How to create light shuttle animation in ae

Making light shuttle animation requires the use of some basic tools and special effects of AE. Here are a general steps:

Create a new composition and import your footage. You can choose any suitable material to create a light shuttle effect, such as a space scene or a scene roaming the earth.

Create a new black background layer in AE and place your footage layer on top of it.

Create a white solid layer and place it above your footage layer. This layer will serve as your ray emission point.

Use AE’s Lens Flare effect to add light to your solid layers. Select an appropriate halo style, then adjust the halo's position and size so that it appears to be emitting from the light source.

Reduce the Opacity of the solid layer from 100% to 0% on the timeline to simulate the effect of light spreading outward from the emission point. You can use AE's keyframing feature to create this effect.

Create a light control mask layer and place it above your light layer. Use AE's "Radial Blur" effect to blur the mask layer to simulate the light shuttle effect. Adjust the intensity and position of the blur so that it appears to be spreading outward from the mask layer.

Use keyframes on the timeline to move the shape and position of the mask layer from one end to the other to simulate the effect of light traveling through it.

Finally, you can use AE's Overlay or other compositing modes to blend the light layer with your footage layer to make the effect more realistic.

Please note that this is just an example of a basic light shuttle effect. You can change and adjust it to your needs and material to make it even better.