How To Add EXPLOSION VFX Into Your Shot! | After Effects Tutorial

In this tutorial, we will learn how to get started on compositing a Large Scale Gas Explosion in Adobe After Effects. This tutorial will show you how easy it is to create explosion VFX, for beginner or advanced level visual effects compositors alike. Follow along this tutorial! (Project files) 00:00 Intro 00:56 Project preparation (background plates) 02:13 Compositing the explosion element 04:42 Adding exploding debris element to the shot 08:23 Adding lingering fog to blend in the elements 10:09 Compositing dust waves of the explosion 13:03 Trick for creating a smoke trail effect 14:44 How to use the EXR passes to enhance the shot 19:36 Final shot polish (motion blur) 20:19 Outro To do this shot, we will be using several ActionVFX collections, such as Large Scale Gas Explosions, Exploding Debris Vol.2 , Dust Waves Vol.2 and Atmospheric Smoke and Fog Vol.2 on our