How To Create Super-Speed Effects | Beginner-Friendly After Effects Tutorial
April 4, 2022
Jonathan Fields
In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a super-speed effect in Adobe After Effects; inspired by many different speedster superheroes, such as Quicksilver (Avengers and X-Men) and the recent Morbius film.
“You didn’t see that coming? - Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)
From Quicksilver to The Flash and even Morbius, there are tons of superheroes that rely on their super-speed abilities to save the day. The good news is that creating these effects doesn’t have to be a difficult process.
In fact, this tutorial was created with the beginner in mind, including some basics on creating masks and adjustment layers.
This AE tutorial will cover:
- The basics of creating composition and masks.
- An introduction to adjustment layers.
- How to add effects and create keyframes.
- How to create a very simple super-speed effect using simple masking.
- How to add our Energy Bursts to create smoke burst effects.
- How to add a distortion effect to your composition.
- How to use the displacement map.
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