Flares OFX

Professional VFX Lens Flare Plugin

Your First Choice for Lens Flares

The world’s only truly physically-based cinematic flare engine engineered for film, VFX, and high-end finishing.

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Features

Physically Based

Physically accurate optical flare simulation using accurate light transport.

GPU Accelerated

Real-time playback and ultra-fast renders thanks to GPU-optimized computation.

OpenFX Compatible

Works in DaVinci Resolve, Nuke, Fusion, Natron, and any OFX-supported host.

Cinematic Lens Flares
Built for artists
Create stunning lens flares

Advanced Interface Built for Real-Time Creativity

Designed for instant visual feedback. Every adjustment updates the lens flare in real time, giving artists a fast and intuitive workflow.

Full Creative Control Over Your Lenses

Whether you're building a lens from the ground up or customizing an existing optical design, Flares OFX gives you complete freedom.

Build Your Own Lens Systems

Create complex optical stacks from scratch using physical parameters, all with real-time visual feedback.

Modify Existing Lenses

Take any built-in preset or cinema lens model and tweak elements, curvature, and coatings to craft a unique look.

200+ Real Lens Cinematic Presets

Browse a vast library of accurate lens presets, including anamorphic optics, vintage cinema glass, modern primes, and specialty lenses used in high-end feature film production.

Lens presets library UI

Advanced Lens Control Tools

Manipulate Lens Elements in Real Time

Adjust optical elements, curvature, coatings, and spacing with live updates.

Precision Ghost Manipulation

Select and adjust individual ghosts for complete artistic control.

Adjust Lens Coatings & Physical Properties

Modify coatings, materials, curvature, thickness, and dispersion with real-time feedback.

Why Physically Based Simulation Matters

Anyone who has tried to recreate lens flares manually knows how time consuming it is. You stack sprites, mask highlights, tweak colors and still end up fighting the result. Real lenses behave in ways that are too complex to fake convincingly. Flares OFX avoids all of that by simulating light as it actually travels through a multi element lens system.

Real Optical Ghosts

Every flare and ghost emerges naturally from the lens geometry.

Natural Color Separation

Color shifts come from real dispersion inside the glass.

True Starbursts and Streaks

Aperture shape and diffraction patterns are physically calculated.

Consistent Results

The look naturally evolves across different light positions.

Additional Features

Push your flares further with specialized tools designed for cinematic realism, dynamic control, and handcrafted VFX detail.

Automatic Flare Positioning

Flares track highlights in your scene for natural, responsive movement. Can save hours of manual light tracking.

Matte Box Simulation

Accurately reproduce flare blocking, edge cutoff, and physical matte box behavior.

Custom Lens Dirt Input

Apply high-resolution dust, scratches, and dirt for authentic optical wear.

Custom Iris Input

Import unique aperture shapes to generate custom starbursts and bokeh patterns.

Pricing & Licensing

Clear, predictable licensing designed for artists and professional studios.

Non-Commercial

Personal use only

Lifetime Node-locked

199€

For artists learning, experimenting, or creating non-commercial personal work.

  • • Lifetime license
  • • Full editor/UI access
  • • Free updates within same major version
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Personal Commercial

Freelancers & individual artists

Lifetime Node-locked

379€

For individual artists and freelancers working on commercial projects.

  • • Lifetime license
  • • Full editor/UI access
  • • Free updates within same major version
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Studio License

Small to mid-size studios

Annual Node-locked

499€ – 1499€

For studios requiring multiple seats and professional pipeline integration.

  • • Annual per-seat licensing
  • • UI requires active license
  • • Rendering works after expiration
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  • • Free updates included
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Enterprise & Large Studio Licensing

Advanced licensing options for studios requiring unlimited seats, offline operation, and flexible deployment.

Site License

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Annual

Unlimited seats with floating and offline licensing for large studios.

  • • Unlimited seats
  • • Floating & offline licensing
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Multi-Site License

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Annual

For studios operating across multiple locations with shared infrastructure.

  • • Unlimited seats across all studio locations
  • • Floating & offline licensing
  • • Priority support
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Rendering Always Works

Projects remain fully renderable even after a studio license expires!

Licenses only control access to the editor and UI.

Rendering functionality is never disabled, allowing studios to safely reopen, re-render, and deliver old projects years later without risk.

This behavior is consistent across all studio and enterprise licenses and is designed to meet long-term production and archival requirements.

Payment is processed securely via PayPal. An invoice is automatically issued upon purchase.

Tutorials & Showcases

Learn powerful techniques, explore advanced workflows, and see what’s possible with Flares OFX.