Engage In A Harry Potter “Priori Incantatem” Duel – Day 3

Engage In A Harry Potter “Priori Incantatem” Duel – Day 3

on Nov 10th 2010 with 14 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: After Effects and Particular
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Run Time: 32:50min
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This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Harry Potter Priori Incantatem

Harry Potter Priori Incantatem

This is the third of a 3-part series on how to replicate the Priori Incantatem effect from the Harry Potter films. Our final tutorial will take a look at making the effects fit into the shot. We will make our particles glow and give them a bit of color, as well as adjusting brightness, matching grain and adding heat distortion. There are a lot of possibilities for extending the effects in this shot, I encourage you to explore these ideas further and leave a link in the comments section below.

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Ben McEwan grew up in Canberra, Australia. He started learning visual effects from a young age and persistantly followed his dreams. Today, Ben does freelance work for feature films, short films and television programs, and one day hopes to win an Academy Award.  

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  • Sorg

    Finally!!! Love It…

    Keep going with your amazing tuts Ben. =)

  • Shavkat

    Thank you very much! Can wait to try it as soon as I can!!!

  • Allen Zayden

    Thanks so much, this is exactly what I need!

  • http://imotionvideo.com Jimmylee

    Wow, its mind blowing how easy you make this seem. Thanks ALOT for this tutorial!

    • http://www.benmcewan.com Ben McEwan
      Author

      This is what happens when you do it for a living ;)

  • Ravens666

    Why not come with a year ago? When I had problems with setting a similar effect in Particular for my university work for our television.

  • Dan J

    It was really great to see your full workflow on this project. I’m looking forward to applying some of these techniques on my own footage.

    Keep up the good tuts.

  • http://www.thedevelopertuts.com Bratu Sebastian

    What ? No free screening of the latest movie ? :)

    Just kidding, the tutorial is great! ( And I bet the traffic will be doubled this week :) )

    • http://www.benmcewan.com Ben McEwan
      Author

      Definitely! I always see a lot of young kids on YouTube putting Harry Potter stuff up a few weeks after the films’ releases. I’m sure that’s why Adam delayed the release a few weeks too – smart move!

  • http://www.yahoo.com/ Shermaine

    Gee wllkiiers, that’s such a great post!

  • Jake

    Help! I am not able to use the color balance to the beams. Althought i set the values it just wont color it. I skipped the part wich included the Clashy Thing.

    • Jake

      Oh, never mind. I solved the problem. :D

  • Matt Garkusha

    Really quick run without actual footage or actors… just used an image as the background. Great Tutorial!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa4GiM1tmVA

  • Mohsin

    can i do it without tracking cause i dont have a tracker :(