LightWrap by Vankul is an After Effects compositing plugin that blends the light and color of a chosen background layer around the edges of a foreground element. This classic compositing technique helps footage, text, shapes, and other elements integrate more naturally into their environment without requiring additional pre-comps.

The effect works directly with live layers, so moving, scaling, or animating the foreground automatically updates the light wrap.

FEATURES

• Live light wrapping from a selected background layer
• No precomposing or baking required
• Works with footage, text, and shape layers
• 7 blend modes: Normal, Screen, Add, Lighten, Soft Light, Overlay, and Multiply
• Radius, Width, and Background Blur controls
• Adjustable intensity from 0–200%
• Built-in Light Glow with independent inside and outside falloff
• Direction controls for restricting the wrap to a specific area
• Background color correction for saturation, exposure, and tint
• Supports track mattes, Time Remap, and motion blur

PERFORMANCE

• 8 / 16 / 32-bit support
• Smart Render
• GPU acceleration
• CUDA on Windows
• Metal on macOS
• CPU fallback

COMPATIBILITY

• Adobe After Effects 2024+
• Windows
• macOS