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Elemental Combat Series: Fireball

Elemental Combat Series: Fireball

on Jun 28th 2011 with 24 comments
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This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series Elemental Combat

Elemental Combat

Learn to create a fireball from a couple fire elements and then composite it into a scene that has been stabilized and tracked. You can use the same fireball to help light the scene as well.

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  • naftolimann

    First!!!!!!!!!

  • http://cargocollective.com/rafaelbraga Rafael Braga

    Hahahha.. man… I think that its aewsome! Thanks!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/leonbenlolo Leon Benlolo

    I used several tutorials on this site to make this video of my holiday in Manicore, a small town in Amazon, Brazil
    http://youtu.be/Jcxb_7_su_Y

  • http://www.youtube.com/jzocchio Jzocchio

    Thanks man!

  • Zark

    Loved watching this tutorial. Thanks for the tip with the track-matte. Never would have thought of that.

    • http://www.youtube.com/user/sierkkanis?feature=mhee Sierk

      @Zark: What tip do you mean?

      • http://www.wrenthereaper.com Wren Weichman
        Author

        @Sierk By duplicated the fireball itself, and use on of the fireballs as a track matte for the fire glow you make from another duplicated (but enlarged and super blurred) fireball so that it doesn’t get over blown when you try to add some light.

      • http://www.wrenthereaper.com Wren Weichman
        Author

        *by duplicating, lol

  • Piero

    Greate tutorial!!! your video quality has a very high definition! what cameras do you use?

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/sierkkanis?feature=mhee Sierk

    Great tutorial, really cool effect.

  • Avinash

    ok so i reli like ur work, its pretty amazing and reli simple to put together, are u gonna be doing anything with water anytime soon? like a water stream or a water jet or so?

    and! i hope u can consider this idea … i once saw andrew kramer use trapcode particular to generate a missile moving thru air gathering smoke behind it, i was wondering why u didnt use that idea to like get a more 3d feel for the effect using the video layer of fire and making it look like a little flame thats a part of a bigger fire. i hope u get wat im trying to say but all in all good work and great tips.

    • http://www.wrenthereaper.com Wren Weichman
      Author

      Haha, actually, I sought advice from that very tutorial for the part where the girl flies out of the sky and lands on the ground.

  • Chris

    Where did you get the sound effects for this? This tut is soooo awesome btw!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/shmed1 joey-0

    thats great man. its very awsome. going to use it in a small video of mine, thnks =)

  • Abhishek

    thanks its helps me a lot thanku thanku………………

  • James Norman

    That is absolutely amazing! Completely realistic, wonderful lighting and timing. Completely perfect; well done!

  • http://www.ultimatumstudio.com.ua Artur

    Wow very nice = ))!!!

  • Nick

    Hey can you explain to me how you got your fireballs to overlap at 10:30? like what shotcut key are you using to duplicate it? would that be my problem to it? because on mine when i rotate it the first one just overlaps the one behind it completely so its the same as only having one effect and it sucks): can you please e-mail me if you know why i cant see the one behind it and how i can fix it at nalayra@hotmail.com please?

  • Hicham

    Very nice Tuto Fireball
    Thanks very much :)

  • http://vfxab.blogspot.com.br/ Ailton Bechaire

    Thanks AE TUTS + awesome tutorial. (y)

  • kox

    Great Tutorial. Thank you.

  • Zafar Sahel

    hahahah really awesome man & thanks a lot for Sharing your amazing talent for free, you are a super man. u r just doing a great job
    thanks a lot .

  • case

    what exactly are the source files for the premium users?

  • http://www.facebook.com/jonas.vermeylen.3 Jonas Vermeylen

    how to save your fire ball into a .mov file ?