Recreate THE FLASH Lightning Effect ACCURATELY | Advanced After Effects Tutorial

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In this advanced After Effects Tutorial I'm gonna show you my approach how to recreate The Flash Lightning Bolts moving in slow motion and with a chromatic RGB split effect.
As always no plugins used!
I tried to be as accurate as in Zack Snyder's Justice League but using efficient und straightforward techniques.
I apologize that this is not a step-by-step tutorial and that I'm rushing through the video. That's why it's rather an advanced tutorial.
But feel free to ask me in the comment section below!
Enjoy watching!
#theflash #aftereffects #zacksnyderjusticeleague
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@clarkbrowngaming350 3 года назад

Video starts at 3:44

@BrandonYap 3 года назад

Looks great, I’d love a more in depth tutorial for new users!

@vinijacob6074 3 года назад

this is AMAZING! Can you do a tutorial on this version of the flash running? Like in superfast or in slow motion?

@amantv9326 3 года назад

The subsurface scattering teqnique is amazing...Iwill recreate it(the lightning)with cc particles world fx,with some glows and all...with a custom depth map...perhaps from runway ml...btw its so incredible ❤️❤️

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thank you. And thank you for the tip with runanway ml. Didn’t know about it. 😎

@abogharbia60 3 года назад

How will you create it in particles world?

@amantv9326 3 года назад

@@abogharbia60 just watch the tutorial from Andrew Kramer on how to link cc particles world to a null object...I'll do it with the combo of some other FX👍

@komkumarkumar4451 3 года назад

U r evolving as a new Mentor for all vfx artists as Andrew Kramer is Tnkuuu for this tutorial Lots of luv from India🙋

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thanks man. I feel flattered 😌. But Andrew Kramer is in a much higher league than me 😊

@komkumarkumar4451 3 года назад

@@MichaelPonch with all due respect Consistency is the key Andrew is in higher league now nd one day u keep goin n reach such big level Agin tnkuuuuu With best regards

@gregmarchedia4669 3 года назад

I'm subscribing I don't know how you don't have more views. This is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen and thanks for not using plugins XD

@veilainnayeemhassan2125 Год назад

I can't believe you have 20k Subscribers! It should 20 Million.. You are great a teacher! I love all your tutorials.

@itayemi4ever 3 года назад

this is the best lightning tut I've seen for this effect. please can you do us a solid and make that raw mov footage available? that would be awesome ^_^ thanks a lot for this tutorial. you're a champ ^_^

@ИринаУсанина-д3е 3 года назад

Hi. Thanks for the tutorial. How do I copy a path to a shape layer? Мask is copied, not path. I highlight mask path, copy and paste into the shape

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thank you 😊. Just open the mask and select the “Path” attribute. Then copy the path open the shape layer and paste it into it’s “Path” attribute. Hope it was clear.

@wenhuber 3 года назад

Your tutorials are amazing!

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thank you 😊

@quosswimblik4489 3 года назад

two line equations the Start line and one end line and make the one equation approach the second equation as it gets closer to the point of interception. That's the maths I would use to do lightning bolts with some touch ups.

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

That sounds like rocket science to me 😂. But thanks for the hint. Maybe I can achieve what you suggested with AE Expressions

@deadlee876 3 года назад

This is amazing lol I wish my laptop was strong enough for this

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thanks, man 😎. Yeah, this requires a bit of computing power, even on my workstation

@vinhdo1609 3 года назад

i'm gonna watch all tutorials on your channel 🤣🤣 so damn amazing

@LenoxVFX Год назад

Thank you so much. I’ve just finish to create the effect it was long but until it s beatiful . I’ve learn a lot of things grace your video. You are amazing. (Thais comment was donne without plug-in)

@MichaelPonch Год назад

Thank you very much 😊. And I fully understand you. Although I had 2y French at school I couldn’t write any french sentence here 😂. Merci beaucoup

@emmanm5633 Год назад

this is so POWERFUL THANK YOU !!!!!!!! worth of subscribed!! hope to watch more tutorials from you michael Thankyou1!!

@zaryangupta 3 года назад

please make a detailed tutorial! i want to be able to do it too

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Sorry, it was a bit too fast and requires a bit of basic knowledge. What do you want to know in specific?

@zaryangupta 3 года назад

@@MichaelPonch im like 3 days new to this software so it's absolutely not your fault if I don't understand much. I love The Flash and started to learn Ae to be The Flash, I followed tutorials of "Film Learnin", quite good but nowhere as realistic as your one! So maybe just speak out every click you make and that would help a person who just wanna do cool stuff like this. Thanks! Looking forward to more awesome VFX tuts.

@BrandonYap 3 года назад

Agreed!

@neozgamer Год назад

@@MichaelPonch the copy path from mask path to shape layer, doesn't show mw the path under shape layer 1 content. I don't get it

@MichaelPonch Год назад

@@neozgamer Hi 👋. In Shape Layer you need to go to Add>Path. Hope that helps

@hemanthhemu9630 3 года назад

Underated video

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thank you 😊

@DigitalMagicVFXTutorials 2 года назад

Amazing. Tutorial. Helped me to learn a lot of new things. Thanks a lot

@2424rocket Год назад

Let’s be bluntly honest; as an after effects artist, you are brilliant. As a teacher, you are completely clueless! There’s nobody in the world who could even begin to follow this tutorial. But let’s be again honest, this is not a tutorial this is you showing off. And who needs it!

@S-I-T 10 месяцев назад

I followed it just fine.

@agfirs_o2579 Год назад

this guy needs 100k subs

@TheRedflash777 3 года назад

amazing, how advanced is your knowledge of AE is!

@SnufflyReacts 3 года назад

Hey it’s me the dude that is talking to you

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Hey, what’s up 😎

@Sagegabs 10 месяцев назад

It would've been cooler if: 1. You added more than just one lightninbolt 2. Apply a trim path effect. But generally speaking this tutorial is beyond great.

@rykstudio 3 года назад

nice

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thanks 😊

@artijakhmola2410 2 года назад

actually i love the subsurface scattering effect i makes it way more realistic

@ZmashedIndustries 2 года назад

This is good stuff! Thank you! Subbed and liked

@godrebe 2 года назад

I'm suddenly interested in making The Flash special effects, But ... My Brain is like: Why am I still here, Just to Suffer. 😂 It is looking well made! I wonder if you use Cinema 4D to make this, Would be Better?🤔

@MichaelPonch 2 года назад

Thank you. I think in C4D you would get more control over the shape & the course of the bolts. And it’s real 3D 😊. However, i would still create the final look (glows etc) in After Effects 😎

@blissfortfilms2575 2 года назад

Love the tutorial, Everything seems to work for me until the part 5:02 where he plays with the wiggle. My path does not change when I move the numbers. Also at min 4:32 when he copies the path into the shape layer, his layer says "path" and mine says "mask path" not sure if that is the problem.

@MichaelPonch 2 года назад

Thank you. I know this tutorial has been criticized for being too fast. So I might left things out that I took for granted. Sorry for that. I’m not in front of After Effects now but I try to give you a quick help. Try to select the “Path” parameter when you paste the path. Then it won’t be a mask path. And that’s the reason why wiggle doesn’t work. Because it’s a mask path, not a shape layer path. I hope that helps😊. If not I’ll be at my desk in 14 hours again 😎

@blissfortfilms2575 2 года назад

@@MichaelPonch Hah! I found it. Thank you sooo much for your fast reply! awesome channel

@neozgamer Год назад

@@blissfortfilms2575 how??

@harshitbhavsar7080 3 года назад

amazing

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thank you 🙏🏽

@parthkulkarni9783 2 года назад

loved it sir !!

@tonyamante_ Год назад

"You're a wizard Michael" (Harry)..

@MichaelPonch Год назад

😂 Thank you 😊

@ILOVESAUDIARABIA 3 года назад

The best 👍

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thanks bud 😎. Hope u r fine!

@ILOVESAUDIARABIA 3 года назад

@@MichaelPonch keep blogging

@AndrésMartínezBarrales Год назад

El unico que funciona, GRANDEEEE!!!! sub merecida!

@McWard 2 года назад

I'm having trouble finding out how to make a new path! PLZ HELP

@MichaelPonch 2 года назад

Sorry, when my tut is too fast. You select the pen tool (top bar) and draw into the composition window. Make sure no layer is selected. Otherwise you would create a mask path. Hope that helps 😊

@choose2behappy699 2 года назад

Genail! Super gute Arbeit!

@nawewefarmers4017 Год назад

Great work

@bvnaveen78 2 года назад

Amazing😍

@MichaelPonch 2 года назад

Thank you 😊

@mahicg 2 года назад

Love it man

@Nolteman 2 года назад

finally a good one.

@MichaelPonch 2 года назад

Thanks 😊

@xXihadaidsXx 2 года назад

ah man!! thanks a lott :)

@kamerleonvideo 3 года назад

very cool

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thank you 😊

@Tecsandco Месяц назад

Waaasss du kannst deutsch! OMG 😅😅. Bin neu hier, sry... Geiles Video 🎉

@pcexe_ 2 года назад

Very cool, but can you please make a step by step Toutorial?

@jeetugalley 2 года назад

excellent

@modamarsh8747 3 месяца назад

So basically we can animate the path manually, without motion track, right?

@MichaelPonch 3 месяца назад

You can if you wanted 😊

@jatri05w94 2 года назад

Hey I love the tutorial idc that it’s too fast you can alwaays slow it down but I have a question I’m at the point where I added the wiggle paths but for some reason anything I do isn’t changing the line I made. If anyone can answer my question would be greatly appreciated!!

@secretchannelforhomework1075 10 месяцев назад

im having the same problem, is it solved?

@jatri05w94 10 месяцев назад

@@secretchannelforhomework1075 i moved around a bit ended up finding it I think the path was like in some weird obscure location I think a separate vid helped me find out best of luck sorry I wasn’t of much help.

@MichaelPonch 10 месяцев назад

Hi 👋. Maybe it’s the order of the operators. E. g. the wiggle operator should be put after the stroke operator to see something happening.

@secretchannelforhomework1075 10 месяцев назад

thank you for sharing this! @@jatri05w94

@jatri05w94 10 месяцев назад

@@secretchannelforhomework1075 no problem best of luck!!!

@hurrypol 2 года назад

TOP!

@MichaelPonch 2 года назад

Thanks 😊

@alskits 3 года назад

Can you recreate flash slow mo please btw great work

@Classicsteve543 Год назад

Cool, very very coool

@saykoo2387 Год назад

You need to explain mocha ae

@liubj2427 3 года назад

Tutorial too fast，I don't understand it

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Sorry man. The tutorial is more about to give an general idea which techniques I would use. A step by step tutorial would’ve been 2 hours long. But thanks for watching it anyway.

@dreadxll9688 10 месяцев назад

@@MichaelPonchhe’s joking

@rafadip8162 3 года назад

How do you copy only the mask path? Every time I try, it copies the whole mask.

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Sorry that my tutorial is a bit fast. Just open the parameters of the mask until you find “path”. Select the name “path” and copy. That should work 😎

@rafadip8162 3 года назад

@@MichaelPonch thank you but when I click on mask path it automatically selects the whole mask. Do you know what I should do? Thank you

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

@@rafadip8162 you want to copy just a part of your mask? So you have multiple masks in one path?

@itayemi4ever 3 года назад

@@rafadip8162 "If you want to take a mask and convert it to a shape layer then all you have to do is select the mask path, copy that, then use the pen tool (keyboard shortcut g) to draw any path in the comp window. You then spin down the shape layer's Contents, drill down to Shape>Path, then select the path and paste."

@noobie2345 3 месяца назад

i'm stuck at 4:32 i just cant seem to create a stroke from the mask path

@moon_graphics 2 месяца назад

Samee🥲

@dennet-zw4si 4 месяца назад

man is it possible to get 1 on 1 help, I am on the part where its suppose to wiggle but doesnt do anything

@Fenrir26 11 месяцев назад

Why am I watching A vlog I thought this was a tutorial

@jackhazel8650 2 года назад

yeah I still can't get passed copying the mask path and turning it into a curved line. Mask path is attached to mask so everytime I try to copy the path, it just copies the whole mask and I don't get a shape. just the mask

@musicviz4305 3 года назад

Can you teach in slowly im a new user

@notretrojim 3 года назад

wanted a tutorial, got a nice vlog instead

@TestSubject-o3j Год назад

Can you somehow create this in andriod ?!

@hesseldumark2946 2 года назад

Holy fuck

@DrPix3l Год назад

Hi !!! There is a way to had chromatic aberration to only the lightning for example? But in general i mean put that effect to only one particular part of the image ?

@VerlorenesKonzept Год назад

Hi, sobald ich bei 4:29 versuche nur "Mask Path" auszuwählen, wird die komplette Maske ausgewählt, könntest du mir da irgendwie helfen?

@MichaelPonch Год назад

Hallo 😊. Bitte nicht die Maske (z. B Mask 1) sondern die Maske aufklappen, wo eine Attribute zum Vorschein kommen (Mask Path, Mask Feather etc.). Und genau da das Attribut Mask Path auswählen und kopieren. Ich gebe zu, meine Tutorial ist ein wenig zu fast paced 😂. Ich hoffe, ich habe Dein Problem richtig verstanden und kann Dir damit helfen 😎

@jeanfree3079 8 месяцев назад

Maravilhoso

@brianlink391 2 года назад

what was the name of that tracking tool

@MichaelPonch 2 года назад

You mean Mocha AE? It’s built in 😊

@brianlink391 2 года назад

@@MichaelPonchThanks, Thought u said "or you could use the built-in tracker"

@khaledalmomen6692 5 дней назад

What's the app name

@brianlink391 2 года назад

Anyway chance of a Verson for Dummys?

@brianlink391 2 года назад

My screen looks nothing like urs. Well, it does just missing things.

@MichaelPonch 2 года назад

I’m sorry man. This is a video that I edited too fast. And I failed to explain that this is expert stuff. If you are patient I will publish a simplified template for it. Otherwise there are other great tutorials out there 😊

@brianlink391 2 года назад

@@MichaelPonch Yea, I got the export part just damn keep up till the make shape thing

@brianlink391 2 года назад

@@MichaelPonch I like yours!! a lot and real want to do it ur way

@brianlink391 2 года назад

@@MichaelPonch Like they say do it right the first time 🙂

@NinjaTymo-rc9mx 6 месяцев назад

Er ist deutsch, geeeiiiillll🎉❤

@MichaelPonch 6 месяцев назад

Guten Morgen aus dem Chiemgau 😊

@NinjaTymo-rc9mx 6 месяцев назад

@@MichaelPonchGuten Morgen aus Dresden, dem angenehmen Sachsen

@MushtaqHussainofficial 3 года назад

nice editing but very faster

@skatinpeyton7212 2 года назад

What did you draw the first lines with?

@42Edit Год назад

Why does the tracking vibrate?, I have it in mocha??? Here 3:59 it does not vibrate, but I have it vibrate, why

@MichaelPonch Год назад

Hi 👋. It’s hard to tell without seeing it. Does your footage have the same frame rate as your composition? Did you slow the footage down? Or is your footage a screen capture and has duplicate frames? Maybe your footage is untrackable because it’s too dark or noisy? Or maybe it looks as if it’s vibrating on screen but looks perfect when rendered 😊

@42Edit Год назад

@@MichaelPonch Do you have anything to communicate with you so that I can send you an explanatory video for your? 👀👍🏼

@42Edit Год назад

Hey??

@MichaelPonch Год назад

@@42Edit hi! Sorry for the late reply. I’m on a video shooting. Please send me a DM on twitter @ponchmichael

@DevilRockers 5 месяцев назад

Is moka ae free??

@MichaelPonch 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, it’s already integrated in After Effects

@EternalCoders 11 месяцев назад

can you create the same effect in Davinci

@MichaelPonch 11 месяцев назад

Hi 👋! I’m not sure but maybe you can create something like this in Davinci Fusion.

@jaysonfontela5761 2 года назад

💖

@sadeynsipahi2152 Год назад

bro ich bekomme es nicht hin, du erklärst das zu ungenau und zeigst vieles nicht. für einen, der sich damit nicht auskennt mit mocha und so. bei mir kommen diese blitze nicht

@MichaelPonch Год назад

Hey! Hast Recht. Das ist eines meiner wenigen Videos, wo ich von Basiswissen ausgehe und nur die relevanten Schritte zeige. Aber lade Dir bitte mein kostenloses Flash-Template runter. Im Grunde basiert dieses Template auf diesem Tutorial 😊 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NG9Ye5w6rrk.html

@mpikturesmpk Год назад

the mask and the minimax effects aren't moving at all

@Krishnachoppara Год назад

when I rotoscope the copy footage layer, the effects work up until a certain spot, and then they bug out and disappear, how do I fix this. (I do have to get this done very soon so any help would be fantastic)

@MichaelPonch Год назад

Hi 👋. What happens excactly? The effects just disappear completely? Or do they look glitched? Could be many reasons. Is the footage properly rotoscoped until the end? Did tracking work properly throughout the footage? Is everything covered by another layer? Do you have enough RAM?

@Krishnachoppara Год назад

@@MichaelPonch it seems like the effects just disappear after a certain frame. After some process of elimination, it turns out the issue is somewhere with the rotoscoped layer, the rotoscoped mask disappears after a certain frame

@AEtro_ 3 месяца назад

Project File?

@mohamadbayy7847 2 года назад

whats name of series in 1:22 time

@MichaelPonch 2 года назад

It’s ‘King of Queens’ 😊

@cokfarm1656 9 месяцев назад

Plz change ur RU-vid icon u r more positive in video bro

@MichaelPonch 9 месяцев назад

Good point 😊. I want to change my Banner anyway. And I’ll update my melancholic icon 😂

@shabazrangrez2963 Год назад

Mocha ae cant track in my

@Jupaerian 3 года назад

its a really nice tut, but you go too fast!

@MichaelPonch 3 года назад

Thank you. Yeah, I know. It’s more of an advanced tut instead of step by step. I’m considering making a slower but simpler version of this tutorial.

@mike.ripped Год назад

@@MichaelPonch please do :)

@MichaelPonch Год назад

@@mike.ripped in one of my newer videos you can already download the project file ☺️

@mike.ripped Год назад

@@MichaelPonch already did ☺️🙏🏼, right now I’m struggling to copy it to my video, either the adjustment layer is a big white screen over my video or I can’t copy the tracked motion points over to the sub-composition (I hope you understand what I mean I‘m a complete newbie) 😩

@MichaelPonch Год назад

@@mike.ripped Really hard to explain with words when you are a beginner. but I'll try :). Track your footage inside the composition, link the Control Nulls to your tracked Null (via the link pickwhip) and reposition them to match your tracked Null. But then switch the video off to make it unaffected by the adjustment layer. Instead make a new video composition, put the Light Stroke composition on top and set blending mode to Add or Screen. I hope that helps a bit :)

@centervlogindia8868 9 месяцев назад

fast video next time slow , more time watch but not working wiggle paths option

@MichaelPonch 9 месяцев назад

Yes, I know it's fast, sorry for that. My newest tutorials are mostly step-by-step :). The wiggle path operator must be placed AFTER the Stroke operator. Then it should work.