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A bright sun passes into totality above a desert mesa skyline, revealing a luminous corona and stars before daylight returns, built from shape layers, procedural noise, and editable controls. Created entirely with Atom as a cinematic eclipse study.

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Create a 14-second solar eclipse entirely in After Effects. Start with a bright sun above a desert mesa skyline, then slide the moon across into totality so the sky darkens, stars come out, and a glowing corona with red prominences appears before daylight returns. Give the horizon a warm glow and make the whole thing feel cinematic. Build it procedurally with no footage, and add controls for eclipse phase, corona color, prominence color, and horizon glow so I can release it as a template.

Solar Eclipse

Free Motion Graphics template

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After Effects CC 2026+
Plugins None
Created Nov 2026

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