How to make 2D Explosions - After Effects Tutorial (No Plugins!)

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In this After Effects Tutorial i show you how to create these awesome 2D Cartoon Explosions, you can overlay them over any video.
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[@solidussmith]

As usual, another fantastic tutorial. I truly appreciate you sharing all this knowledge. Keep up the great work!

[@asksdub]

Incredibly useful, thanks for your generous tutorial!!!

[@zlatagvardina6086]

thank you so much! a great tutorial!!!

[@martabendowska8942]

Exactly what I was searching for thank you very much!!

[@aaronfrick7217]

These are super fun! Thank you so much :)

[@toonaroo]

Fantastic video. Thank you so much!

[@romanii1368]

Wow thank you so much! Easy to follow tutorial :D

[@kadenchang3360]

This is so helpful. thank you so much

[@FlatPackFX]

Hey guys, had a small glitch on the last video this is the new version. Thanks for everyone that spotted it and let us know! FPfx

[@jerryhunter1114]

definitely one of the premium channels for AE tuts.

[@vladimir5931]

Exactly what I need now. Simply, without bad acting and losing time. Thanks for clarifying what happens with the effect (4:20). This is how should look like a good tutorial.

[@FlatPackFX]

Good on you Vladimir

[@ayushchourasia9294]

Thank you for this tutorial

[@TheGrizz013]

Thanks, this was a fantastic tutorial!

[@lastpen5605]

thankyou very much, you make my work much easier!

[@historiacomedu]

Amazing video! Congratulations!

[@renatazakirowa]

Thank you very much! This video is very helpful))

[@armandouribe2092]

Simplemente genial, me sirvió mucho este tutorial, gracias!

[@FrostyG87]

Exactly what i was looking for 👍👍👍

[@FlatPackFX]

Awesome mate!

[@haifaalifia]

thank you, you helping my homework

[@plovouciryba]

Thank you!

[@INVYoutube]

Awesome!

[@nicqueen125]

This was really easy to follow... I would recommend this!

[@FlatPackFX]

Awesome 👍

[@hireslehibousacre756]

thanks you, man. You helped me to finish an important work before midnight

[@FlatPackFX]

No worries!

[@vgvideo16538]

Thanks!

[@StevenVegter]

bro your the first who explain every thing now iam learning 4real thanks bro keep going on !

[@FlatPackFX]

Thanks man!

[@PatPatKids]

👍👍👍 thank you

[@TrEndFeVeR22]

thank you.

[@twctong253]

I like No Plugins~ thanks

[@LaughingKarrot]

Fire

[@BombShot]

I loved this tutorial, but for anybody whos trying to actually do a creative project, DON'T FULLY FOLLOW THE TUTORIAL, experiment with some different techniques even outside of what he's doing, for instance, I duplicated both my explosion layers, changed the particle on them to be a motion polygon and gave those 50% opacity, duplicated one more, made it constantly yellow and then gave it small lines that only birthed for a quick second and didn't slow down, this gave me an AWESOME sparky looking explosion which was perfect for what I wanted

[@nowae]

how do u make the nuke explosion?

[@HelloKitty-cy9bw]

Thanks! this might be a silly question but can you choose your own particle type? nothing to fancy, only a simple PNG file or photoshop layer.

[@FlatPackFX]

Hello Kitty, yes you can but only within the options the effect allows. If you did this with a paid plugin like Trapcode Particular you would have a lot more options available.

[@AmicoFF]

Somehow when I change the scale of the duplicated layer it does not normally reduce the size, cannot figure why atm :(

[@rufipufi7096]

ı add this adobe flash or adobe animate ?

[@paul8392]

For some reason it doesn't work for me. My explosion doesn't show when I press space and let it play. I'm following you to a T.

[@latestpri]

you sound like ringo!

[@abcdef-kx2qt]

make close up shots of named key frames bigger print needed ... how does cs6 make particle systems II appear without a background layer ?? as you did - otherwise you made a misstatement .

[@FlatPackFX]

Hi, yes thank you for the feedback! Particle systems II will auto remove the background from the layer you apply it too. You can also toggle the background transparency of your composition by clicking the button on the left next the “active camera” button in the middle of the screen. Hope that helps!

[@areejabdal-nabi7177]

resistance doesn't go for higher than 50 in my version

[@FlatPackFX]

Try typing in the number manually or hold shift as you scale

[@BulkyDookieVODS]

Watching this cuz I cant draw

[@loshermanosanimadores1768]

👎🏻👎🏻

[@KayleenSchreiber]

Thank you!