Cheap Tricks | Recreate a Druun Entirely in After Effects - No Plugins! (and FREE Template!)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Greetings from Kumandra! We’ve just released our resident Action Movie Dad’s latest tutorial, showing you how to recreate the organic look of the Druun from “Raya and the Last Dragon” entirely within Adobe After Effects! (With and without plugins!)
In this tutorial, Daniel “Hashi” Hashimoto will show how the fractal family of filters can combine with CC Sphere to create volumetric and chaotic smoke and slime - and a unique way to utilize the Essential Graphics panel for visual effects - all with native AE effects!
Or, if you want to do it WAY FASTER, Hashi shows how to utilize Trapcode Form, Universe, and Supercomp to create and composite a Druun into your scene in record time.
Download the project files and PNG sequences here: www.cineversit...
VFX Supercomp: www.maxon.net/...
Trapcode Form: www.maxon.net/...
VFX Optical Glow: www.maxon.net/...
Universe: www.maxon.net/...
Video Copilot FX Console: www.videocopil...
Table of Contents:
1:20 - Starting with seamlessly tileable patterns
4:32 - Baby's first sphere (the slime ball)
6:09 - Essential Graphics for awesome assembly
9:00 - Glow, CC, and some distortion
12:03 - Volumetric smoke (with native effects)
13:15 - Cheat for tileable Fractal Noise
15:55 - Fake volumetric trick
21:30 - Adding our smoke to our slime
22:09 - Fake lighting trick
25:12 - External splashes and smoke tendrils
29:54 - Making a splash circle
33:59 - Duplication trick for added complexity
37:22 - Combining our splash circle with the main ball
41:06 - Mesh Warp to sit it on ground
42:25 - CC Vector Blur for a more liquid look
43:52 - Compositing with Supercomp
45:20 - Faster/easier Trapcode solution
49:48 - AE philosophy
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Anytime I can try pulling off something in 100% After Effects, I have a really fun time. Also, it really piles up as evidence of insanity.
Oh yes it DOES!
With cc cylinder you can do a smoke escape of wizards 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️
That Andrew Kramer impressions was ON POINT!!!
This is not a tutorial, this is a CLASS
Masterclass
that Andrew Kramer intro hit me with nostalgia :/
for a sec i thought i was watching video co pilot xD
I rewound the video when I got surprised by the sudden appearance of Mr. Video Copilot. (Where did he go? No new videos in a long time.)
Hey,I found you Stan 👋
That paradox thing is so true. It's probably the best description of AE I've ever heard.
These tutorials are a gift. No one deserves tutorials this good. But thank you for making all these insane tutorials!
I got MAXON ONE early 2021 and have been binge watching these red giant tutorials. I watch them as I do the treadmill, and its really helpful. My personal favorite series of tutorials are the Cheap Tricks ones because they pack so much information in a small amount of time, and they're really fun to watch.
can you link to those tutorials you speak of?
@@VinnyHaw They are all on this channel, look in Playlists on this channel, and its the Cheap Tricks playlist
This is insane.
Man you're sick )) AMAZING JOB
These are the best aftereffects tutorials on UA-cam
Incredible, this series could easily be sold as an vfx masterclass, really appreciate all the effort !
Hey man, this was fantastic. Massive appreciation for diving in and messing with the stock AE items. Really smacks of the old VC tutorials, and your little homage to that at the beginning put a smile on my face. I've been working in AE for a long time and I still absolutely learned quite a bit and got refreshed on a lot too.
Absolutely amazing what you have come up with. These are by far the best tuts on UA-cam for AE. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Just couldn't control myself from commenting but You're the coolest guy I've come across when it's comes to VFX tutorials. Hands down! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌🏼
When you know the software, you can literally create anything. It's magic to me the way people can use AE. Amazing tutorial. Subscribed!
Phenomenal! I will be saving this video to come back to multiple times! Really hope to integrate some of these techniques in future projects! Thank you soo much for showing this :D
Thank you!
This Tutorial was incredible. I could use so many of the techniques in so many different ways.
THIS IS MADNESS
I wish you guys did more stuff like this, it’s awesome
We're glad you like it! We've got a BUNCH of stuff like this in our Cheap Tricks and VFX Side Quest playlists.
I Paused the video just to put my comment, IT IS AMAZING WHEN YOU LIGHT THE SMOKE SPHERE! better than phoenix
This is Amazing, all in After Effects !! .Thank you Sir Hashi !
I literally haven't commented on any tutorial I have seen, this is a first, and I just want to say "I miss you"
Miss you too, boo.
@@theActionMovieKid I miss you more, you are definitely not winning the missing battle 😎
This was an insanely cool tutorial!
We're glad you liked it! Hashi has so many cool tricks up his sleeve.
As a beginner in AE, this is so incredibly helpful to see the process of making effects!
Well done, really good tutorial ❤️❤️❤️ lot of work and I learned so much from that. Thank you
Everyone: You Need Blender To Do VFX And Animations.
Red Giant: Hold My Glasses.
I love tips for After without Plugins. Thanks!
Awesome, man. Just... awesome! Please do more new tutorials like this!
That was AMAZING... Very very cool to see the AE version... I kinda liked that best... 👊🏼😎
We think mixing the two versions together gives the best result. One of the things we really enjoy doing is giving people ways to work even if they don't have our tools. We just want everyone to have fun!
The best after effect tutorial ❤️❤️❤️ that not looks like it’s actually done in after effect ❤️
Amazing !!
That Andrew Kramer Intro Made Me Emotional
When the video started I was pretty skeptical, but damn that came out looking pretty good
awesome & brilliant at the same time... ! that is a bingo ! cheers from RIo
Merci beaucoup pour votre excellent tuto, j'ai apprécié votre clin d’œil humoristique à Andrew Cramer. Encore merci pour tout ce que vous m'apportez dans la compréhension d'After Effects.
Hashi, you are my hero!
Thanks, David!
That intro was awesome 😎
Woahh..another level after effect tutorial..you are so amazing..i dont believe that was made by after effect..so realistic
AE at its best. Thanks for sharing!
Amazing tut! I learned so much - which I'll probably dorget again, buy hey...! Thanks
NOPE! cant be done! and then... wrong. oh my what a treat! Had an absolute blast on this one
Polar Coordinates!!! Dang, this is reminding me of using Photoshop 2.5 in 1994, dang dude, bringing me back to the Hot Tub Time Machine, but it's all there somewhere and thanks for bringing us to the roots in this world of complexity (it's still pretty complex tutorial!)
MInd blown!, i would love to see more tricks like this, for purists! :D
Maxon... brought to you by gmail... Uhhg, as a logo and identity designer it kills me. Lol.
Can’t wait to try out this tutorial. Till then, I shall have to enjoy it in my save for later. ☕️😌
Dude you are a final boss
Thanks a lot!! Maybe I use this knowledge for my new sci fi shorfilm!!
There are a lot of really good tricks in here that might be very useful!
@@MaxonRedgiant I´m on it!!
Amazing visual effects tutorial man...
Amazing. Can't thank you enough!
Wao🥰 Amazing man.
Thank you
youre crazy man - crazy good
Brilliant Stuff.
That video copilot introoooo 🙌🏻
Love it!!!! thank you
great tutorial I've seen in a while
That was pretty amazing.
MIND BLOWN!!!!! 🤯
WOOOOOW THIS IS AMAZING, I LEARNED A LOOOT LOT LOT!
mind blown.
Aww men i LOVE this
Love you mann❤️❤️
Hey Dan, love your work! very educational..BTW I recognized the music from this Tutorial Andrew Kramer uses the same stuff who or what sound library are you using?
THIS IS FUNTASTIC!
I dont get it all but the intro is pucking incredible
Aah man thank you so much 🥺
You're welcome!
you are a superhero...thank you
lovely I just seeking a sphere based monster over months
When I make this and export it, it ends up having a black background, what settings do I need to export it with a transparent background
You have to export to a format that supports an alpha channel. So, something like ProRes 4444. Then, in AE, you also have to specify that you want to render RGB+Alpha. See AE's documentation for rendering out a file with an alpha channel.
Thank you!
@@therealfilmnerdyou're welcome!
oh. my. odin.
well done sir
still waiting for nebula 3d
love Hoshi and his incredible tutorials
Thanks a lot👌👌👌👌
Thanks a lot. Looks like a suspence movie)
good quality lesson 🙏👍
so cool!
This was a fun one to do, so much cool information and tricks!! BTW did you do the 'missle target follow' (?) tutorial or was that your vfx&chill partner, great show by the way, anyway I saw it but can not seem to find it, if you can would you post thank link, please and thank you!
VFX and Chill playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLUWySMuyy_cGhTBIcBsV44lZJObzkR_mT.html
amazing tutorial. l can follow very easy
Nice bro
Awesome and thanks , but please what plugin can i use to make the druun looks 3d
When will you guys have a sale again? It's been a very long time since you guys had a sale and almost a year and a half since the winter sale with the bigger discount?
You’re so good!
this is amazing
Hello, thanks for sharing, it is spectacular but I have an error message when I want to add the option to essential graphics. "Property type is not yet supported for use in the essential graphics panel". You know why?
It's possible you didn't grab the actual property.
@@MaxonRedgiant Unfortunately yes, I think I could have a problem with my essential graphics. Gracias.
Ditto. I'm having the same issue whether i drag and drop or right-click, context menu add. I get the same message. It's only for "Render" though. Light Intensity works. :(
@@majorpaiyne2124 What version of After Effects are you using? Drop-down menu support was added fairly recently.
@@JoseDuran-ub1fe What version of AE are you using? You may need to update.
06：26 I can't pull the render up,after effects warning：property type is not supported for use in the essential graphics panel
I need Andrew Kramer to see this intro 😂😂
Can you make a tutorial about how can we recreate WandaVision's Chaos Magic in After Effects?
If you check out our Cheap Tricks video on Captain Marvel energy effects, you should pick up some more principles to combine with this one and create chaos magic: www.maxon.net/en/article/cheap-tricks-7-captain-marvel-energy-effects-tutorial/
@@MaxonRedgiant Truly awesome! I'll definitely combine these princples! Godspeed!
that intro, for a moment, I thought I was watching a VCP tutorial
0:45 hahahaha ... awesome
Hi! Thank you for these tutorials Hashi! We appreciate you! However, the link for the project files is not working.
Does it take you to Cineversity.com? If so, there's a files button there that should give you the files.
@@MaxonRedgiant Thank you! I already accessed it. Stay talented!
Why are you using fractal noise > turbulent noise? From my understanding, turbulent noise is the newer version and is also less CPU intensive.
That used to be the case, but a couple of years ago, Fractal Noise got a big update. It's now the newer one. It's GPU-accelerated now!
its really helpfull
Can I make the initial slime texture sphere muticolored or do I need to create multiple spheres of different colors?
Try it both ways and see which one looks better!
If you use VC Orb you can make this in after effects Without Red Giant in 3D
mega cool!
Thanks God, for finding this channel
Awesome tut as usual. But why do you keep changing comp size? Why not just use a standard like 1920 x 1080?
Good question! For the maps that you're making to be put into the sphere shape, they need to be 2:1 aspect ration to map properly to CC Sphere.
For the sphere itself, there's no need to have it be 16:9 since a sphere is 1:1 and we're planning to place it in another comp, so why have the extra pixels?
@@MaxonRedgiant Thank you.
A video tut on red giant channel saying “no plug-in”? I’ll click that 🤪
Can u please make the god particle from the season DARK . Please pleaseee
44:22 how I do that without supercomp❓
There are a handful of “long way around” approaches to creating your own light wrap, or edge blur or edge rays - almost all of them are some form of isolating your element and background, and then using multiple instances of your element’s matte to reveal blurred copies of a background layer being additively clipped on top of the original layer. Supercomp is like a cheat that does all that stuff without having to think much about it - but it’s possible to manually create some of these go-to compositing techniques.
Hi, the link for the Project files and PNG sequences is a 157MB file. Unfortunately not even a Download Manager can download the full file. I've tried over 30 times so far and downloads stop between 35MB-80MB using different browsers and download manager. Any idea how to download it?
That’s odd. Please contact Cineversity support.
@@MaxonRedgiant You must be a member to be able to ask cineversity.com anything. Anyway, I just was able to download the 156MB file using a different laptop and Mozilla Firefox, but I've tried at least 40 times. I tried to re-download it using Firefox out of curiosity and sure enough even Firefox quits at about 85MB. I guess I was lucky!
@@onceuponatime800 glad you got it working at last!
100% native after effects? I am getting beer.
I will always love you
please teach how to make godzilla breath fx and Vanda Chaos FX
There are a number of ways to do both of them. Check out our Cheap Tricks video on Captain Marvel for some ideas on using Fractal Noise. It should give you a good starting off point for Wanda's chaos magic.
While you might use it for Godzilla's breath too, you might get there quicker just using Universe Ecto.