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Large close-up of eyeball and iris made with the "Iris" effect for After Effects
Lens flare effect for Iris template

IRIS
For Adobe After Effects

Lens flare element

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$19

Iris - After Effects (Make Custom Eyeball Animations!)
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Lens flare design made in After Effects

What is it?

Iris lets you easily create realistic and striking eye animations in Adobe After Effects. Included are ten high-resolution eyes, which you can customize to design endless varieties of eyeball and iris effects.

Easy-to-use slider controls let you animate the eye movement, eye color, iris pattern, pupil dilation, lighting, reflection and more.

The eye is a complex and beautiful representation of humanity and the natural world, and Iris recreates it with this fun, simple-to-use, eye-popping effect!

Make custom eyeball and iris animations in After Effects!

Eye effect with closeup of iris and pupil, created in After Effects.

Features

  • 10 unique eye comps – Includes human, cat, cartoon, bloodshot, and cyborg eyes.

  • Easy Customization – Each eye can be customized using slider controls. Keyframe the controls to animate the eyes. You can adjust the iris colors, pupil dilation, veins, eyeball orientation, reflections, and more.

  • Reflections – Drop in one of the included 23 images to use as the reflection on your eye, or use your own photo or footage.

  • 100% Made in After Effects – Nothing is pre-rendered, so everything can be customized.

Anamorphic lens flare
Lens flare effect

Need to Know

  • This template is compatible with Adobe After Effects , version CS5 and all later versions. Works on both PCs and Macs. No plugins required.

  • Comps are 1920 x 1080. The effects will work the same in any resolution - just change the dimensions of the comps and Solid layers.

  • Effects include the iris and eyeball, as seen in the preview video. Eyelids and eyelashes are not included.

  • Iris uses the CC Sphere effect, which is a 2D effect that simulates 3D. If you create a 3D scene with a camera and lights, the eyes will not behave as true 3D objects.

  • Music in preview video not included.

  • This template has been "universalized", so it will work in After Effects running in any language.

The Iris template is not a plugin, so there is nothing to install. Rather, it's an Adobe After Effects project file, commonly known as a "template" because most of the work is already done and the user needs only to make their own customizations. This template is compatible with version CS5 as well as all later versions of After Effects.

Iris contains copyrighted intellectual property. The animations you create with this product are 100% yours and can be used for commercial purposes, but the sharing or online posting of project files with or for anyone other than a client is prohibited. See the Terms and Conditions for more details.

Positive and/or negative feedback is appreciated. Use the contact page to send me a message.

A robot eye or artifical eye made with the Iris template for After Effects.
An animal eye, pupil, and iris made in After Effects. Make your own eye animations with the "Iris" template.
A cartoon eyeball made in After Effects with the Iris template
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