• Adobe After Effects

  A tutorial is missing a part; anyone an idea how to create this?

  Posted by Johan Frijhof on November 1, 2020 at 4:59 pm

  Hi all!

  So, I am trying to learn After Effects and I am getting there. I follow tutorials and try to bend them to create my own stuff.

  I have found this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqitH2n5gF0&t=31s

  Pretty cool, and apart from the smoke (which you have to pay for) it works on my machine. But… Around 0:39 there are these flashes and the uploader forgot (yeah, let’s put it like that) to explain how to create those. I really like that effect.

  So, as you might have guessed; how can I create these flashes? Can anyone explain this or share a link where something like this explained?

  Thanks you so much!

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  Johan Frijhof replied 5 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Eric Santiago

  November 1, 2020 at 11:11 pm

  Might need better lens flare options like Video CoPilots.

  That’s all the are, just lens flares.

  You can even recreate a frame in PS and just flash them in short bursts frames to match.
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  Brendon Murphy

  November 1, 2020 at 11:28 pm

  Here’s one way using built in effects.

  WARNING – FLASHING GRAPHICS BELOW

  Create a black solid and add the “Lens Flare” effect. Move the Flare Center to the far left side of the screen.

  Add a gaussian blur… let’s say 200 for the blurriness. Check “Repeat edge pixels”.

  Add a glow. Let’s say 260 for radius.

  Duplicate the layer. Move that flare to the right side. Set the blending mode of the top one to “Add”. Add a white solid to the top of the comp at 10% opacity for a general wash, set it to “add” as well.

  Precompose those three layers.

  Set the precomp blending mode to “Add”.

  Add a tint effect to the precomp. Change the black color to a saturated blue.

  Add a levels or curves effect, and animate the brightness along with the opacity of the layer.

  
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  Johan Frijhof

  November 2, 2020 at 7:42 am

  Awesome short explanation. Took me just 10 minutes to figure it out and I think I have something I can use in my project.

  Thank you for the quick reply and the clear explanation. I’ve learned a lot!

  
  

  
  

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