Create Lightning & Energy Effects in 5 Steps | After Effects Tutorial

1400+ Motion Graphics Pro Pack: bit.ly/MGPPPACK1400 - In this video learn how to easily create lightning and energy accent motion graphic effects. This After Effects tutorial covers the basis of creating easy flash lightning effects in 5 steps. Learn how to create your own custom energy paths with distort and glow effects. Easily use these effects to increase the value of your After Effects projects and take them to the next level!
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Timecode:
0:00 Intro
0:31 Technique 1 - Create Path
1:32 Technique 2 - Distort Effects
2:35 Technique 3 - Glow Effects
3:50 Save Time & Produce Amazing Work
4:16 Technique 4 - Thin Shatter Lightning
5:14 Technique 5 - Create More Lightning
6:19 Bonus - Custom Path Lightning
7:50 Outro - Subscribe!
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[@LinkedMember]

awesome tutorial, fast-paced and straight forward! I really appreciate your style, looking forward to watching more! thanks again

[@leafar_nolasco9527]

thank you so much! it turned out amazing

[@jaibatsu]

awesome!!! so just!! thanx for your lessons!!

[@Rijckenberg]

Awesome tutorial!!!! Thanks

[@joetury]

Very fun effect! thanks

[@mographlab]

great tutorial!

[@jamesrobert3167]

I like it bro. 👌 Great tutorial.. Keep going up successfully..🥰

[@ruchiradilshan1022]

That awesome😊i can add to my projects😍

[@darrylminor6855]

Possibly add opacity to the additions as well, so it'll have the shock like flash effect that lightning has

[@PixiePlays48]

Ayee thanks for doing my request bro Very helpful as always

[@SonduckFilm]

I loved the idea! Thank you!

[@rainyan6632]

Okay this is badass

[@alienthefirst1]

Brilliant one ... Thanks for this. More knowledge to My Knowledge base and God bless you for this josh♥

[@SonduckFilm]

Thank you so much! :)

[@sasaabdelillah460]

thnx man

[@smh4391]

THANK YOU BRO :)

[@OFGAnimationStudio]

Brilliant techniques Josh. Thank you

[@SonduckFilm]

Thank you boss!

[@iLovG]

gracias bb, me re sirvió, abrazo

[@caravideoprodutora]

Valeu muito bom seus vídeos.

[@VisualEffectsE]

Great tutorial keep it up...

[@hamedanvarii2314]

perfect

[@jt6581]

I'm just starting out and all of the videos I gravitate to seem to be from sound duck. I will be purchasing your template pack as a thank you for the tutorials plz plz keep them coming.

[@darrylminor6855]

You should be adding those two additional paths with like a drag tool if you will. Or you can "Track" them in and then add a little opacity I believe. I'm just spiraling this around I don't have true Graphic Design skills but I'm a novice lol maybe my description can help. 🤙🤙🤙

[@jfandries]

Good Morning 🌞 Excelent Tutorials. Effects ia beautifull. Congratulations 👋 LIKE 👍

[@darrylminor6855]

Then add a completely new path (not connected with the first) to the bottom left, so that's 2 lightning strikes, the effect will show more with the additional paths added to the first strike. Add like a particle effect ✨ever so lightly here and there and colors such as making the strike orange, yellow, purple, then you really have something new! Blue 🔵 and so on if you see the vision?

[@VGGamess]

Helpful 🤩🔥🔥

[@angelalonberg6450]

1:06 people

[@simuhammedserrar]

i love yr créative

[@IbrahimHyderiGoth]

nice tutorial keep it up

[@SonduckFilm]

Thank you!

[@motaio5194]

Love u

[@leaf-x2463]

I might need your Help, i dont understand the shortcut of the distort effect, what do I have to type after the Alt clic ? Nice tuto as alwasy but can you add a zoom up of wich keys you are using !

[@thomasquainfilm]

Maybe dumb question but anyway what is the best way then of exporting just the lightening element? Cause if you add it above other elements doesn't the glow effect those other items that you might not want it to?

[@LuisCarruthers]

6:07 How do you delete points on the path without it either creating a new shape layer or just selecting the whole shape layer? When either of these things happen, it means I can't click on individual points on the path.

[@stanknight9159]

Amazing video, learned a lot, thanks. I found this video rather... Shocking! hahahaha. :D.

[@MaziMax]

wow

[@KarolinaRGameDesign]

Ive got video that is 3mins long, how do I loop the trim paths so it plays through entire video instead of having of duplicating the effects?

[@syncful_]

I can't see "Add" at the very start

[@EpsilonMisery]

This video is amazing! However i have an issue. When using the pen tool i dont have the options to see the fill and all of that

[@constanzaviejo540]

It might help if you create the shape layer first

[@ahuaproduction]

Where can i download your cartoon lightning video file?

[@DawgFL]

When i do adjustment layer it does the glow effect on the whole thing not just the lightning, but im following your exact steps so not sure what im doing wrong

[@stabbedboxfilms]

Adjustment layers affect every layer under them

[@unrealproductions9156]

@@stabbedboxfilms that doesnt help

[@SooSloopy]

@@unrealproductions9156 Well its kinda impossible. You can maybe work on 2 projects and then add the background later, only way it could work...

[@darrylminor6855]

How about a horizontal path to the top left and to the top right at the same speed? So that would be three blended paths at once as their is one now where it stands if you get what I'm saying?

[@alphasoundz9850]

how about writing one comment and not six xD

[@rampagegage2259]

It should be noted that you CANNOT edit the path if it has the expression on it. You're welcome.

[@jaysonfontela5761]

💖

[@secretook]

w video

[@arthurbarretogarrocho587]

why you dont use the lightning effect in after effects?

[@D-X-Neil]

How do I make it go behind text or an object? like wrapping around a pole or something

[@johanschneider4802]

Try duplicating the same lightning, and then mask out the parts that are behind the thing :)

[@DenisDeng-jl7kg]

👍👍👍

[@jeffersonmarvel5189]

6:09 how to remove quickly?

[@jamesfair7649]

my glow effect won't work nothing happening

[@darrylminor6855]

You may have to speed up the two additional paths but basically it is doing this motion 💹, now you want to add this motion ↔️ slightly and very quickly like flashes

[@darrylminor6855]

That might be off topic but yea, so you have this💹now add 2 of these↔️↔️ to the left (slightly above the already made path) and to the right (slightly above the already made path) onto that same path, then add a completely new strike to the bottom left