Realistic Night Vision Camera in Cinema 4D and After Effects

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How Far you can see in the dark?

That depends on if you're wearing Night-vision goggles.
The same is true in 3D-renders.

If you want to create a realistic Infra-Red based night-vision effect, you need to use a setup that treats your camera as an image intensifier.
For Operation: Deli Platter we needed to develop a variety of camera effects. These range from heat-vision to the HUD from military drones.

But let's start with a breakdown of the night-vision setup:
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Compositing in After Effects

After you're happy with how your scene looks like in your 3D-renderer it is time to add final details in compositing.

There are 3 important elements to consider: 

1. Lens Artefacts
2. Digital Sensor Noise
3. Final Color Correction

For the Digital Sensor noise I make use of our Camera Noise asset.

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And that is it! Good luck with making your night-vision effect.
Would love to see what you make with it :) 

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