Tuts+ Premium - Pulsing Power Banshee Scream/Make an Epic Battle Energy Explosion

Tutorial Details:

Program: After Effects

Difficulty: Intermediate

Estimated Completion Time: 30m

Updated: December 4, 2012

This is the first of a two part tutorial on how to create a sonic scream similar to Banshee?s scream in ?X-Men: First Class? or the sonic cannons in ?The Incredible Hulk.?

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This is Part 2 of the Banshee Scream tutorial. In my previous tutorial I showed how to create a banshee scream effect from a wide shot; today I?ll show you how to make the effect from inside the scream. I made this shot for my short film Agents Of Evil 2: Supercharged. In the tutorial I use Video Copilot?s Sequencer script, and their Aftershake preset.

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Tutorial Details:

Program: After Effects, Trapcode Particular

Difficulty: Intermediate

Estimated Completion Time: 1h

Updated: December 4, 2012

In this tutorial I?ll be showing you how to create the stylized slow motion energy explosion that I used in my Agents of Evil 2: Supercharged short film. In the tutorial I?ll be using VCP?s Optical Flares for the lens flares and Trapcode Particular to make the energy particles and smoke trails. I?ll also be using VCP?s 3D Camera Projection Tutorial to do the camera move. I use a stock smoke clip that Corridor Digital gave out for free (it?s at the end of the video). We?ll go through the process of adding the lighting on the ground, animating the flares, creating the energy particles with smoke trails and making the shock waves.