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Execute An Electrifying Light Whip – AE Premium

James Whiffin on May 10th 2011 with 16 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: After Effects Flash (optional)
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Run Time: 16:19 min
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This tutorial shows you how to animate an electric whip using two methods either in After Effects or Flash (for a unique result). We’ll then brings the animation to life by adding a shiny glow, as well as some warped lightning. Lastly, we’ll cover how to put in the finishing touches to sell the overall effect.

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Discussion 16 Comments

  1. Chris says:
    May 10, 2011 at 10:00 am

    All I can say is I love how Devo “Whip It” comes up after the video ends.

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  2. conna says:
    May 10, 2011 at 11:02 am

    Fantastic James !

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  3. Timo Salomäki says:
    May 10, 2011 at 11:03 am

    Once again, I’m happy that I have the Premium subscription ;) Nice work!

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  4. Isaias says:
    May 10, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    mhmmm….I smell INVINCIBLE ;)

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  5. ijoek says:
    May 10, 2011 at 11:00 pm

    This is the best thing since sliced sith!

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  6. tvandang says:
    May 11, 2011 at 1:01 am

    Well that was an interesting technique using Flash. Do you think that if you have a wacom tablet that drawing in AE would be as easy as in FLASH? It was refreshing. I like the beginning of the video thinking that I downloaded the wrong movie file. LOL.

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  7. Rutger says:
    May 11, 2011 at 6:08 am

    Oeh I like it! First thing I thought of though, was that a decent motion blur on the whip would make the scene have a lot more impact. Could be wrong though.

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  8. a says:
    May 11, 2011 at 9:12 am

    Nice effect, only criticism is – no motion blur

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  9. Dave says:
    May 13, 2011 at 4:51 pm

    Will premium content even be released for us poor folks?

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  10. graphic86 says:
    May 15, 2011 at 7:25 am

    Way to put the files there for free download?

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  11. james whiffin says:
    May 15, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    By the way guys this is a shot from a new indie short called “Star Wars: Recluse Forces” If you could please like the FB page that would be great: http://www.facebook.com/StarWarsRecluseForces

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  12. Mitchell says:
    May 19, 2011 at 11:34 am

    I purchased a premium membership for this video!

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