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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@gregmarchedia4669 3 жыл бұрын

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

@clarkbrowngaming350 3 жыл бұрын

Video starts at 3:44

@emmanm5633 11 ай бұрын

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

@vinijacob6074 3 жыл бұрын

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

@veilainnayeemhassan2125 Жыл бұрын

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

@DigitalMagicVFXTutorials 2 жыл бұрын

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

@choose2behappy699 2 жыл бұрын

Genail! Super gute Arbeit!

@parthkulkarni9783 2 жыл бұрын

loved it sir !!

@ZmashedIndustries 2 жыл бұрын

This is good stuff! Thank you! Subbed and liked

@BrandonYap 3 жыл бұрын

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

@itayemi4ever 2 жыл бұрын

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 ^_^

@TheRedflash777 3 жыл бұрын

amazing, how advanced is your knowledge of AE is!

@vinhdo1609 3 жыл бұрын

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

@wenhuber 3 жыл бұрын

Your tutorials are amazing!

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@VFXBoy 2 жыл бұрын

Love it man

@nawewefarmers4017 10 ай бұрын

Great work

@user-hg4yc3xh1m 11 ай бұрын

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

@xXihadaidsXx 2 жыл бұрын

ah man!! thanks a lott :)

@amantv9326 3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@abogharbia60 3 жыл бұрын

How will you create it in particles world?

@amantv9326 3 жыл бұрын

@@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👍

@LenoxVFX 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@bvnaveen78 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing😍

@MichaelPonch 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@jeetugalley 2 жыл бұрын

excellent

@komkumarkumar4451 3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@komkumarkumar4451 3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@user-bc8vl9ut8k 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@artijakhmola2410 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Classicsteve543 10 ай бұрын

Cool, very very coool

@agfirs_o2579 10 ай бұрын

this guy needs 100k subs

@harshitbhavsar7080 3 жыл бұрын

amazing

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏽

@DrPix3l 11 ай бұрын

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 ?

@skatinpeyton7212 2 жыл бұрын

What did you draw the first lines with?

@deadlee876 3 жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

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

@noobie2345 Ай бұрын

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

@quosswimblik4489 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jackhazel8650 Жыл бұрын

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

@Nolteman Жыл бұрын

finally a good one.

@MichaelPonch Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@kamerleonvideo 2 жыл бұрын

very cool

@MichaelPonch 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@ILOVESAUDIARABIA 3 жыл бұрын

The best 👍

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud 😎. Hope u r fine!

@ILOVESAUDIARABIA 3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelPonch keep blogging

@user-jd7iq2xz6p Жыл бұрын

Can you somehow create this in andriod ?!

@dennet-zw4si Ай бұрын

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

@alskits 2 жыл бұрын

Can you recreate flash slow mo please btw great work

@hurrypol 2 жыл бұрын

TOP!

@MichaelPonch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@hemanthhemu9630 3 жыл бұрын

Underated video

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@rykstudio 3 жыл бұрын

nice

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@musicviz4305 3 жыл бұрын

Can you teach in slowly im a new user

@pcexe_ 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jatri05w94 2 жыл бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

im having the same problem, is it solved?

@jatri05w94 8 ай бұрын

@@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 8 ай бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing this! @@jatri05w94

@jatri05w94 8 ай бұрын

@@secretchannelforhomework1075 no problem best of luck!!!

@jeanfree3079 6 ай бұрын

Maravilhoso

@blissfortfilms2575 2 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@neozgamer Жыл бұрын

@@blissfortfilms2575 how??

@zaryangupta 3 жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

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

@zaryangupta 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@neozgamer Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@saykoo2387 10 ай бұрын

You need to explain mocha ae

@McWard 2 жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 2 жыл бұрын

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 😊

@VerlorenesKonzept 11 ай бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 11 ай бұрын

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 😎

@EternalCoders 9 ай бұрын

can you create the same effect in Davinci

@MichaelPonch 9 ай бұрын

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

@jaysonfontela5761 2 жыл бұрын

💖

@shabazrangrez2963 11 ай бұрын

Mocha ae cant track in my

@AEtro_ Ай бұрын

Project File?

@modamarsh8747 Ай бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch Ай бұрын

You can if you wanted 😊

@mohamadbayy7847 2 жыл бұрын

whats name of series in 1:22 time

@MichaelPonch 2 жыл бұрын

It’s ‘King of Queens’ 😊

@Sagegabs 8 ай бұрын

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.

@Krishnachoppara Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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

@godrebe 2 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 😎

@rafadip8162 3 жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

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

@itayemi4ever 2 жыл бұрын

@@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."

@brianlink391 2 жыл бұрын

what was the name of that tracking tool

@MichaelPonch 2 жыл бұрын

You mean Mocha AE? It’s built in 😊

@brianlink391 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SnufflyReacts 3 жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, what’s up 😎

@2424rocket Жыл бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

I followed it just fine.

@tonyamante_ Жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 11 ай бұрын

😂 Thank you 😊

@DevilRockers 2 ай бұрын

Is moka ae free??

@MichaelPonch 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s already integrated in After Effects

@MushtaqHussainofficial 2 жыл бұрын

nice editing but very faster

@hesseldumark2946 2 жыл бұрын

Holy fuck

@DevilRockers 2 ай бұрын

Video starts from 3:46

@notretrojim 2 жыл бұрын

wanted a tutorial, got a nice vlog instead

@42Edit Жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@42Edit Жыл бұрын

Hey??

@MichaelPonch Жыл бұрын

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

@mpikturesmpk 10 ай бұрын

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

@brianlink391 2 жыл бұрын

Anyway chance of a Verson for Dummys?

@brianlink391 2 жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 2 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@brianlink391 2 жыл бұрын

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

@brianlink391 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Fenrir26 9 ай бұрын

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

@sadeynsipahi2152 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 😊 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hK1pjMhm3JzWop8.html

@NinjaTymo-rc9mx 4 ай бұрын

Er ist deutsch, geeeiiiillll🎉❤

@MichaelPonch 4 ай бұрын

Guten Morgen aus dem Chiemgau 😊

@NinjaTymo-rc9mx 4 ай бұрын

@@MichaelPonchGuten Morgen aus Dresden, dem angenehmen Sachsen

@liubj2427 3 жыл бұрын

Tutorial too fast，I don't understand it

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@@MichaelPonchhe’s joking

@centervlogindia8868 7 ай бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 7 ай бұрын

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.

@cokfarm1656 7 ай бұрын

Plz change ur KZfaq icon u r more positive in video bro

@MichaelPonch 7 ай бұрын

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

@BALAKSCHMAN 2 жыл бұрын

moin moin hahah

@MichaelPonch 2 жыл бұрын

Und das im Bayern 😂

@unluckys 2 жыл бұрын

i just wanted a simple lighnting effect this is too complicated my friend

@Jupaerian 3 жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelPonch 3 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelPonch please do :)

@MichaelPonch Жыл бұрын

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

@mike.ripped Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 :)