ALL DESIGN TOOLS
151. Shockwaves!
• Create a powerful shockwave effect without 3rd party tools
• Fix seam issues and add particle pieces
• Fix seam issues and add particle pieces
Posted on Jul 10, 2014
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117 Comments
Hieu
5 years ago
Hi, after creating it and put to other comp., how to remove black background? if I choose screen blend, color also will be lost.
san
5 years ago
amazing tutorial..
btw can i export this file into transparent?
so i can put in another file?
let me know if someone has doing this before.
thanks so much.
btw can i export this file into transparent?
so i can put in another file?
let me know if someone has doing this before.
thanks so much.
LEE KLASINSKI
5 years ago
I recently watched this tutorial again because I am looking for a very specific effect and I thought this might work but I need a slightly different functionality. I know this is a crazy question but is there any way to have the shock wave disperse from a text mask? I want it to "shock wave" out from the edges of the outline of the text layer instead of in a circle shape. If Anyone knows how to do this please share the solution.
Additionally, if you can figure that one out then the next level would be figuring out how to do it in 3d.
Any help on this matter would be so very awesome!
Thanks,
Lee
Additionally, if you can figure that one out then the next level would be figuring out how to do it in 3d.
Any help on this matter would be so very awesome!
Thanks,
Lee
kaviyarasu
6 years ago
sir! my after effects in 3d options was very slowly loaded.and plz solve my problem any choice or any adjestments, plz solve my problems sir
Enjey Titi
7 years ago
i am very impressed with your work Vided Copilot love it i hope that i can be like you
7stonesgfx
8 years ago
Hey, So I'm using the mask and offset layer to remove that line at the top where the edges meet but once the polar coor. layer is turned back on it becomes visible again, appreciate your help thanks!
Rupert
8 years ago
Hello, I'm a newbie at after effects can you teach how were you able to time the time*150 I would really appreciate the help
e11world
8 years ago
How about if I wanted this to blast in 3D space (forward) since I can't just rotate layers in 3D space. Fractal noise doesn't do 3D so what would you use as an alternative?
I wish I was there at NAB to say hello right now
I wish I was there at NAB to say hello right now
miguel
8 years ago
When I open the 'Shockwave_project', it said "This project contains 18 references to missing effects. Please install the following effects to restore these references. ("VC Color Vibrance"
"
I use AE CS6 and I have all the effects that list in the report in my AE, and I have the same problem with other projects that I downloaded online. Can someone help me?
"I use AE CS6 and I have all the effects that list in the report in my AE, and I have the same problem with other projects that I downloaded online. Can someone help me?
Khuong
8 years ago
When I open the 'Shockwave_project', it said "This project contains 18 references to missing effects. Please install the following effects to restore these references. ("VC Color Vibrance""
I use AE CS6 and I have all the effects that list in the report in my AE, and I have the same problem with other projects that I downloaded online. Can someone help me?
"I use AE CS6 and I have all the effects that list in the report in my AE, and I have the same problem with other projects that I downloaded online. Can someone help me?
majid
8 years ago
Hello. Your training was very good.
Your price is too much training in the country I live and I'm very interested in this training.
I thank you for your help.
Your price is too much training in the country I live and I'm very interested in this training.
I thank you for your help.
Abdulrahman
9 years ago
Thank you much for your time, Mr. Andrew. Now, I need to practice doing it a lot even from scratch until I get the hang of it. I'm facing two problems. One, making it large, and two, the time-remapping thing. I still didn't get to the point where it feels "explosive".
Jack
9 years ago
Has Pixel Polly changed since this tutorial was created? I'm using CC 2015.3, and when I use the same settings, my pixel polly is far more concentrated and starts as the ellipse we draw.
Mark
9 years ago
What is the difference/benefit to rendering it out and bringing it back in vs. just using duplicates of the precomp?
Dennis
9 years ago
Hey there Manny,
I was having the same problem as you and many others. Before applying the adjustment layer that would cause the line of fractal noise to be transformed into a ring, I noticed that I would get blurry lines, which once you apply the adjustment layer turning it into a ring, you would essentially have a "Halo" Effect. The problem isn't with any of the settings for the mask, or the position or anything else like that. It's a simple answer. Are you ready?
- Select each wave Layer (May have to do this one at a time)
- Click "Layer" at the top of the screen.
- Then select "Solid Settings"
- From there, change the color of the solid from the Dark Grey that was initially selected, and change it to Black.
- After that, re-scrub your seen and the blurry lines or halo effect will be gone.
I was going to reply to your comment rather than make a brand new one, but the site wouldn't let me for some reason.
Oh! Moderators, Please disregard my previous post asking for assistance with this very thing.
Hope this helps you and everyone else!
Have a good one!
I was having the same problem as you and many others. Before applying the adjustment layer that would cause the line of fractal noise to be transformed into a ring, I noticed that I would get blurry lines, which once you apply the adjustment layer turning it into a ring, you would essentially have a "Halo" Effect. The problem isn't with any of the settings for the mask, or the position or anything else like that. It's a simple answer. Are you ready?
- Select each wave Layer (May have to do this one at a time)
- Click "Layer" at the top of the screen.
- Then select "Solid Settings"
- From there, change the color of the solid from the Dark Grey that was initially selected, and change it to Black.
- After that, re-scrub your seen and the blurry lines or halo effect will be gone.
I was going to reply to your comment rather than make a brand new one, but the site wouldn't let me for some reason.
Oh! Moderators, Please disregard my previous post asking for assistance with this very thing.
Hope this helps you and everyone else!
Have a good one!
Dennis
9 years ago
Hey There Andrew and the Crew at VC!
So I have read through the comments, and I'm not sure if I overlooked one, but maybe someone can point me in the right direction, or confirm what I am already thinking.
So I have followed the tutorial just as indicated up to the 12:24 mark... however, I've stopped midway through because it looks like I may have an issue with a "Halo Effect". Basically when scrubbing through what I've done so far, once the Shockwave starts to fade, it looks like there is still a reminisce of a glow. I'm thinking the only way to correct it is to create a second mask and place it so that the top of the new mask connects with the bottom of the original mask and then make the new mask subtract this glow or halo effect. I'll try to see if that works, but if anyone else has any ideas, then please let me know!
Thanks for your help, and have a great day!
So I have read through the comments, and I'm not sure if I overlooked one, but maybe someone can point me in the right direction, or confirm what I am already thinking.
So I have followed the tutorial just as indicated up to the 12:24 mark... however, I've stopped midway through because it looks like I may have an issue with a "Halo Effect". Basically when scrubbing through what I've done so far, once the Shockwave starts to fade, it looks like there is still a reminisce of a glow. I'm thinking the only way to correct it is to create a second mask and place it so that the top of the new mask connects with the bottom of the original mask and then make the new mask subtract this glow or halo effect. I'll try to see if that works, but if anyone else has any ideas, then please let me know!
Thanks for your help, and have a great day!
JCarncross
9 years ago
This is pretty cool, however... I took this idea and tried it using the saber plugin on a horizontal line mask instead of the fractal noise plugin. This allowed for some really cool options just by changing the saber preset.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
Manny
9 years ago
Hi, nice tutorial!
I have a question.. I did exactly the same as you but I get these blurry visible edges of the mask, so basically before, during and after the shockwave explosion, I can see the blurry lines of my mask which doesn't happen on your end. Any ideas?
I have a question.. I did exactly the same as you but I get these blurry visible edges of the mask, so basically before, during and after the shockwave explosion, I can see the blurry lines of my mask which doesn't happen on your end. Any ideas?
Nepal Arslan
9 years ago
when i download the .zip file, there are only 2 items in the footage folder. isn't there supposed to be 150??
John
9 years ago
I have created a shockwave according to the tutorial. I have a problem when I render, it has a black BG/Color covering the shockwave. Can anyone help me out how to remove it and render as Alpha. All my layers is in Screen Mode.
John
9 years ago
I have created a shockwave according to the tutorial. I have a problem when I render, it has a black BG/Color covering the shockwave. Can anyone help me out how to remove it and render as Alpha. All my layers is in Screen Mode.
mashood
9 years ago
i m having a problem that my shock wave file cannot be imported to the after effect, by giving the error with unsupported or damaged file ..so what to do?
Jordan
10 years ago
I'm having the same problem as others. There's a blurred ring around my shockwave. Anyone know how to fix this?
Zheng Zu
10 years ago
Hey Andrew, thanks for your great tutorial! I can watch those all day. Now I dare you to recreate the scene in X-Men : Day of future past where the girl created a portal, I feel that portal is kinda like the shockwave, but still different.
AEW
10 years ago
I have the same problem with the guy below, that after the shockwave vanishes, there is still a strange glowing ring around it. If you have any idea, please contact me.
ae
10 years ago
I have the same problem with the guy below, that when my shockwave disappear, there is a faint glowing on the edge. I wasn't able to remove it, so I made all my settings same to yours, but still I couldn't remove the ring. If you have any ideas, please contact me.
Piperman123
10 years ago
For some reason my masks feather seems to make a wierd glow at the edges rather than fade it out like it does in yours. Any ideas? I can't see any differnces in my settings, maybe something new in CC 2015? Once everything's faded out it leaves wierd fuzzy rings after the polar effects been added or the wierd glow without the polar effect.
Piperman123
10 years ago
Really love your tutorials. They've helped me so much. Having a really stupid , annoying problem though. I can't just drag and move the mask I've created. It just selects the whole layer or moves one side at a time. I can drag and move the whole layer no prbelm but that's not what I want to be doing.
Eve
10 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I've done quite a few of your tutorials now but this is the one I'm most proud of to date:
https://vimeo.com/131443338
Thanks so much for all of these tutorials, they are absolutely invaluable. And you crack me up each time, I love listening to you!
I've done quite a few of your tutorials now but this is the one I'm most proud of to date:
https://vimeo.com/131443338
Thanks so much for all of these tutorials, they are absolutely invaluable. And you crack me up each time, I love listening to you!
anampi
10 years ago
Hello, I loved this tutorial, but I have a doubt. I can't do the fire ring. The fire is inside the sphere, not ouside. What am I doing wrong? thank you!!
Brandon
10 years ago
When I change the interpolation, it doesn't affect the fractal noise at all. Any help?
V453000
11 years ago
HOLY EVERYTHING, I was just randomly thinking "hey I know I have seen ALL the stuff from videocopilot but lets see if there is something new that could inspire me to make an intro I need to get done" and then I find THIS?
Totally trying something with a similar idea!
Awesome job, thank you so much.
Totally trying something with a similar idea!
Awesome job, thank you so much.
Jonathan
11 years ago
Thanks again Andrew, following since '09 I own Action Essentials. the Grunge Pack & OF and this tutorial really just sells how awesome you are to the customers. A tutorial useful and helpful for any project.
Oh and I saw that disgusting pixel poly from a mile off lol - looks great as a finished piece, you must have a solid eye like me
Oh and I saw that disgusting pixel poly from a mile off lol - looks great as a finished piece, you must have a solid eye like me
Vladimir Tomin
11 years ago
You can create drug-injection pupil effect the very same way.
Great technique, thanks!
Great technique, thanks!
Sean
11 years ago
Is there a way to do this so it is transparent? I would like to use this effect but I'm not seeing a way to have an alpha channel. What should I do?
Adrian
11 years ago
I did what you taught Andrew towards the beginning of your video by trying to get the effect to move up and down. Mine won't do that. It just expands the effect and sits there.
Jo
11 years ago
think you Andrew, going to do this animation it look so must fun, it look so cool two
Moss Mastaan
11 years ago
I can't believe it, I completed the tutorial WHOOHOOO... thank you Andrew, you've given me the confidence to try and work out this amazingly weird yet wonderful after effects software.
Natoone
11 years ago
When i use feathering on the first part of the effect. it leaves a light bar which gives my shockwave a rounded edge look, the more i turn it up the worse it gets.. its not fading the out the fractle noise like it should.. on your video you get a nice ghosting effect when you wave fades out.. mine just looks goofy and lame. any thoughts on how to fix this? I'm using AE CS6.
Pat Villa
11 years ago
Hello there, i was having the same problem as well. The solution i found was that the color of the solid layer i used is set to gray(rather than black) so when i feather it instead of fading out fully it leaves a haloish effect/rounded effect. The solution was to simply change my solid settings to black. I hope this helps you
Mario
11 years ago
So if this is the poor man's version of shockwave, what third party pugins did they actually use.
Great TUT by the way, I've been looking everywhere for something like this.
Great TUT by the way, I've been looking everywhere for something like this.
Hani Rizvi
11 years ago
I literally watched all of your tutorials twice, keep up the great work. Your awesome sir! #Everythingisawesome
alex
11 years ago
when it comes to the seem part i have done everything that you have done, but the seem still shows ups, any tips or other ways on getting rid of the seem.
Ankush Rohilla
11 years ago
Hello there!!
How to get rid of feather animation leftovers!
I've animated feather from some value to zero but now there is a line around the mask because of feather and this line is really ruining the effect. Is there is something I am doing wrong because I'm following the tutorial and this problem doesn't seems to be there in tutorial.
How to get rid of feather animation leftovers!
I've animated feather from some value to zero but now there is a line around the mask because of feather and this line is really ruining the effect. Is there is something I am doing wrong because I'm following the tutorial and this problem doesn't seems to be there in tutorial.
royrabbid
11 years ago
Mrs Andrew Krammer you make ppl to be the star of every party!!! thank you very much
Vintage
11 years ago
was this technic similar to Blinks teleport effect on X-men Days of Futures Past movie?
Jairaj
11 years ago
Hi Andrew,
You should stop saying "Cool" and replace it with "Amazing". Because when you say, "Now we get this cool effect", it actually IS Amazing!
Great Work, Andrew! Hats off to you..
You should stop saying "Cool" and replace it with "Amazing". Because when you say, "Now we get this cool effect", it actually IS Amazing!
Great Work, Andrew! Hats off to you..
zafar
11 years ago
woow this tutorial rocks but after this one please make that plane crash tutorial
youssef
11 years ago
well done Mr Andrew Kramer those tutorials are getting fantastic and amazing !!
Brando
11 years ago
This is a rad tutorial, I dig the fire afterthought with the basketball.
Andrew, Is it CC Sphere that gives Shockwave that force field/eyeball look?
Andrew, Is it CC Sphere that gives Shockwave that force field/eyeball look?
Ulmer
11 years ago
I started watching videocopilot almost a year a go and i dont consider myself amazing at all, but useing the things on these tutorials and just staight techniques i can make some pretty cool stuff.. thanks Andrew for your amazing insight
