Create a Fireball in After Effects

[@cathychoi6959]

as a beginner, learnt so much from your tutorial, so happy I found this amazing info today, thank you so much

[@curiousrefuge]

Woo hoo! Cheers.

[@GurpreetSingh-kb6rr]

This was incredibly helpful, and I learned way more about After Effects than I thought I would. This process is surprisingly easy on my PC too. Excellent video . Amazing tutorial man thanks so much worked great for me! What a mind blowing tutorial! Can't express the joy in having watched this. Mind blown. Thanks man this was rly helpful for a fireball falling from the sky effect on my movie

[@maryshkaa]

That's an amazing tutorial . I have learned SO MUCH. You saved my a...😄before my deadline. Thank you

[@off.beat.trader]

DUDE!!! What a mind blowing tutorial! Can't express the joy in having watched this. Mind blown! You got a subscriber. Do make more :)

[@Rosomyat]

Amazing Tutorials .. It combined many things to create fireball elements like Fire, smoke, Sparks. Thanks

[@SCPVIDEOPRODUCTION]

That's really amazing! Please keep posting more tutorials.

[@mindhormone]

Caleb, nice tutorial as always

[@panoskoutelas9542]

Thank you very much.

[@fruscianteluv]

amazing tutorial man thanks so much worked great for me!!

[@DragonaxFilms]

This was incredibly helpful, and I learned way more about After Effects than I thought I would. This process is surprisingly easy on my PC too. Excellent video :D

[@diskosteve]

Great tutorial! Is there a way to apply this effect to an image? would love to place the fireball over an animal skulls eye

[@divinelifestyle7134]

Great video

[@curiousrefuge]

Thanks a million!

[@liomizar9910]

This is amazing! But when I try to repeat it, the Flame Heigh values in Fire Density change together. I can't enter a different value for them. How to fix it?

[@ViktorasFr]

any idea why my AE says unsupported filetype or extension? :/

[@alyssaphillips3522]

figured it out. When you download AE, at one point you saved a folder that would store all AE settings. You need to find that folder. My version is AE CC 2019 so I entered that folder. Within it, there are 3 sub-folders and one of them says "User Presets." Click into that folder and that's where you want to save the entire "fire by rocketstock" folder. Make it is the unzipped version of the folder as it downloads as a zip file to save room. Let me know if you still need help.

[@WarriorDan2008]

@@alyssaphillips3522 Thanks! I had lost all hope, but your solution worked. Thank you so much!

[@shaininpillay]

Thanks for this bro, it helped me a lot.

[@JRise23]

Maybe a new updated tutorial on this? There has been so many updates to Adobe, I wonder what is the same from the software from then to now. I am following along and my glow doesn't appear the same way yours does and I don't the same white color in the flame like you do.

[@EDDIEGARAGE]

I discover you only 2 days ago but is almost 4 years since you publish this tutorial a lot of things things happens in AE

[@KrzyGirl]

Obviously I'm trying to run before I can walk because this was hell to get through lol I learned a lot though!! Would not recommend for a beginner like me, unless you like suffering, but would recommend for someone who is use to using AE. He's clear and precise but I just don't know enough about why I'm doing what I'm doing. So when one thing is off, like I'm selecting the wrong thing, then nothing works like it should because I don't know to select the right part lol

[@BTNMNKI]

Really cool, only problem I have is I'm trying to use it with transparent background, and the top flames get black edges that muck up the whole thing. Any tips for a workaround?

[@jaredfradette7654]

Add Lumi Key effect (hope you got the answer by now!)

[@akhileshrege7636]

Can you please tell me how to create sun in after effects

[@patyjuarez5370]

for some reason no matter how much I change the fractal size and fire density, nothing seems to change and it's not looking animated... is there a way to solve this?

[@justinthompson8424]

Great tutorial! If I wanted to animate this (moving as an element in another comp) how would you go about that? Create a Transparency layer as the BG instead of a black solid and render everything out?

[@rnrn1367]

You can leave the BG layer out, then drag your fireball composition into the comp with your footage and use the fireball comp like a precomp.

[@hatuey6326]

Hi awesome tutorial like always ! I've a question : i want to create a ice fire with this tutorial. I want to put the effect vlc color vibrance for it. According to you where do you think is the best place to put it in this comp ? at the beginning on the preset or at the end whan the ball is already finished ? (sorry for my bad english)

[@aeplug-aftereffectstutoria9210]

Cool drop of fire! :)

[@mingosutu]

Good tut, but plugin not working. I tried it in cc2020 and cs6

[@tHe-rb1ym]

sry to ask that i can't apply my preset in my AE coman erro for unsupported file type and extension, any solution??

[@budgetgamer4048]

can i do something like that but 3d

[@paulalan3103]

Again, awesome tutorial, Caleb! Question? Can you do a tutorial similar to Video Copilot's Solar Atmosphere? Something is wonky about their tutorial. The expressions come up as errors. Not sure why but maybe it's a little outdated because I have 2018 version of AE and it doesn't work right with those damn errors popping up. I think after doing this tutorial I feel Video Copilot over complicates that tutorial. Anyway, you are the king of tutorials, and I can follow your work much easier. Keep on rockin the tutorials out!

[@curiousrefuge]

Holy cow that’s so nice of you. I saw video copilots tutorial a long time ago. I definitely remember it being more complex, but I haven’t visited a project like that in a while. I’ll add ‘sun tutorial’ to the list. Do you mind emailing me the project file? I can see if it works on my end. My emails on the website: VFX.city

[@paulalan3103]

I did that tutorial twice from scratch to see maybe if it was me but each time I deleted file after because it went south. Sorry.

[@thelifebegan4443]

Please guys. Where can I find videos to use it for train

[@elankeeranraveendran1369]

preset where is that in the file . there are only videos ?????

[@Ivan-xu2cf]

Incredible tutorial!! But i can't use your "fire by rocketstock" in ae cc 2019... gives me an error. Is there another way to do it?? This is the best tutorial I could found about making a fireball in ae. Also, the first link to your project is down. Thanks again!!

[@sessi0ns11]

I have cc 2020, and the preset works fine. You could try updating.

[@mingosutu]

Hi, Ivan, have you managed to solve this? I have got the same error here.

[@budgetgamer4048]

like diablo in suicide squad or hell boy 2 fire crown ???

[@jazthemolecule]

Anyone know how you'd do this in HitFilm Express 2017? Thanks in advance!

[@tiffanybugos]

Have you done any tutorials on water?

[@curiousrefuge]

Not yet, but that is a great idea!

[@BIOMADD]

Caleb Ward

[@diemc7a1]

Can't be opened with Windows cs6?

[@kanalaproductions8027]

yeah

[@kanalaproductions8027]

nice tut!

[@kanalaproductions8027]

will be using this for one of my videos :)

[@briandocekal3447]

cool music

[@pamoen11]

Hello, I have an important question. When I use Fire by RocketStock and change the values ​​of Fractal Size, for example, all the others (Fire Density, Flicker Speed, etc.) change their value to the same one I have set in Fractal Size, I can not change them individually. Can you help me with this?. Thank you very much and greetings.

[@matthewcs490]

Make sure you have all the individual effects deselected before you start changing the values. That way you will not switch all the settings at the same time.

[@EDDIEGARAGE]

how to record an action in after effects the same as Photoshop

[@shannendunham8666]

i cannot at all find the fire effect map can anyone else?

[@carloscerralba8512]

Hello, when I put the fire effect to the solid color I got this error "Disabled expression the property or method called "Slider" of the class "Effect" is missing or doesnt exist, maybe the name has changed, being moved or deleted.... Please help me :(

[@MaxMndoza]

Well that happens to me too, the problem was that my AE was in spanish and the effect is programmed in an english version so it does'nt recognise the commands in another language, maybe that is what happens to you, just change your AE language and that's it!... 6 months later but maybe it will help you or somebody else haha

[@patyjuarez5370]

@@MaxMndoza how did you change the ae language?

[@zenithemanz9437]

I don't find the script bar when I click at the clock in evolution effect ?? help plz

[@curiousrefuge]

+Zenithe make sure you're holding down option when you click it.

[@zenithemanz9437]

I use AE CC 2017

[@itzTitanz]

doesn't matter, you either hold option (alt for windows) and left click the clock

[@WarriorDan2008]

hey guys anyone who is using windows and having problems with the rocket effect, this is the solution thank me later! When you download AE, at one point you saved a folder that would store all AE settings. You need to find that folder. My version is AE CC 2019 so I entered that folder. Within it, there are 3 sub-folders and one of them says "User Presets." Click into that folder and that's where you want to save the entire "fire by rocketstock" folder. Make it is the unzipped version of the folder as it downloads as a zip file to save room. Btw @Alyssa Phillips found this solution

[@arvindayro7705]

i like your tutorial, but one more thing, is this for mac only? or also for windows? than you :)

[@curiousrefuge]

It should work on both.

[@apoliao339]

Why throw in, the AE can not be displayed? Q_Q

[@Iluhastecenko]

Круто! Thx a lot)

[@wuwoo8488]

Doesn't work your Preset in AE CS6 at windows 7

[@gokuson8288]

That's a hamburger icon! Thanks

[@DragonPT]

Sadly doesn't work on CS6.

[@rnrn1367]

Caleb, I dare you to watch the whole video on 1.5 x speed you sound really drunk! xD

[@willfrazier6492]

So, first of all... cool tutorial overall, and nicely made rig with all the expression controls. I have a minor bone to pick though, and it's something I see far too often. There is no reason to pre-compose a single solid layer which you then intend to pre-compose again with 3 other single layer pre-comps. If I were the next artist in pipeline and I had to drill down several layers of pre comps just to effect a change on a single layer, I'd be cursing your name. Honestly, this is poor scene organization, and is as I have said a very bad habit I see too many artists do. Those first steps for example, you could have left the fire BG1 and 2 as solids, and then pre-comped the trio of them into a single spot. This way, if I need to come in behind you and make adjustments I can simply double click the one pre comp and have all three layers of the BG fire text at my disposal to effect said changes to. Thus ultimately makes it easier to discern how the change on one layer will impact those with which it is interacting, and just makes for a cleaner experience. Friends don't let friends excessively pre-comp. That is all Cheers

[@ddks5601]

This is one hell of a long comment to just complain about organization

[@MinecraftGamerLR]

Unfortunately, Mac only. I can't do it on my Windows.

[@rajeshm1013]

Dont explain after you done.....do it from the beginning.....

[@ertugrulyaka6890]

My computer screaming :8

[@eliyaistanbullu9563]

Its 10 dollars