Create Animated Lightning in Blender 2.8 Eevee

Today, we creat some easy animated lightning in Blender 2.8 Eevee !
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[@NeonCipher]

Your tutorials are very beginner-friendly. Thank you!

[@TutsByKai]

Just what I was going for! Very happy you like them! :)

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[@PetRatPro]

I’m *shocked* at how good this looks! Just kidding, all your tutorials are fantastic I knew it would be great! Thanks for making this!!

[@TutsByKai]

Haha thank you, my compadre! Very nice of you :)

[@ragnaroksden3439]

thanks for this! 10/10 tutorial: straight to the point, no extra downloads needed, no bs, very helpful

[@YOLO-tq3el]

I could actually follow this to make an Electrical arc with some steps skipped. This is an amazing video.

[@cheyennevirgillo2224]

Man nobody told me you could put noise in a keyframe like that. You're excellent.

[@Eridian757]

Solid quick vid man , always to the point and informative while adding the Kai Flair to it . Keep it up bro .

[@TutsByKai]

Thank you VERY much man. Really appreciate that :D And I really really appreciate that you enjoy that "Kai Flair" :_) You keep me goin'! :)

[@aanaav]

Oh my Lord I was going over your videos and youre amazing dude . The short sweet and simple tutorials are just amazing... You have all my support.... I encourage you to make more blender videos..... YOURE AMAZING !

[@themadonnadeathcult5402]

This is a fantastic tutorial! You have a good personality and pacing ... and the result was amazing! Great work, my friend.

[@TutsByKai]

Thank you so so much for saying this! Makes me feel great to know that I really am helping out! :)

[@TheBrohman]

This is perfect for the Twitch and KZbin Intro I am going to make! Thank you! :D

[@lonelylama5222]

Yeah now i know how to make lightning in blender thank you! The best tutorial that i have ever seen!

[@TutsByKai]

Aw thanks! That's very neato :D

[@XxBeyBladexX]

This is probably the best tutorial ever!

[@locusruizlopez5997]

Great tutorial. I didn't know how edit a Empty in the Graph Editor. The first time I was stuck because I didn't knew about how to make appear the Modifier,Generator, noise... it was just make clik in the Location X, Y or Z. I'll try the Copy addon, thanks for share!

[@manasverma372]

Thanks a lot Sir!! Before this video I'd watched so many tutorials to create lightning effect. But you're the only who helped me to make my first animation.

[@TutsByKai]

Glad to hear that man!

[@StammSauce]

Thank you homie. Been searching for a minute for an up to date in detail tutorial. You killed it. Thank you

[@trevormartin1287]

This is great and very helpful! can't believe you don't have more people that have used this!

[@wraksyt9126]

Thank you!❤

[@joeabstractjoe]

Kai, you're a wizard! Gracias amigo. Muy bien. 🎶🎸👍🎵

[@TutsByKai]

My thank you very much my good sir! :) Quick shield yourself from my wizard lightning! :D

[@lkvideorang]

Beautifully simple and effective. Really need to use the graph editor more! Its so cool. Thank you

[@bivashira3658]

it is amazing dude the way u create the randomness is just mind-blowing :))))

[@TutsByKai]

Thank you so much

[@letslearn6352]

only one thing to say: U ARE UNDERATED

[@justinscarberry6781]

Great tutorial! Simple and love how it turns out

[@GPlaysCustodio]

Thanks a lot bro. Awesome video

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Watch it be him

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Thank you 🙂

[@Dibyo01]

Great job

[@steamxart5922]

was looking for the same, amazing brother

[@michaelheath1194]

Nice tutorial. I appreciate stuff like this :)

[@TutsByKai]

Nice! Thank you very much, Michael! :)

[@cshimp10]

Your voice is so damn soothing to listen and pay attention to. Thanks for the tutorial! I'm gonna try to animate them leaving the 'sky' / 'cloud' for an intro I'm doing :)

[@cloverfield911]

Wow! Excelent!!

[@saditya6635]

Thanks sir

[@deepakjamra5502]

Thank you

[@TutsByKai]

Anytime!

[@alittlebitanimation8771]

thanks awesome

[@telugulifehacker6358]

thank you man

[@mibrahim4245]

Kai ! You're awesome !

[@Roflany_Papicha]

Збс, спасибо бро

[@gameplayontamil2879]

Wow it's really working fantastic ...and can i know how to move the animated object afterwords how to change become i need to move every frame eachtime to wich place i like afterword of animated lighting

[@SheigonSheffield]

Thanks!

[@TutsByKai]

Anytime!

[@pfeffermartin642]

Nice that what i searched for thx

[@activemotionpictures]

Nice!

[@TutsByKai]

Thank ya!

[@CaptainDogzilla]

What's that relaxing music during the intro/outro, I really like it

[@TutsByKai]

Made it myself, I call it the TBK Theme ;D

[@albertjackinson]

Now THAT is awesome! It's crazy how easy that is; thanks for the tutorial! I'm going to use this to make a thunderstorm in Neptune's atmosphere!

[@singerrathanbekal6969]

Super

[@erdbeerbus]

great tipp, thx!

[@harshanaeranda_]

Amazing!! 👍👌💪

[@Gamesodes]

Little help? I followed along and got my lightning to look SICK in the viewport... However, when I render, the strength displacement graph doesn't do anything. I tried making individual keyframes for the scale of each frame of the bolt, but when I apply the modifier it goes away. Any tips?

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[@InfinityNexusReviews]

THis is good Kai, is there a way to wrap it around 3D text? Do you know the 90s X-Men cartoon? At the end of the intro, I'd like to create something like that, but all I've seen on YT are about the lightning itself. I'm guessing it's something to do with one of the panels on the right and slaving it to wrap around a particular object?

[@TutsByKai]

Sure! If you model it instead of a straight line, but into the curve... you can use the build modifier to create the animation! Sounds really neat man! I'd love to see it where you're done!! 😊

[@gamerfi9451]

if fps 30 add the visibility to 6 frames if you want it to be realistic because lightning lasts avg of 0.2 seconds

[@jeremiahsmith8987]

Cool now how do I make it move

[@senpai_in_streamingmode5137]

i cant get to the modifyer tab, i only have view properties

[@manasverma372]

And now I am going to subscribe your channel

[@Streamcatcher]

It looks nice, it's a bit blocky though, needs some more modelling. Thanks for sharing...

[@TutsByKai]

Thanks. Lightning tends to be super sharp and not very smooth. It should be a bit smaller of bits, like I mentioned - you can create them as big or as small as you want... just didn't want to waste your time making a bigger one :)

[@liteimation4013]

@@TutsByKai you should use a skin modifier, then make each vertices able to be to be individually animated. When I get on a computer. I will give more info.

[@liteimation4013]

@@TutsByKai I haven't tested it out yet, so could you comment so I could get reminded if I forget? If it works I'll see if I can show you my making a video on it

[@lumbo5929]

is there any way to make this exactly animation in cycles (in Blender 4.0) ?

[@WonderWorldEspañol]

So how do we render it as image ?

[@TheAbyssalEnderling]

What if you use Cycles? Can tbis still be done in the same way (except the bloom)

[@singerrathanbekal6969]

Please make a video about how to make electric spark in blender

[@Majotsukai]

Another great tutorial, Kai. I had a question about key frames though. Does it matter if I choose a scaling key frame when I’m actually doing a rotation in that frame? Or are the key frames (scaling/rotation/location/etc.) more to keep your animation more organized?

[@TutsByKai]

Thanks a bunch, Michael! :) It does matter. If you're trying to scale your object, but insert a rotation keyframe, Blender ONLY inserts a new rotation axis... and since you didn't rotate it, it won't move. Did that make sense? :D Using things like automatic keyframing (the circle next to the play, pause, and skip buttons) will insert a keyframe for EVERY type of movement, EVERY TIME you move said object. So if you want to get the rotation, location and scale each time your move your object - just hit auto keyframing on! Gonna be making a video about keyframes specifically... so stay tuned for that!! :) Great question by the way!

[@Majotsukai]

TutsByKai thanks so much for the explanation! That definitely makes sense. I can’t wait for your keyframing tutorial. Animation is the main reason I started my Blender journey. Did you teach yourself Blender?

[@TutsByKai]

Awesome! Keyframing video comes out today - so hopefully it'll shed some light on some sutff for ya! :)

[@akhilparmar1762]

can the same effect be achieved in cycles

[@GPlaysCustodio]

I can't find the bloom setting. Maybe they changed it in blender 2.9

[@jamesbarker6373]

I like to imagine Bruce WIllis is teaching me Blender :)

[@neshiah4747]

Hi, can anyone explain to this newbie why, when I try to apply the Boolean modifier a message says:Modifier is disable, slipping apply.

[@Michael-gf7mh]

Once you make this, is there a way to duplicate it multiple times to save having to keep making it over and over?

[@davidfujung]

Hey Kai - love your tutorials. We are in production on a high end 3D animated short film that has some outdoor night shots, and I was wondering if you would be interested in doing the lightning? If so, let me know how I can contact you and I can give you further details about the project.

[@leofredrickson246]

So for some reason the boolean didn't work in blender to put the two models together. To solve this I right clicked and clicked join. Does that also work?

[@brwnei]

having problems with the animation itself after the first key the lightning itself goes down to nothing slowly and doesnt cut off straight away can anyone help?

[@manasverma372]

Sir I also have a request to slowdown some steps which helps a beginner like me.

[@sirmarcus7186]

When you "dragged up" mine didn't change to another window remained as time line just enlarging the space

[@knightsquare4844]

At 5:56 you're using S-0 to make the display to none, when I tried doing that it doesn't disappear. Is there another workout for this?

[@dannydechesseo1322]

Have you made clouds yet?

[@TutsByKai]

I actually haven't made that video as of now! Thanks for the suggestion!!

[@samiulhaq3570]

Sir please do some simulation and animation of magnetic and electric field. I will be highly thankful to u

[@TutsByKai]

Ah, they are very cool :o

[@MRTOONS2755]

1:00

[@kuo_435]

DUUUDE. THIS LOOkS SO DUMB BUT COOOOOOOL.

[@sovazz5320]

Hey, umm, when when I go to the render properties, I can't see the bloom option, can anyone help me out? Edit: I managed in the end, turns out I was using the wrong Render engine!

[@unoriginalguy7087]

Poor cube Everyone always delete him😔

[@TutsByKai]

Nah. My channel's all about Default Cube, he's chillin'.

[@jannel3d]

Are you star lord?

[@umarcga7823]

really??? it can be done much fasters in blender and I did that 7 years ago in blender!!!!!

[@danteinferno6989]

I don't understand why he just didn't hit 'ctrl + l' to unify them...

[@TutsByKai]

Because they change and remove hotkeys too often.

[@danteinferno6989]

@@TutsByKai lol fair enough and that is correct.

[@Leidan_bob394]

so sad