ANR Tools

ANR Highlight Band

Sweeps a soft band of light across a logo, title or image, with extra light on its edges, for logo shines, glints and product reveals.

  • Creative
  • Comp & Depth pack
  • 2 inputs
  • 7 controls
In Nuke: NodesANRCreativeANR Highlight Band

Overview

Highlight Band adds a straight, soft-edged band of light to the image. Key Center (0-1) to sweep it across, and the logo seems to catch a passing light. The band only lights pixels that have alpha, so on a logo or a title it stays on the letters and leaves the empty areas alone.

Edge Accent adds extra light where the alpha changes, along the outline of a cutout, for a polished, bevelled feel. The light is added on top of the colour; in float, values above 1 are kept for a glow to pick up.

Inputs

SourceMaskHighlight BandOutput
  1. Sourcerequired

    The logo, title or image to light. Its alpha limits where the light falls; a cutout gives the best result.

  2. Maskoptional

    Limits the effect: where its alpha is black, Source passes through unchanged.

Output. The Source with the band of light added. Alpha is unchanged.

Quick start

  1. Add ANR Highlight Band after your logo or title, before it is merged over the background.
  2. Set Angle for the tilt of the band and Width for its size and softness.
  3. Key Center (0-1) so the band starts fully off one side of the logo and ends off the other, for example X from -0.2 to 1.2.
  4. Set Intensity and Light Color.
  5. Raise Edge Accent for brighter outlines inside the band.
  6. Merge the result over your background.

The panel

The node's panel as Nuke shows it, with the values of a new node. Click any control to see what it does; tabs and sections work as in Nuke.

ANR_Highlight_Band1
Center (0-1)x0.5y0.5
Angle25
Width100
Intensity1
Edge Accent0.5
Light Color1
Mix1

All controls

ANR Highlight Band7 controls
Center (0-1)Positioncenter

Relative to the project format: 0,0 bottom left; 1,1 top right. Values outside this range are allowed.

Default: 0.5 0.5

AngleSliderangle

Direction across the band, in degrees.

0 gives an upright band that Center X moves sideways; 90 a level band that Center Y moves up and down.

Default: 25

WidthSliderwidth

Twice the Gaussian falloff radius, in full-resolution units.

The band has no hard edge: this sets how wide and soft it is, in pixels.

Default: 100

IntensitySliderintensity

Additive light strength. Values above one are preserved in float output.

Default: 1

Edge AccentSlideredgeLight

Extra light where the source alpha changes.

Default: 0.5

Light ColorColourcolor

Colour of the added light. It is added on top of the image, so a saturated colour tints strongly.

Default: 1

MixSlidermix

Blend with the source. Optional Mask alpha further limits the effect.

Default: 1

Tips

  • A narrow Width with a high Intensity gives a sharp glint; a wide one gives a soft sheen.
  • Add a glow after the node, for example ANR Glow, so the band blooms where it is brightest.
  • Two nodes, a wide soft band and a narrow bright one following it, make a richer shine.
  • Edge Accent only matters on cutouts. On a solid plate it adds a thin line of light along the image border, so keep it at 0 there.

Good to know

  • On an opaque plate (alpha 1 everywhere) the band lights a whole stripe across the frame.

Something unclear or missing? Write to [email protected].