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MARCH 07, 2003 Here Comes the Sun
Create a New Composition that is 1000 x 1000 pixels in size and set the duration to 10:00. Name the composition Fractal Sun and click OK.
 From the Effects menu select Render>Fractal Noise and apply it to the Sun layer. In the Effect Controls Panel use the following settings: Fractal Type: Dynamic Twist (this gives a nice swirl to the star matter) Noise Type: Soft Linear Contrast: 108 Complexity: 6 Opacity: 60% Transfer Mode: Hard Light
This results in a pattern that looks a bit dark, but works well with the intended end result (the sun starts spinning slowly and progressively gets faster, meaning a cooler object at first and then as it spins faster it warms up more).
For the moment, let’s leave the Fractal Noise effect alone and deal with how to make the flat layer look more like a ball. While there are several plug-ins on the market that can take a layer and turn it into a ball, we can fake it just as easily with the Spherize effect. With the Sun layer selected in the Timeline, apply the Spherize effect from Effect>Distort>Spherize. The Spherize effect does as the name implies – it distorts the image around a center point to give the illusion that it is wrapped around half of a sphere.
In the Effect Controls Panel set the Radius to 200 and the Center to 500, 500. There isn’t much to this effect, and at the moment, it might be very difficult to see the effect. Related sites: • Animation Artist • Animation Supplement • AV Video • Content Mastering • Corporate Media News • Creative Mac • Design Supplement • Digital Animators • Digital Post Production • Digital Producer • Digital Video Editing • DV Format • Film Imaging • Hollywood Industry • Presentation Master • Presentation Supplement • Production Supplement • Siggraph News • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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