customizable virtual 3D lights to footage in post-production

Fog

paid

Generate fog, god rays, and diffusion to relight scenes and add depth

LongShadow 2

freemium

Create directional and soft drop shadows with GPU acceleration

Super Shine

paid

Create animated light sweep effects on any layer with marker control