See the light in After Effects
After Effects' 3D lighting feature creates pools of light generated from light sources in 3D space - but you can't see the light itself or the cone it produces. Enter Trapcode Lux: a speedy plug-in that adds volumetric lighting effects to projects that require realistic spotlights, point lights, or stage lighting of all kinds.

Trapcode Lux runs only in After Effects.

• Adobe After Effects CS4, CS3, 7, 6.5

Ease of use
Simply add a layer, apply the Lux plug-in, and enjoy the enhanced atmosphere, ambiance and drama. Lux automatically creates visible sources for all Point and Spot lights in the scene. You can even choose to have Lux applied only to lights by name, making complex scenes easy to manage.

Sophisticated controls
Lux lets let you specify the look of the light beam, its intensity, falloff and behavior, and how far it travels in the After Effects 3D scene. Multiple controls let you set the style of the lighting from natural to intense with controls that interact with After Effects' built-in light controls

Integration
Lux offers complete integration with After Effects Light layers. Lux's lights are based on After Effect's built-in light layers, so as you move a light in a 3D scene, Lux automatically updates as its position changes in 3D space. Integrated alpha channel output lets you extend or enhance the visible area to add smoke or dust to further enhance the Lux effect.

Features:

• Fast rendering
  With Lux, you can see the light with less waiting: it's a 3D effect without the long rendering times of 3D.
• Multiprocessor Support
  Lux takes full advantage of all processors (Mac & PC) and Intel hyperthreading.
• Light Modeling
  Select a Light Model for different light looks.
• Non-Square Pixels
  Lux handles non-square pixel aspect ratios correctly, so you'll have no unpleasant surprises.
• Deep Color
  Works in 16-bit and 8-bit-per-channel color depths.
• Let Lux Do the Math
  Internal 256-bit (64bpc) calculations for smooth results.
• Reach Comp Layer Option
  Allows light from spotlights to reach a specified 3D layer in the comp.

Apple Macintosh

• Mac OSX 10.3.2 and later*
• Power Mac G5, Mac Intel
• 1 GB of RAM
• 30 MB of Hard Drive space

*Updating from Mac OS X 10.5 to 10.5.2 or later will in most cases solve compatibility issues. Please update your operating system before contacting support.

PC / Windows

• Windows XP SP1 or later (32-bit)**
• Windows Vista (32-bit)**
• Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or faster (or AMD equivalent)
• 1 GB of RAM
• 30 MB of Hard Drive space

**Windows XP and Vista 64-bit systems are not supported at this time.