# Volumetric God Rays: motion graphics style

> A low golden sun moves behind a dark stone wall with the word cut through it, and shafts of light pour out of the letters into dusty air. A cinematic volumetric-light text effect for film titles, trailers, game intros and heritage brands.

- Category: [Light & Shaders](https://aimotions.art/category/light-shaders/)
- Also known as: god rays, light shafts, crepuscular rays, volumetric light, light through text, dusty sunbeams, cut-out letters light
- Demo built with: WebGL · Energy: Calm · Background: Dark bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/volumetric-god-rays/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/volumetric-god-rays/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

```text
Cut [TEXT] in tall classical Roman capitals straight through a thick, dark, cold-toned stone wall that fills the frame. Behind the wall a low golden sun slowly drifts sideways and up; its light shines through the letter openings, showing the lit inner edges of the cuts, and streams toward the viewer as long volumetric shafts that fan out from the letters across the whole frame. The shafts are streaky and uneven, as if passing through drifting haze, and tiny dust motes glitter only where the beams pass. The stone stays dark except where the scattered light grazes it. Slow, majestic, continuous loop as the light swings back and forth.
```

## Visual DNA

- Letters cut clean through a dark textured stone slab
- Golden light shafts radiating from the openings toward the viewer
- Rays swing slowly as the light source drifts behind the wall
- Dust motes sparkling only inside the beams
- Warm amber light against cold blue-black stone

The prompts are free to copy, adapt and use in personal and commercial projects, with no credit required. Republishing the collection or a substantial part of it (for example as another library or a dataset) requires written permission.

How to cite: Volumetric God Rays, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/volumetric-god-rays/