How to Create a Gas Planet Nebula | After Effects | FLUX
Learn how to create a gas planet Nebula in After Effects using Mettle FLUX and CC Sphere. Charles Yeager (yeagerfilm.com) walks us through the process, and provides a free project file, which can be downloaded from the link below. He creates an equirectangular comp, 2:1 ratio, which can be animated and wrapped seamlessly on a sphere.
FLUX is a 3D Volumetric Fractal Flames plugin for After Effects and Premiere Pro. It’s great for creating Nebulas, Volumetric haze and Fog, fantastic skies, and much more.
Supported formats are 360° Monoscopic, Stereoscopic and Flat (Traditional).
Download a demo and follow along: mettle.com/product/flux/
How to Create a Gas Planet Nebula in After Effects with FLUX.
Create 2:1 Nebula Texture Comp
Apply FLUX to a Solid.
Animate the Evolution of FLUX.
Duplicate FLUX to cover 360 texture.
Create 1:1 Square Nebula Comp.
Add in Nebula Texture and Apply CC Sphere.
Animate CC Sphere then Split it.
Create a Center FLUX Volume.
Create a Main Scene Comp.
Add in Nebula Sphere Comp.
Duplicate the Nebula and use CC Radial Fast Blur.
Color Correct as Needed.
Charles Yeager is a Filmmaker & Motion Graphics Artist currently residing in Arkansas. His projects have been recognized by Canon, Video Copilot, Vimeo, Filmmaker IQ, No Film School, Film Convert, BOOM Library & Filminute. See his portfolio at yeagerfilms.com.
Charles is the author of numerous Mettle tutorials on video post-production in After Effects and Premier Pro. You can find them in the tutorial sections on our website.
