Realistic FIRE Simulation! - After Effects TUTORIAL

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[@sheidaassa6944]

Totally lost my eyes for bad quality 🤦🏻‍♀️😁😂 He is like: little bit like that, little bit like this, and I'm like: where? I can't even see anything.

[@theActionMovieKid]

Really great work!

[@greggibbons9578]

Thank you so much for posting. Fantastic result! You get right to it and motor along at a good pace. A couple times I had difficulty seeing what you clicked with the 480p resolution, but I figured it out.

[@MonarchStudios1]

I don't ever leave comments but I learned SO much from this video. I've been using After Effects for over a decade and I learned things in this video that I never knew. Great job Visionary Fire!

[@jantow6331]

amazing tutorial, this helps out in so many different ways. You can even make the smoke yourself with all the techniques you showed. Again Amazing!

[@djetlayne4187]

New to this channel and I have to say, the realism of this effect is mindblowing! Hard to believe you created this digitally even though I just watched you do it.

[@foreverartist5454]

this was an amazing and really helpful tutorial. helped me with a school project that is turning out amazing! Thank you so much!

[@bassanimation]

Beautiful, man. Did this tutorial for something Im working on. Fire in AE has always been difficult for me to simulate, but this does a great job. I actually prefer the look of your last tutorial for more stylized fire, but this can easily be tooled for a similar effect. Thank you!!

[@daxentaylor7096]

jesus these videos have had an amazing step up in quality... great work.. i will be following your tutorials now that i know about you!

[@johnpuryear8483]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I am part of a team making a student film with a hearth as the film's centerpiece, and this really saved the day! I learned so many cool ways to use expressions and masking thanks to this video!

[@StarNovaStudios]

You made an amazing job! I think this is the best video teaching about making fire from scratch in After Effects. You've made history, son. Thank you.

[@gregkrazanski]

seriously awesome tutorial, man. god, so many years of trying to achieve decent-looking fire with particular and all i needed was turbulent noise and displace this whole time.

[@VisionaryFire]

Yeah, you can actually create a very similar fire look with particular. Just create one of those fluid simulations I covered in another video here on the channel and from there, add texture with fractal noise and a few of the other adjustments like we made in this video and you can get a pretty sweet result! :)

[@Shadypumpit]

Amazing video really taught us ALOT MORE than just a simple fire effects, showing us LOADs of fundamentals and I love this video thank you so much

[@joelhemlin2844]

worked on mine for about 2 hours and its looking insane! Thanks for the tutorial :))

[@lacenaepronta]

I really want to thank you for this video. It's been my challenge as a AE beginner...and I did it. Really happy and awesome effect!! Thank you.

[@Vezitos]

Hey! This is WAY better than the first fire tutorial! I was getting lost the first time, but now not only did I follow along, but the effect turned out great! Thanks, man!

[@lutas1611]

Hey man, great stuff! I also added some evolution to the fractal noises, to add a little more dynamic movement

[@lacenaepronta]

my god .... awesome! Keep on studying and maybe I'll be able to follow you along on this fire tutorial. Thanks!!

[@shiby345]

one of the best channels out there for seeking advanced level of after effect

[@adrienneanderson-smith2257]

Very nice. Great explanation of your steps. Good effects. Thank you for the links 👍

[@MainDoodler]

Absolutely great! CC particle world is great and easy for fire particles. Looks just wonderfull. Subbed.

[@dushfack]

Keep it up! I really like your tuts, easy AND effective at the same time :D

[@VisionaryFire]

Glad you enjoy the hard work! :)

[@sybeyri]

Very clear and easy to understand! Awesome tutorial! Thank you !!!!

[@muppetmeatmaterials7941]

I opened After Effects for the first time at 9AM, by 1PM I had a working flame FX for my trailer. I have a small working knowledge of Illustrator and Premiere, and a decent amount of Photoshop knowledge... but this was the first time I've ever used After Effects, and this tutorial was detailed enough to get me to where I wanted to be. Thank you!!

[@user-uw4dn5ug5w]

Think this is the most detaild after effects tutorial (which you can actually follow the steps) that I came across on youtube. Good job man.

[@VisionaryFire]

Let me know if I can help more

[@rahuldeshpande9997]

Dude I was able to use Curves to color grade the Fire element perfectly. Thank you Lendon!

[@ianbennett992]

Thank you, I will check that out.

[@mario441797]

i dont know how did you manage to figure this all out, amazing thanks!

[@beyoguz]

Respect dude. This is looking very real. Thumps up for sure

[@DominusFeles]

Now, picture a 2020 update of this in high resolution and dubble the length of the tutorial 🔥 (I prefer speeding up/jumping forward myself when suitable, and when not: I'd like to have it all in the video, no speeding up nor cutting out)

[@AB-mv1mb]

great tutorial dude. learned new thing about masking out effects thanks😃

[@VisionaryFire]

Glad you learned something!

[@VisionaryFire]

Another video for you my Wizard: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4aznH5qp5KAY8U I see every comment popup up on my youtube phone notifications. VisionaryFire.com

[@lindenkron]

You know what would be a great addition to this video? Or another video. A tutorial on how to make the fire light interact/bounce off of objects, like a wall. Adds a whole new level of realism.

[@chippsanders9614]

As always, your tutorials are awesome. I've learned so much from you and will continue to do so! I tell as many people as I can about your awesome channel and style of teaching. My one piece of feedback: The vid being at 480 is really difficult.

[@zackheimbegner3501]

Thank you for saying that. I agree with Chipp, this video is genius; however it can be hard to follow along at 480.

[@tiberia0001]

You know the best part is the Interstellar music.. it really adds to the immersion of learning hahah thank you so much

[@maxboissiere4806]

Yay your alive! Nice Video BTW

[@colt.4527]

thanks alot man, such a gem of a video!

[@sarahwilliams6064]

Entertained we are! Excellent work. Thank you.

[@isax7-personal886]

seriously man, ur skills are amazing.. nice one man

[@martinmuhl462]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you

[@easypnetwork8138]

this was awesome. Great job

[@mikereno4220]

Another great tutorial. I greatly appreciate touching on the techniques for masking with older versions of After Effects (especially since there are a lot of us who still use CS6). I'd like to see a conversion for the fire sim tutorial or at least something like that if possible. Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@VisionaryFire]

Cool thanks. Yeah, I wish I could convert the project file. The only way really would be for me to install CS6 and re-create the effect.

[@ScrambldCraigs]

This was the most amazing thing i have ever seen

[@TheFinalRevelation1]

Great tutorial

[@MarkM2023]

This is an awesome tutorial! Thanks!

[@88catriona]

Great tutorial, thanks!! Managed to follow along just fine and I definitely learnt a lot!! :D I want to overlay the flame on some other footage but if I remove the solid composite layer then it all goes to hell with the separation layer. Likewise changing the blending modes just ruins the effect. Any suggestions? Feel like I'm missing something obvious

[@jazzylev]

Finally, someone else who's OBSESSED with fire!!!

[@mindhormone]

Hey Lendon I subscribed to your channel, your tutorials are great.

[@VisionaryFire]

Thanks !!!

[@cyrusjameskhan]

After years of AE.. I wasnt aware of the new options to mask effects directly! Thanks!

[@ChrisCDXX]

Nice work bro. Thank you for the files too. I owe you one!

[@rahuldeshpande9997]

Perfect, without 3rd party plugins! thank you!

[@christophermacier]

Creating an Adjustment Layer is Ctrl+Alt+Y btw if anyone else had a hard time understand his "Ctrl+Shrimp+Y"

[@ChrisFroyd]

Great stuff! FYI at 10:08 you cut out adding a feather to the grey solid before you precomposed it!

[@andrechristianto7131]

you save my time like magic , thx cap

[@wuffkin6778]

That is exactly that one thing that I was missing.Total beginners really need everything step by step :D

[@lacenaepronta]

Thanks! There was something wrong with this step.

[@siagakoti]

oh hey... 👋 I'm late to this party hahaa

[@MrEiht]

Using AE since 2001, version 5. Seen a lot of things, did a lot. This is impressive. From a Veteran: Very nice and creative work!!! You problem solving skills proof that you looked under AEs skirt more than once.

[@npurkis]

[ User tip: If you can't find "Mask Reference" under "Compositing Options" then click the little plus sign to the right of it :) ] Thanks a lot for the tutorial, Lendon, I know there's a lot of out-of-the-box plugin stuff out there but it's cool (and very flexible) to make fire from scratch. Much appreciated x

[@JohnMervinChocolateThunder]

This is pretty extraordinary actually!

[@VisionaryFire]

Thanks thanks thanks!

[@hamatoioshi]

Awesome ideas man. How would you make the flame appear reacting to some wind? Flowing to the side. With some liquefy effect or maybe something else?

[@andreamcswan6981]

Great video - thanks!

[@freesk8r]

Im writng comment just to help you, dude! Really good job and interesting video! I wish you more good ideas and inspiration for your hard job!

[@VisionaryFire]

Thanks!!!

[@sufosia]

You had me at "prpbably not" :D Awesome video!

[@emirtimur9663]

Great tutorial!

[@Spurqa]

This tutorial is FIRE!

[@hanasaptari]

Thanks man, i learnt something today :)

[@pugg266]

I like your tutorials, Lendon Bracewell

[@yokiskeleton2410]

best tutorial bout fire ever!!! thanks so much.

[@VisionaryFire]

You are welcome. Glad you found it helpful!

[@ryanbrady9892]

Much better than the other tutorial!

[@NuovaStarGaming]

hey dude awesome tutorial im having a small issue in the displacement map i followed all of ur steps but whn i sue the displacement map on the firebody my noise is not showing in the mask area i made! PLEASE HELP!

[@EkaitzHonuchPrieto]

Best fire animation tutorial out there, but next time upload it in 1080 please! haha

[@Azuniite]

its looks freaking SWEEET

[@zeyele]

Question. If you use an adj.layer with set matte, over the flame, and use the separation layer as mat, won't you get the effect you need, but without the solid layer? And with this you can have it as transparent, and everything bellow will show, while now you need the black background?

[@SQUAREV2]

Grande bro very powerful tutorial

[@au5music]

You are a genius, thank you.

[@michaelwallentin57]

Thank you. just amazing! :)

[@fireballsensei9287]

An After Effects fire tutorial with no third-party plugins? DUDE! Where have you been all my life?!

[@1Spacecore]

14:28 Ah yes, CTRL+s҉̧̕̕h̕͢͟ń̡͜a̵̢r̵̷̷̡͝+Y

[@rivers118]

lol it was 'CTRL+ALT+Y' He says Alternate really fast lmao

[@_iohta]

I thought I was having a stroke for a second there

[@arielshtern4125]

Amazing tutorial! Just one thing, the separation layer with it's adjustment layer is disabling the transparency for the whole thing. How do you fix that?

[@topogigio2412]

Awesome thank you so much i really need this!!!!!

[@VisionaryFire]

Your welcome and thank you!

[@topogigio2412]

Hey, can you do a visually pleasing portal effect? like in Film Riot's portal combat? i tried downloading the project files when i used to use Hitfilm but now i can't replicate it or install Hitfilm.

[@NavaNoidGMD]

Wow that’s very realistic!

[@MegaAlexPink]

You did the fire as a "sim", and brought in stock blurred sparks and smoke. That's nuts. I learnt some techniques, and I thank you for that. But that made me lol, if you're bringing in elements just buy some fire. ;)

[@vinhdo1609]

that's amazing work , thanks in advance Could u pls upload full HD video next time ?

[@VisionaryFire]

Yes, I really meant to this time but I made a horrible mistake by recording in half resolution. :/

[@c2aus319]

vfx king! subscribed

[@mahmoudelsewedy1109]

you can make another flame layer and make it more intense just above the star and add slightly more redish glow behind and around the edges ,will give it some nice details . but it's awesome man keep up the good work ★

[@mahmoudelsewedy1109]

Can u make a fire tornado !? you know similar to the one in "into the storm "movie as ur the master of fire tutorials .

[@VisionaryFire]

I don't know, I'll have to try it out.

[@charleshoran9962]

You might want to change your Y calculation to (time*1800 % 33000)*-1 rather than time*-1800. It appears that AE has a limit of 33000 - -33000 for the y offsets

[@demihan14]

Amazing work! Do you have the video on a better quality? n_n

[@maruko8324]

Hey how about a smoke simulation or an explosion? Is there any chance you'll do one?

[@hamatoioshi]

Also, :-) How did you make the fire to be transparent on a different background, other than black? Somehow solid composite doesn't work for me.

[@MCR831]

thanks for redoing it because I couldn't follow after the first few seconds

[@jadaosgood4968]

How would I do this effect with a logo that is more rounded/not as sharp? I tried with a logo more circular; is it an easy adjustment with a few layers or is it an adjustment modified to every step?

[@MarkShawMedia]

is that the "interstellar" soundtrack music in the background I'm hearing nice and soft? I like it...

[@ThatKid22101]

I'm guessing if someone want's to create stylized fire a good route would be to make the displacement map with a higher contrast level?

[@transhu9497]

Great Tutorial

[@PraxisVisuals]

Dude! You're that youtuber that needs to be known! How you come up with this stuff is amazing! If I may ask, what program do you use for computer screen recording? I've tried just a sour everything but they all make the files huge and they lag a lot when previewing.

[@VisionaryFire]

I use Flashback. It works really good when you don't record in half resolution. :/

[@nalleluring]

Hi! There is things that are cut out 18:44. What have you added there? The effect changes.

[@auradeoblivio]

how can i do the separate flame thing if i need the background to be transparent?

[@Mythopoeikon]

WOW! Just wow!

[@jesperjee]

Could you make the flames move with an object? Or do you have to animate that by hand?

[@glvntrx]

Bro please help me out here. I am already done with the overall fire animation, etc. but when I try to render my work, there is no glow! I already tried to change the effects to "ALL ON" but it's still not working. Please reply as soon as you read my message. Thanks!

[@axeljonsson1026]

at 9:30 i dont understand how u get that displaysment thing up pls help and i didint understand how to fix with displaysment the gray rectangle

[@El-xt9oo]

awesome tutorial

[@VisionaryFire]

Thanks for leaving a quick comment!

[@OnzeMilano]

The grey solid displacement map, when you drag it, it's solid, but in the next shot, its a gradient. How did you do this? For me, the displacement map shows as complete solid.

[@nao745ksuha]

He created a New Mask for Grey Solid layer and added Mask Feather.

[@Charlie_Alpha_Lima]

Jesuss that looks excellent damn