How to make lights flicker and illuminations flicker in After Effects (No Expressions)

How to make a light flicker. Step 1, create a new composition from video or photo. Now go to edit - duplicate to create a duplicate of the layer. Go to your effects panel and drag and drop gaussian blur on the top layer. Increase blur to 100 or so. Now click on the pen tool and draw a mask around the light or lights. Go to the mask you just made and increase the feathering, in this example we went to 100. Now go to the top layer and change the blend mode from normal to screen.
Now go back to your effects panel, go to animation and presets, and select the opacity flash - random effect. Drop that on top of the mask layer. Increase the chance of flash and flash nervousness as needed.
Lastly, go to the effects and presets panel and select strobe light. Drop it on the layer with the mask. Change the color of the strobe light to match your image or video. Also, consider blending the effect partially with the original.
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  • @RainRiderAmbience
    @RainRiderAmbience Жыл бұрын

    Subbed, thats one of the best tutorials ive watched, keep'em coming 💖

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    Жыл бұрын

    Why thank you!!! :)

  • @LifeWhen
    @LifeWhen2 жыл бұрын

    You don't know how many dozens of vids I have gone through to find the one like yours. Thank you a lot man!

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    2 жыл бұрын

    I got you fam :)

  • @LShawnn

    @LShawnn

    8 ай бұрын

    True!

  • @Yuri-art90
    @Yuri-art9014 күн бұрын

    Thanks a lot.

  • @Lssymes
    @Lssymes Жыл бұрын

    you just saved me a good couple of hours. concise, well explained, excellent.

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    Жыл бұрын

    Hel ya, glad this one helped! :)

  • @Job_Kluvers
    @Job_Kluvers Жыл бұрын

    Just wanted to leave a thankful comment, you really helped me out with this one! Keep up the great work.

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!! :)

  • @sisterbuddies123
    @sisterbuddies1232 жыл бұрын

    This was exactly what I needed! Cheers!

  • @thecatdowntheroad369
    @thecatdowntheroad3692 жыл бұрын

    So good! I learned a few things here, thank you!

  • @leeheffron623
    @leeheffron6232 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial dude. Entertaining and informative. Bam!!

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Lee!!! :)

  • @matheo4934
    @matheo4934 Жыл бұрын

    thanks. simple and effective tutorial.

  • @rajasarma1974
    @rajasarma1974 Жыл бұрын

    Very very good explanation, very helpful!

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you raja!

  • @mysweetperspective
    @mysweetperspective6 ай бұрын

    oh my goodness.. This was just what I needed. Thank you!!!!

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    6 ай бұрын

    I got you :$

  • @sarmadmunir5684
    @sarmadmunir5684 Жыл бұрын

    You sound like Patton Oswalt and I love it

  • @MetricArts.
    @MetricArts.11 ай бұрын

    fantastic man thx

  • @rathprak6995
    @rathprak69952 жыл бұрын

    Thanks great tutorial!

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hell ya, thank you :)

  • @tlae3
    @tlae3 Жыл бұрын

    😂 Your awesome!

  • @bellamathers6740
    @bellamathers67402 жыл бұрын

    Very great Tutorial!

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Bella :)

  • @fitz9737
    @fitz97372 жыл бұрын

    Merci beaucoup 😁

  • @Fikavision
    @Fikavision5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this video!! I just have an issue. I have multiple light sources in my picture and want to only flicker one but keep the rest of my picture. How do you only add the effect for one light source?

  • @LShawnn
    @LShawnn8 ай бұрын

    Perfect

  • @LShawnn

    @LShawnn

    8 ай бұрын

    I was so excatitic that I finally manage to pull effect with your tutoral in AE, that I just liked, subscribe i make short comment. But really, easy to follow, with your own clicker you actually resolve issue with % of the mask and really easy going to manage it. I spend whole damn day to find correct and A-Z tutoral. So once again thank you for effort and time you soend to teach and show!

  • @BlinkAirwave
    @BlinkAirwave2 жыл бұрын

    Is there a way to complete switch off / on the light ?

  • @meredithnavin1358
    @meredithnavin13586 ай бұрын

    How do you add a buzzing sound that lines up with the flickering? Or is that a manual thing?

  • @orangepuns
    @orangepuns Жыл бұрын

    great tutorial btw, but can anyone help me with exporting, i've tried alot from yt videos ive watched but whenever i export an mp4 file, it doesnt play. its so frustrating.

  • @katt7370
    @katt73706 ай бұрын

    @curtispyke This is great but if you have an image that has multiple lights throughout it and you want to add this effect to each individual light, how do you do that?

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    6 ай бұрын

    I think I have an answer. You can create multiple masks using the "alpha adjust" key. I have a detailed tutorial on how to do it (it's only a minute long). Create multiple masks on your light sources, and apply the effect to each. See: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z2GLtcebpcq6nrQ.htmlsi=If2pDPbetwyrqNZ7

  • @katt7370

    @katt7370

    6 ай бұрын

    @@curtispyketech Thank you! Could you also copy and paste the mask or duplicate the layer with the mask and move that mask around on the second layer?

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    6 ай бұрын

    *thinks*. I believe you can duplicate and move it around yes. I may have to try this out though to confirm :) @@katt7370

  • @melmelm.9283
    @melmelm.92832 жыл бұрын

    Using this effect could I set key frames to time each flash when I want it to flash?

  • @curtispyketech

    @curtispyketech

    2 жыл бұрын

    100%! if you want it to flash at specific times, this is totally doable :)

  • @Lofivibez619
    @Lofivibez6193 ай бұрын

    So how do I loop this action ?

  • @mgntv
    @mgntv3 жыл бұрын

    Do it with Premiere Pro!

  • @linpuype9783
    @linpuype97837 ай бұрын

    why is nothing working my screen is just red, there is no animation no nothing i did exactly what he did at first i couldnt even see anything go brighter nothing works how its supposed to omg im probably not advanced enough for this

  • @linpuype9783

    @linpuype9783

    7 ай бұрын

    nvm its cuz my pc cant render everything at the same time