FLASHLIGHT After Effects Tutorial - No Plugins Required

In this After Effects tutorial I'll show how I make a realistic flashlight effect. No advanced knowledge of After Effects is needed and no third party plugins is required for this tutorial. You can download the project file and footage here: https://payhip.com/b/2QuTp _______________________________________________________________________ Here is the expression I used for the Ending point of the Beam effect: point1=effect("Beam")("Starting Point"); point2=effect("Beam")("Ending Point"); distance=length(point1,point2); thickness=effect("Beam")("Starting Thickness"); thickness*15000/distance; _______________________________________________________________________ This is the expression for the Wipe angle of the Linear wipe effect: point1=effect("Beam")("Starting Point")[0]-effect("Beam")("Ending Point")[0]; point2=effect("Beam")("Starting Point")[1]-effect("Beam")("Ending Point")[1]; radiansToDegrees(Math.atan2(point2,point1))+90; _______________________________________________________________________ Music by Nihilcore - Solipsism Link: http://www.nihilore.com/ Thanks for watching Follow CapVFX: ▶Payhip - https://payhip.com/CapVFX ▶Twitter -   / capvfx   ▶Facebook -   / capvfx   #flashlighttutorial #aftereffectsflashlight #flashlighteffect