Using our Free Lightning Collection, you can recreate the Electro lightning VFX in After Effects.
In this After Effects tutorial, we will recreate the lightning VFX of Electro from Spider-Man: No Way Home using a few of our collections, including our Free Lightning Collection.
This Electro-inspired tutorial will cover:
- Using our Free Lightning Collection to create lightning bolts shooting out of your body.
- Creating electrical arcs.
- Creating lightning glow.
- Simulating atmospheric glow and flicker.
- Face tracking using After Effect's facial tracker.
- Creating a simple eye glow.
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