Looking for professional-quality footage to practice this technique? Explore the ActionVFX Practice Footage Library: [ Ссылка ] In this tutorial, we will learn how to composite sci-fi energy blasts in Adobe After Effects. We will use several ActionVFX collections to build our energy blast, build an expression to turn 3D positional data into 2D, and then use @MaxonRedgiant's Optical Glow plugin to achieve a vibrant energy glow effect.

3D to 2D Null Expression:
P=thisComp.layer("3DNull");
P.toComp(P.anchorPoint)

ActionVFX Assets:
Blasters [ Ссылка ]
Icon Anamorphic Lens Flares [ Ссылка ]
Energy Bursts [ Ссылка ]
Energy Shockwaves [ Ссылка ]

Red Giant's VFX Optical Glow
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00:00 Intro
00:38 Preparation - Setting Markers
01:25 Start Building Blasters
03:20 Creating Muzzle Flash - Icon: Lens Flare
04:55 Adding Smoke - Energy Bursts
06:15 Adding Shockwave - Energy Shockwave
07:25 Tracking the Elements Into the Shot
08:14 Camera Tracking
09:38 3D to 2D Null Expression
10:15 Expression to Keyframe Conversion
11:50 Adjusting the Color
13:12 Adding Glow - Red Giant's Optical Glow
14:45 Digital Relighting
16:35 Wrapping Up - Displacement Map

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