VFX Techniques Creating a Laser Battle
Release date:2021, December
Author:Lee Lanier
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Creating a Laser Battle shows VFX artists how to generate science-fiction-style gun battles, complete with laser beams, sparks, and set damage. The effects are created right inside After Effects, with its built-in particle tools, rotoscoping, motion tracking, and color, distortion, and blur effects. Combining these techniques in your own shots will allow you to create a wide variety of futuristic gun blasts.
00. Introduction
01. Welcome
02. Using the exercise files
01. Getting Started
01. Breakdown of the final composition
02. Running Particle Simulations
01. Setting up the project
02. Splitting up the shots
03. Creating a particle beam
04. Creating a particle blast
05. Creating particle sparks
03. Assembling a Gun Blast
01. Rolling up a layer
02. Distorting the plate
03. Animating the beam
04. Creating light reflections
05. Creating light spills
06. Adding core and sparks to the blast
07. Adding blast flares
08. Animating a post camera move
04. Adding Set Damage
01. Repurposing the particle blast
02. Integrating the second blast
03. Fabricating a hole in the set
04. Stabilizing the plate
05. Removing the tracking marks
06. Adding interactive light
05. Adding a Third Blast
01. Fixing the gun barrel
02. Creating a new blast
03. Integrating the new blast
04. Creating a blast core
05. Adding dust motes
06. Creating an exposure change
07. Making custom flares
08. Adding more camera motion
06. Wrapping Up
01. Combining the shots
02. Adding the final effects
07. Conclusion
01. Next steps
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