{"id":39876,"date":"2014-05-06T16:06:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T20:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=39876"},"modified":"2014-09-10T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T17:02:27","slug":"after-effects-video-tutorial-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/after-effects-video-tutorial-fireworks\/","title":{"rendered":"After Effects Video Tutorial: Fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"in-this-premiumbeat-exclusive-tutorial-we-show-you-how-to-create-shape-based-fireworks-in-after-effects\">In this Premiumbeat exclusive tutorial we show you how to create shape based fireworks in After Effects.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Adobe After Effects\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/01\/adobe-after-effects-all-ver.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe After Effects\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following shows how to make some awesome shape based fireworks in After Effects. The tutorial covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shape Repeaters<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Graph Editor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keyframing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4th Grade Math<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although this tutorial is specifically designed to show you how to create fireworks, shape modifiers are a <strong>great tool<\/strong> for any motion graphic artists to learn &#8211; these concepts can be applied to any number of motion graphic situations. If you are wanting more info about <strong>using shapes<\/strong> to enhance motion check out our post on <a title=\"Secondary Animation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/secondary-animation-adobe-after-effects\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">secondary animation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/94230183\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>More of a reader than a watcher? Follow along with the step-by-step tutorial below. Click any image for larger view.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<table width=\"470\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"446\">Create a new composition. Add a polygonal shape layer with no stroke and a white fill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still001.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39894\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still001\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Set the points to 3 and the scale to 100. Set keyframes on the position of the polystar path, the scale of the transform of the polystar path, and the overall transform scale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still002.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39892\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still002\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Adjust overall scale to 0,0 and the transform polystar scale to 50,0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still003.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39893\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still003\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Move forward 10 frames. Set a keyframe for the position to 0,300. and set a keyframe for the transform: polystar scale to be 0,100.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still004.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39890\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still004\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Easy ease all the current keyframes and in the graph editor adjust the keyframes so that the majority of the motion happens at the beginning of the shape layer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still005.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39891\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still005\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Add a repeater to the shape. Set the copies to 12 and rotation to 30.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still006.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39889\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still006\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Duplicate the layer and offset the keyframes by a few frames.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still007.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39887\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still007\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Change the copies of the new layer to 24. Set the rotation to 7.5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still008.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39888\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still008\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Duplicate the first shape layer (the one with 12 copies) and adjust it to where the keyframes line up with the duplicated (24 copy) layer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still009.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39885\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still009\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Set the rotation of the Layer 3 to 15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still010.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39886\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still010\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Create a new rectangle for the &#8220;rocket&#8221; set the size to 960,3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still011.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39884\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still011\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Set start keyframes for the size and position of the rectangle. Size to 0,3. and Position to -960,0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still012.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39882\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still012\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Move the playhead to the point at which the fireworks explode. Set the keyframes to: size 0,3 and position 0,0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still013.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39883\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still013\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>14<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Easy ease your keyframes and smooth the position so it slowly rises to it&#8217;s place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still014.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39880\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still014\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Offset the explosions so they look like they happen after the rocket reaches it&#8217;s peak.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still015.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39881\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still015\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>16<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Color and stylize each individual shape layer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still016.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39879\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still016\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>17<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Drop the comp into another comp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still017.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39877\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still017\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>18<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Duplicate the composition and practice recoloring each composition to get different results.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still018.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39878\" title=\"FEB01 - Fireworks (1).mp4.Still018\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FEB01-Fireworks-1.mp4.Still018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Have any tips for making these fireworks even better?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Share in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Premiumbeat exclusive tutorial we show you how to create shape based fireworks in After Effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":40157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,3291,21,92],"tags":[813,55,1702,2715,1802,153],"class_list":["post-class-post-39876","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-after-effects","post-class-category-motion-graphics-2","post-class-category-tutorials","post-class-category-video-tutorials-2","post-class-tag-ae","post-class-tag-effects","post-class-tag-evan-abrams","post-class-tag-fireworks","post-class-tag-shape-layers","post-class-tag-tutorials-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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