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Shanks FX
Recreating the Aurora Borealis
Season 1
Episode 49
We attempt to create the Aurora Borealis with a sheet of fabric and a handful of fans. We discovered that throwing the image a little out of focus really creates a believable visual effect that can be composited into a scene to create the Aurora.
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