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Fred McCoy also known as Megalongcat is a Communication Design and Technology Major from Parsons School of Design in New York City. He currently works for the website design company Blue Fountain Media and runs the design criticism blog Megalongcat. His field of expertise includes Corporate Branding, SEO Design, Front-End Web Development, Design Research, Ethical Design, Motion Graphics and Design Critique.

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Simulate a Dramatic Underground Blast

Feb 18th in VFX by Fred McCoy

In this tutorial we learn how to harness the shatter plugin along with some expressions and color correction to simulate a dramatic underground explosion that ripples and dislodges the ground.

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