Tutorial: Light Rays using Sun Beams Node

Blender 2.72 introduced the sun beams node in the compositor. It comes in really handy when creating light rays. Since it is a pure post-pro effect, it can even be applied to images.

  • 00:00 Overview
  • 01:40 Simple Scene with Text and Fake Reflections
  • 07:20 Sun Beams Node and how to Animate it
  • 11:50 Integrating the Result

Download the starter and finished .blend here!

Created something cool with the Sun Beams node? Show us your results in the comments!