Advanced Electric FX Tutorial! 100% After Effects!

3 Tutorials in 1! Create stunning Lightning with realistic reflections, Simulate realistic cloud illumination. Create directional electricity that interacts with your logo!

Project Files with BG Footage and Smoke:

[tim.e.l]

Great stuff as always. I barely use After Effects anymore, but I still love watching your tutorials. The times when I do put together a video I always find some way to put a nice touch on it with a combination of the concepts and techniques you teach.

You always get a chuckle out of me at some point.

Thanks, Tim

[TrainsandRockets]

The quality of explanation and the details... everything's so great...
I just love you 3000...! 😄

[aesthetk_]

I'm thrilled you guys are still creating content. I remember watching Video Copilot roughly 6 years ago. You guys just popped into my head a few days ago, so I decided to check in. Glad to subscribe.

Keep up the great work!

[Sekshunproductions]

Thank you for always explaining more than just "click here make it this value", there are always a couple extra seconds to say what you are actually affecting, making it easier to apply the effect to anything. Yours is one of only a handful of channels that have actually helped me learn some new techniques and further what i know, plus you're funny, making any lesson alot less boring and alot easier to remember. a sub for you sir!

[SanguiphiliaTV]

Amazing tutorial. One of the best I've seen. Great talker, perfect speed, easy to understand and follow with great results. 10/10.

[boogfromopenseason]

Andrew is an amazing example he is so passionate. You can tell he enjoys his job.

[timothyockhuizen]

This is by far one of the best tutorials I've ever seen. Thanks a million.

[riconocos]

One thing is for sure when you are going to watch Video Copilot Tutorials, There is always new knowledge, learning and techniques you can get from it.
Thanks Andrew Cramer! for giving us always awesome tutorials

[bitofalice]

Too good man, rarely have an excuse to use AE effects for work but I just love watching these as entertainment, blows my mind that this has remained free during all the years. Much respect!

[dravreh]

Woohuuu - Andrews is back! Thx for the great tutorials!!

[Lance_G]

I want to thank you for being an inspiration and always remind me to play in after effects to find cool new possibilities within the tools we all already have!

[fangtooth]

Andrew, been following your channel since ~2010 or 11! Anyway always brilliant. Thank you so much for helping all the VFX artists out there learn more & FOR FREE! :::)

[dankdreamz]

Sold me on Elements 3D with that tangent. Entertaining and intuitive as always!

[RajAngadSingh]

A lot of awesome stuff to learn from this video. Thank you so much Andrew Sir for this 😀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻

[ayoubgharafi]

And now you gonna see thousands of video templates with this freaking awesome lighting effects invading the markets ... thanks Andrew for everything

[Muzly]

I've been waiting so long for a new tutorial from you :)  I've been repeat watching all your old ones and I was ALMOST bored.

[BakersTuts]

Damn that cloud effect looks beautiful

[DaKller]

The intro where it reveals the logo when the lightning hits it from both sides is so clean. I need to know how to make that!

[robzdrone]

Your solution to the challange is so simple it's pure genius!
Congrats AK, these last tuts are the best I've ever seen and they're rising the bar to a whole new level. They're totally worth the wait.
I hope you will never give up on making tutorials, because you're such a great resource for the AE community.
People who always want more never fully learn, they just watch.

[SonTomNetwork]

Andrew, I SALUTE you, man! I got a bit tired after watching the tutorial, and you had to MAKE this! Hats off!