ProductionCrate offers a free and fast God Rays plugin for Adobe After Effects.
More than a few plugins create God Rays in Adobe After Effects. While you can make a custom rays effect with Ae’s toolset, ProductionCrate offers a free one. The GodRays plugin is a simple drag-and-drop to footage to see it in action.
The effect has quite a few features, covering all aspects of the volumetric rays in-frame.
Get the GodRays plugin for After Effects for free here.