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Introduction
This is the final result we will create: a glowing campfire in the middle of a field at dawn, complete with flickering orange light that illuminates the surrounding land. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe After Effects series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Fire, smoke, and explosions are usually recorded in front of a black background, then combined into other scenes. In this episode, we place a campfire in a field using blending modes and artificial light. Create a composition from the dawn field footage.
Step 1: Fire Scene and Fire Footage
Import the night fire footage and place it on top. This fire was recorded in the dark, so the background is almost black. That's the key to making it easy to combine.
Step 2: Screen Mode
Change the fire layer blending mode to Screen. The black parts disappear, and only the bright parts, that is, the fire flames, remain. Add mode makes it brighter, but can be too bright, so Screen is a safer choice. Reduce the fire to 45% and place it on the lower left ground, below the horizon line.
Step 3: Size and Position
The size of the fire should make sense with the distance, the farther, the smaller. Then create an elliptical feathered mask of 80 around the flame so the dark ground doesn't show through.
Step 4: Light on the Ground
Real fire illuminates its surroundings. Create a solid named API Light, apply a RAM gradient with RAM shape radial RAM, with orange center on the fire and black edges. Change the mode to Add and opacity to 40. The land around the fire now glows orange.
Step 5: Flickering Light
The fire is moving, so the light also flickers. On the light opacity, type the expression wiggle with parentheses 8,12 on the fire. Also add a glow on the fire layer with glow radius 30 so its light flickers.
Step 6: Preview
Preview the playback. The campfire burns brightly in the field. Its orange light pulses on the ground. These three elements, blending mode, reflected light, and flicker, make the fire composite feel realistic.
'Done!'
Done. We've used the Screen blending mode for dark footage, adjusted the size according to the perspective, bounded it with feathered gold, created the ground light with a RAM radial gradient, and added flicker and glow. In the next episode, we create rain and lightning. Need a promotional video, logo animation, motion graphics for social media, or visual effects for short films? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides motion graphics and visual effects services. as well as opening After Effects courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 104 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, source footage, and project scripts, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy single classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com. Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com. Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode. Thank you for watching, see you in the next video. Thank you for watching.
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