Recreate THE FLASH Lightning Effect ACCURATELY | Advanced After Effects Tutorial

[@clarkbrowngaming350]

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[@gregmarchedia4669]

I'm subscribing I don't know how you don't have more views. This is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen and thanks for not using plugins XD

[@BrandonYap]

Looks great, I’d love a more in depth tutorial for new users!

[@veilainnayeemhassan2125]

I can't believe you have 20k Subscribers! It should 20 Million.. You are great a teacher! I love all your tutorials.

[@ИринаУсанина-д3е]

Hi. Thanks for the tutorial. How do I copy a path to a shape layer? Мask is copied, not path. I highlight mask path, copy and paste into the shape

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you 😊. Just open the mask and select the “Path” attribute. Then copy the path open the shape layer and paste it into it’s “Path” attribute. Hope it was clear.

[@vinijacob6074]

this is AMAZING! Can you do a tutorial on this version of the flash running? Like in superfast or in slow motion?

[@komkumarkumar4451]

U r evolving as a new Mentor for all vfx artists as Andrew Kramer is Tnkuuu for this tutorial Lots of luv from India🙋

[@MichaelPonch]

Thanks man. I feel flattered 😌. But Andrew Kramer is in a much higher league than me 😊

[@komkumarkumar4451]

@@MichaelPonch with all due respect Consistency is the key Andrew is in higher league now nd one day u keep goin n reach such big level Agin tnkuuuuu With best regards

[@blissfortfilms2575]

Love the tutorial, Everything seems to work for me until the part 5:02 where he plays with the wiggle. My path does not change when I move the numbers. Also at min 4:32 when he copies the path into the shape layer, his layer says "path" and mine says "mask path" not sure if that is the problem.

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you. I know this tutorial has been criticized for being too fast. So I might left things out that I took for granted. Sorry for that. I’m not in front of After Effects now but I try to give you a quick help. Try to select the “Path” parameter when you paste the path. Then it won’t be a mask path. And that’s the reason why wiggle doesn’t work. Because it’s a mask path, not a shape layer path. I hope that helps😊. If not I’ll be at my desk in 14 hours again 😎

[@blissfortfilms2575]

@@MichaelPonch Hah! I found it. Thank you sooo much for your fast reply! awesome channel

[@neozgamer]

@@blissfortfilms2575 how??

[@wenhuber]

Your tutorials are amazing!

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you 😊

[@amantv9326]

The subsurface scattering teqnique is amazing...Iwill recreate it(the lightning)with cc particles world fx,with some glows and all...with a custom depth map...perhaps from runway ml...btw its so incredible ❤️❤️

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you. And thank you for the tip with runanway ml. Didn’t know about it. 😎

[@abogharbia60]

How will you create it in particles world?

[@amantv9326]

@@abogharbia60 just watch the tutorial from Andrew Kramer on how to link cc particles world to a null object...I'll do it with the combo of some other FX👍

[@noobie2345]

i'm stuck at 4:32 i just cant seem to create a stroke from the mask path

[@moon_graphics]

Samee🥲

[@itayemi4ever]

this is the best lightning tut I've seen for this effect. please can you do us a solid and make that raw mov footage available? that would be awesome ^_^ thanks a lot for this tutorial. you're a champ ^_^

[@vinhdo1609]

i'm gonna watch all tutorials on your channel 🤣🤣 so damn amazing

[@LenoxVFX]

Thank you so much. I’ve just finish to create the effect it was long but until it s beatiful . I’ve learn a lot of things grace your video. You are amazing. (Thais comment was donne without plug-in)

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you very much 😊. And I fully understand you. Although I had 2y French at school I couldn’t write any french sentence here 😂. Merci beaucoup

[@quosswimblik4489]

two line equations the Start line and one end line and make the one equation approach the second equation as it gets closer to the point of interception. That's the maths I would use to do lightning bolts with some touch ups.

[@MichaelPonch]

That sounds like rocket science to me 😂. But thanks for the hint. Maybe I can achieve what you suggested with AE Expressions

[@emmanm5633]

this is so POWERFUL THANK YOU !!!!!!!! worth of subscribed!! hope to watch more tutorials from you michael Thankyou1!!

[@inwytstudios]

Cant you use the saber plugin by video copilot to achieve the same effect ?

[@TheRedflash777]

amazing, how advanced is your knowledge of AE is!

[@VerlorenesKonzept]

Hi, sobald ich bei 4:29 versuche nur "Mask Path" auszuwählen, wird die komplette Maske ausgewählt, könntest du mir da irgendwie helfen?

[@MichaelPonch]

Hallo 😊. Bitte nicht die Maske (z. B Mask 1) sondern die Maske aufklappen, wo eine Attribute zum Vorschein kommen (Mask Path, Mask Feather etc.). Und genau da das Attribut Mask Path auswählen und kopieren. Ich gebe zu, meine Tutorial ist ein wenig zu fast paced 😂. Ich hoffe, ich habe Dein Problem richtig verstanden und kann Dir damit helfen 😎

[@deadlee876]

This is amazing lol I wish my laptop was strong enough for this

[@MichaelPonch]

Thanks, man 😎. Yeah, this requires a bit of computing power, even on my workstation

[@agfirs_o2579]

this guy needs 100k subs

[@DrPix3l]

Hi !!! There is a way to had chromatic aberration to only the lightning for example? But in general i mean put that effect to only one particular part of the image ?

[@modamarsh8747]

So basically we can animate the path manually, without motion track, right?

[@MichaelPonch]

You can if you wanted 😊

[@parthkulkarni9783]

loved it sir !!

[@jackhazel8650]

yeah I still can't get passed copying the mask path and turning it into a curved line. Mask path is attached to mask so everytime I try to copy the path, it just copies the whole mask and I don't get a shape. just the mask

[@rafadip8162]

How do you copy only the mask path? Every time I try, it copies the whole mask.

[@MichaelPonch]

Sorry that my tutorial is a bit fast. Just open the parameters of the mask until you find “path”. Select the name “path” and copy. That should work 😎

[@rafadip8162]

@@MichaelPonch thank you but when I click on mask path it automatically selects the whole mask. Do you know what I should do? Thank you

[@MichaelPonch]

@@rafadip8162 you want to copy just a part of your mask? So you have multiple masks in one path?

[@itayemi4ever]

@@rafadip8162 "If you want to take a mask and convert it to a shape layer then all you have to do is select the mask path, copy that, then use the pen tool (keyboard shortcut g) to draw any path in the comp window. You then spin down the shape layer's Contents, drill down to Shape>Path, then select the path and paste."

[@dennet-zw4si]

man is it possible to get 1 on 1 help, I am on the part where its suppose to wiggle but doesnt do anything

[@zaryangupta]

please make a detailed tutorial! i want to be able to do it too

[@MichaelPonch]

Sorry, it was a bit too fast and requires a bit of basic knowledge. What do you want to know in specific?

[@zaryangupta]

@@MichaelPonch im like 3 days new to this software so it's absolutely not your fault if I don't understand much. I love The Flash and started to learn Ae to be The Flash, I followed tutorials of "Film Learnin", quite good but nowhere as realistic as your one! So maybe just speak out every click you make and that would help a person who just wanna do cool stuff like this. Thanks! Looking forward to more awesome VFX tuts.

[@BrandonYap]

Agreed!

[@neozgamer]

@@MichaelPonch the copy path from mask path to shape layer, doesn't show mw the path under shape layer 1 content. I don't get it

[@MichaelPonch]

@@neozgamer Hi 👋. In Shape Layer you need to go to Add>Path. Hope that helps

[@hemanthhemu9630]

Underated video

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you 😊

[@DigitalMagicVFXTutorials]

Amazing. Tutorial. Helped me to learn a lot of new things. Thanks a lot

[@Edithgg-y9v]

Why does the tracking vibrate?, I have it in mocha??? Here 3:59 it does not vibrate, but I have it vibrate, why

[@MichaelPonch]

Hi 👋. It’s hard to tell without seeing it. Does your footage have the same frame rate as your composition? Did you slow the footage down? Or is your footage a screen capture and has duplicate frames? Maybe your footage is untrackable because it’s too dark or noisy? Or maybe it looks as if it’s vibrating on screen but looks perfect when rendered 😊

[@Edithgg-y9v]

@@MichaelPonch Do you have anything to communicate with you so that I can send you an explanatory video for your? 👀👍🏼

[@Edithgg-y9v]

Hey??

[@MichaelPonch]

@@Edithgg-y9v hi! Sorry for the late reply. I’m on a video shooting. Please send me a DM on twitter @ponchmichael

[@McWard]

I'm having trouble finding out how to make a new path! PLZ HELP

[@MichaelPonch]

Sorry, when my tut is too fast. You select the pen tool (top bar) and draw into the composition window. Make sure no layer is selected. Otherwise you would create a mask path. Hope that helps 😊

[@jatri05w94]

Hey I love the tutorial idc that it’s too fast you can alwaays slow it down but I have a question I’m at the point where I added the wiggle paths but for some reason anything I do isn’t changing the line I made. If anyone can answer my question would be greatly appreciated!!

[@secretchannelforhomework1075]

im having the same problem, is it solved?

[@jatri05w94]

@@secretchannelforhomework1075 i moved around a bit ended up finding it I think the path was like in some weird obscure location I think a separate vid helped me find out best of luck sorry I wasn’t of much help.

[@MichaelPonch]

Hi 👋. Maybe it’s the order of the operators. E. g. the wiggle operator should be put after the stroke operator to see something happening.

[@secretchannelforhomework1075]

thank you for sharing this! @@jatri05w94

[@jatri05w94]

@@secretchannelforhomework1075 no problem best of luck!!!

[@choose2behappy699]

Genail! Super gute Arbeit!

[@bvnaveen78]

Amazing😍

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you 😊

[@ILOVESAUDIARABIA]

The best 👍

[@MichaelPonch]

Thanks bud 😎. Hope u r fine!

[@ILOVESAUDIARABIA]

@@MichaelPonch keep blogging

[@mahicg]

Love it man

[@Krishnachoppara]

when I rotoscope the copy footage layer, the effects work up until a certain spot, and then they bug out and disappear, how do I fix this. (I do have to get this done very soon so any help would be fantastic)

[@MichaelPonch]

Hi 👋. What happens excactly? The effects just disappear completely? Or do they look glitched? Could be many reasons. Is the footage properly rotoscoped until the end? Did tracking work properly throughout the footage? Is everything covered by another layer? Do you have enough RAM?

[@Krishnachoppara]

@@MichaelPonch it seems like the effects just disappear after a certain frame. After some process of elimination, it turns out the issue is somewhere with the rotoscoped layer, the rotoscoped mask disappears after a certain frame

[@ZmashedIndustries]

This is good stuff! Thank you! Subbed and liked

[@harshitbhavsar7080]

amazing

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@2424rocket]

Let’s be bluntly honest; as an after effects artist, you are brilliant. As a teacher, you are completely clueless! There’s nobody in the world who could even begin to follow this tutorial. But let’s be again honest, this is not a tutorial this is you showing off. And who needs it!

[@S-I-T]

I followed it just fine.

[@mohamadbayy7847]

whats name of series in 1:22 time

[@MichaelPonch]

It’s ‘King of Queens’ 😊

[@Tecsandco]

Waaasss du kannst deutsch! OMG 😅😅. Bin neu hier, sry... Geiles Video 🎉

[@nawewefarmers4017]

Great work

[@SnufflyReacts]

Hey it’s me the dude that is talking to you

[@MichaelPonch]

Hey, what’s up 😎

[@Sagegabs]

It would've been cooler if: 1. You added more than just one lightninbolt 2. Apply a trim path effect. But generally speaking this tutorial is beyond great.

[@brianlink391]

what was the name of that tracking tool

[@MichaelPonch]

You mean Mocha AE? It’s built in 😊

[@brianlink391]

@@MichaelPonchThanks, Thought u said "or you could use the built-in tracker"

[@TestSubject-o3j]

Can you somehow create this in andriod ?!

[@rykstudio]

nice

[@MichaelPonch]

Thanks 😊

[@Nolteman]

finally a good one.

[@MichaelPonch]

Thanks 😊

[@skatinpeyton7212]

What did you draw the first lines with?

[@manaansh25]

ah man!! thanks a lott :)

[@artijakhmola2410]

actually i love the subsurface scattering effect i makes it way more realistic

[@kamerleonvideo]

very cool

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you 😊

[@AndrésMartínezBarrales]

El unico que funciona, GRANDEEEE!!!! sub merecida!

[@jeetugalley]

excellent

[@alskits]

Can you recreate flash slow mo please btw great work

[@godrebe]

I'm suddenly interested in making The Flash special effects, But ... My Brain is like: Why am I still here, Just to Suffer. 😂 It is looking well made! I wonder if you use Cinema 4D to make this, Would be Better?🤔

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you. I think in C4D you would get more control over the shape & the course of the bolts. And it’s real 3D 😊. However, i would still create the final look (glows etc) in After Effects 😎

[@saykoo2387]

You need to explain mocha ae

[@sadeynsipahi2152]

bro ich bekomme es nicht hin, du erklärst das zu ungenau und zeigst vieles nicht. für einen, der sich damit nicht auskennt mit mocha und so. bei mir kommen diese blitze nicht

[@MichaelPonch]

Hey! Hast Recht. Das ist eines meiner wenigen Videos, wo ich von Basiswissen ausgehe und nur die relevanten Schritte zeige. Aber lade Dir bitte mein kostenloses Flash-Template runter. Im Grunde basiert dieses Template auf diesem Tutorial 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHiciphrrJulqM0

[@Classicsteve543]

Cool, very very coool

[@AEtro_]

Project File?

[@tonyamante_]

"You're a wizard Michael" (Harry)..

[@MichaelPonch]

😂 Thank you 😊

[@musicviz4305]

Can you teach in slowly im a new user

[@EternalCoders]

can you create the same effect in Davinci

[@MichaelPonch]

Hi 👋! I’m not sure but maybe you can create something like this in Davinci Fusion.

[@brianlink391]

Anyway chance of a Verson for Dummys?

[@brianlink391]

My screen looks nothing like urs. Well, it does just missing things.

[@MichaelPonch]

I’m sorry man. This is a video that I edited too fast. And I failed to explain that this is expert stuff. If you are patient I will publish a simplified template for it. Otherwise there are other great tutorials out there 😊

[@brianlink391]

@@MichaelPonch Yea, I got the export part just damn keep up till the make shape thing

[@brianlink391]

@@MichaelPonch I like yours!! a lot and real want to do it ur way

[@brianlink391]

@@MichaelPonch Like they say do it right the first time 🙂

[@pcexe_]

Very cool, but can you please make a step by step Toutorial?

[@hurrypol]

TOP!

[@MichaelPonch]

Thanks 😊

[@DevilRockers]

Is moka ae free??

[@MichaelPonch]

Yeah, it’s already integrated in After Effects

[@khaledalmomen6692]

What's the app name

[@liubj2427]

Tutorial too fast，I don't understand it

[@MichaelPonch]

Sorry man. The tutorial is more about to give an general idea which techniques I would use. A step by step tutorial would’ve been 2 hours long. But thanks for watching it anyway.

[@dreadxll9688]

@@MichaelPonchhe’s joking

[@TheLeandroemile]

was good but for a biguinner impossible to follow too fast

[@MushtaqHussainofficial]

nice editing but very faster

[@shabazrangrez2963]

Mocha ae cant track in my

[@notretrojim]

wanted a tutorial, got a nice vlog instead

[@mpikturesmpk]

the mask and the minimax effects aren't moving at all

[@Fenrir26]

Why am I watching A vlog I thought this was a tutorial

[@NinjaTymo-rc9mx]

Er ist deutsch, geeeiiiillll🎉❤

[@MichaelPonch]

Guten Morgen aus dem Chiemgau 😊

[@NinjaTymo-rc9mx]

@@MichaelPonchGuten Morgen aus Dresden, dem angenehmen Sachsen

[@jeanfree3079]

Maravilhoso

[@jaysonfontela5761]

💖

[@hesseldumark2946]

Holy fuck

[@centervlogindia8868]

fast video next time slow , more time watch but not working wiggle paths option

[@MichaelPonch]

Yes, I know it's fast, sorry for that. My newest tutorials are mostly step-by-step :). The wiggle path operator must be placed AFTER the Stroke operator. Then it should work.

[@cokfarm1656]

Plz change ur KZbin icon u r more positive in video bro

[@MichaelPonch]

Good point 😊. I want to change my Banner anyway. And I’ll update my melancholic icon 😂

[@Jupaerian]

its a really nice tut, but you go too fast!

[@MichaelPonch]

Thank you. Yeah, I know. It’s more of an advanced tut instead of step by step. I’m considering making a slower but simpler version of this tutorial.

[@mike.ripped]

@@MichaelPonch please do :)

[@MichaelPonch]

@@mike.ripped in one of my newer videos you can already download the project file ☺️

[@mike.ripped]

@@MichaelPonch already did ☺️🙏🏼, right now I’m struggling to copy it to my video, either the adjustment layer is a big white screen over my video or I can’t copy the tracked motion points over to the sub-composition (I hope you understand what I mean I‘m a complete newbie) 😩

[@MichaelPonch]

@@mike.ripped Really hard to explain with words when you are a beginner. but I'll try :). Track your footage inside the composition, link the Control Nulls to your tracked Null (via the link pickwhip) and reposition them to match your tracked Null. But then switch the video off to make it unaffected by the adjustment layer. Instead make a new video composition, put the Light Stroke composition on top and set blending mode to Add or Screen. I hope that helps a bit :)

[@rnxkosen]

Too fast, doesn't show which one click

[@unluckys]

i just wanted a simple lighnting effect this is too complicated my friend

[@jilljungjuk4969]

Too fast!!!! Like flash 😢 i want more human slow tutorial

[@BALAKSCHMAN]

moin moin hahah

[@MichaelPonch]

Und das im Bayern 😂

[@neppie14.]

please make the videos slower i cant handle that

[@MichaelPonch]

Thanks for your feedback. Yeah, I’m aware of this. Good news. You can download the free project file now (latest video) 😎

[@ein_schneemann]

Hallo an alle deutschen

[@wotlsdat6034]

Man do it slowly Bruhhh

[@miauproduction9097]

geez, jump straight to the tutorial man.

[@magnuschimpski2245]

Way... way too fast to be a tutorial...

[@MichaelPonch]

I know. After some Feedback I switched back to step-by-step again 😊

[@wandamaximoff4325]

it this a joke? tutorial is fine but just make it short, jesus

[@spliffiam]

Bro srsly, you spend 4 min nonsense before you get to the tutorial?

[@Seal-uzi33]

Think you could redo this tutorial without the 5 lines of coke first ? Not everyone knows as much as you and you barely show most of the steps

[@DevilRockers]

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