hi my name is Jake and I'm a motion
designer from Ukraine that's why I have
this weird accent and now we will make
this effect let's get started a lot of
you are asking me to make a tutorial on
Iron Fist effect as you know I want to
make unique tutorials on my channel but
this Iron Fist effect involves technique
which already covered in Video Copilot
tutorials but I also realize that on
YouTube people who doesn't know cite
Video Copilot they are just typing in
search like Iron Fist effect and they
seems to not find any good results so I
decided to fill this request and make
tutorial on my channel first I wrote to
Video Copilot team to check with them if
it's a right to use their technique so I
said that I have a channel in YouTube
and I was wondering could I use some
techniques of day tutorial and they
reply me hey Jake for sure thanks for
checking with us first so I have the
permission to make tutorial on Iron Fist
effect using their technique also if you
want to check what tutorials are they
making visit this site Video Copilot
dotnet and they have lots high-quality
After Effects tutorials and also have
great products for sale so links to this
site will be in description
so first let's import our footage this
rough footage is also in description
below go to file import file select your
footage and click import then left mouse
click and drag on this icon here to
create new composition you can also
shoot your video on your own for more
believable effect I recommend to have a
flashlight in your hand so you would
have this kind of glow on your hand it
will definitely help with this effect
but for now we have this footage and
let's work with it
so first let's track our hand this time
I'm going to use mocha which comes with
After Effects select your layer go to
animation and choose track in mocha AE
click on this click OK let mouse click
and drag this time cursor to very end
and then choose this create Bezier layer
tool so basically you are selecting
the area which needs to be tracked when
you're close to your spline you can
adjust your points if you need we do
this on the very last frame because I
have my fist already closed so when you
track in your video make sure to select
tracking area in this kind of position
of your hand
so now let's click on this button here
it will track backwards so here you need
to wait until this automatic process
will be complete as you say that this
part of process you can make an any
version of mocha AE interface could be
different but main balance which we are
using will be there so just simply look
for similar icons so tracking is
complete now you need to click on this
icon here as you can see from
description it push the surface to the
corners of your frame and older versions
of mocha AE this button called a line
surface so you need to click on this and
then go to export data and click on this
export tracking data
so let's left mouse click here and here
from scroll down menu let's choose this
after-effects corner pin support motion
blur dot txt and then click on the Skype
it to clipboard now let's go back to
After Effects create new solid go to
layer new solid let's call it tracking
and click OK
select the solid and press control V
let's also apply grid effect click and
drag on this solid here and now we can
see that tracking is good let's shut
this layer off and let's work with our
footage if you're shooting your own
footage I recommend to have a proper
exposure so you must not have these
kinds of white spots especially on your
hand you need to have as much details on
your hand as possible my footage still
is pretty bright so let's go to effect
color correction curves in green Channel
let's add some green and blue channel
let's make it a little bit warmer like
this and bring up so we have this kind
of color and an RGB Channel let's make
this S shape also let's go to effect
color correction curves and make this a
lot darker as you know this effect
involves some energy which glows in our
hand so all film should be more
that we will see this lo much better
let's also add some vignette go to layer
new solid make it black and let's also
call it vignette okay and using this
ellipse tool let's draw a mask like this
so our goal here is select the area
where our face is glowing then let's
change method to subtract and press F on
keyboard and set it to about 750
let's also open here and play with this
expansion to have a better look okay
this looks good
now press T on keyboard to adjust our
intensity so now we bring focus of our
reviewer to our hand now let's create
new solid go to layer new solid let's
call it fractal noise this effect we
will use okay and here type fractal
noise
let's change fractal type to dynamic
complexity let's set it to 10 and in
transform let's change scale to about
250 and let's also animate our evolution
press Alt key on keyboard hold it and
then left mouse click on this stopwatch
it allows you to write expression here
type time multiply 100 and click
anywhere so now we have this kind of
animation okay it looks good
so this is basically energy in our hand
and now we need some veins to have here
so we will see some stuff under our skin
go to file import file these two images
will be in description below let's
select both of them and click import and
now let's drag veins light so here I
have some veins and in this picture here
if you want to have a lot more veins you
can use this image here I will go with
veins light let's shut this layer off
and select this fractal noise make sure
to select this fractal noise and then
select this pen tool here then move your
time cursor to this very last frame and
select the area where you want to see
your energy glow it should look
something like this then select this
layer press shift on keyboard and select
this other one
with devane's and go to lair recompose
let's call it veins so by clicking okay
we will make these both layers into one
layer as you can see now we have this
one layer which called veins if we
double click on this layer we will see
our two layers here let's enable them
and now select this fractal noise layer
click on toggle switch to see track map
if you don't see it and then select here
luma matte so now by selecting this
layer here veins light you can choose
the selection tool here and adjust
position of your veins as you like you
can also press R on keyboard and change
your tation I will set rotation to zero
and move it like this then select this
fractal noise and press F on keyboard to
feather these edges let's set it to 100
and let's open this mess here close and
open and with this expansion let's bring
down our edges so this energy would not
fall out our edges ok it looks good
let's go back to our Iron Fist footage
now move your time cursor to very first
frame like this select this tracking
layer and then select this corner p.m.
effect press ctrl C on keyboard to copy
and then select this veins layer and now
press ctrl V to paste if you press you
on keyboard you will see all of these
keyframes from tracking now we need to
parent our layer to this tracking layer
but now as you can see it not in right
place so let's move our tank cursor to
very less frame now it looks all good
click on this pick wave here and drag it
to this tracking layer as you can see
now it's stuck to right place and looks
great now we need to color great our
veins go to veins layer to color great
these veins we need to have black
background as you can see here is
transparent so let's go to layer new
solid let's call it background make it
black and click OK
drag it down and now we have this black
background let's go back to iron fist
footage and then click on this toggle
switch here and change mode to color
dodge let's also go to effect
color correction curves so now we are
going to color grade our veins let's go
to a red channel make it reddish and
blue channel let's make it warmer and in
grid Channel let's make s curve like
this let's also go to RGB shell and
let's make it brighter if we come back
to veins composition and switch off this
background layer we can see that we have
some problems with color grading so
let's go back to veins layer and let's
enable this black solid go back to iron
fist footage it looks great and now
let's duplicate this layer select it and
press control D on keyboard to duplicate
now let's go to effect blur face blur
and here let's set it to about 250 as
you can see we add some glow you can
also press C on keyboard to adjust
intensity of this glow I'll set it to 75
and let's select both of these layers
press shift on keyboard select this
other one then press T on keyboard to
see intensity of both of these layers
and about here let's set a keyframe by
clicking on this stopwatch here and here
and here at the beginning let's set it
to 25
so it would look like I am collecting
this energy you can also adjust these
internal organs so for example I want to
have here some bones which blocks the
energy light it is very easy to do let's
go to veins composition make sure that
you are not selecting any of these
layers click somewhere here and then
select this pencil here and let's draw a
bone you can disable this stroke click
here and click on this item here and
down okay and feel set it to black go to
effect blur and sharpen and face blur or
Gaussian blur let's blur this a bit and
let's see a result as you can see it
doesn't match my bone it should be more
to the right
let's adjust it select this pen tool
here and adjust position like this let's
check again it looks much better you can
also go back here and press control D on
keyboard to duplicate and with this
selection tool here you can move it over
here also press R on keyboard to rotate
like this and create another bone let's
see result and you can repeat these
steps to each of your knuckles and also
add anything you want maybe even a logo
of your channel so let's preview this so
I guess it's good time to say thank you
to Video Copilot
for all the knowledge base and also for
letting me use some of their techniques
in this tutorial also I recommend to
check this site they have After Effects
templates even few items for free for
example they have this free music I
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Effects assembly all links to pre stuff
is in description I hope you like this
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more thanks for watching guys see you
next time
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