For years this blog has collected the best 2D FX animation from around the world: Disney effects breakdowns, anime explosions, student exercises and step-by-step tutorials on how fire, smoke, water and lightning are drawn. Flash FX is what came out of all that study.
Who made it
Flash FX was created by Ron, the original author of this blog. The same eye for timing and shape that picked the references and wrote the tutorials here went into drawing the elements, one frame at a time.
What it is
Flash FX is a library of over 890 frame-by-frame animated 2D effects. Frame-by-frame means every frame is drawn by hand, the classic way, the same way FX animators work on animated films and series. Nothing is generated by particles or simulation, so the elements have the snappy timing and bold shapes that make 2D FX readable.
What is inside
- 890+ hand-drawn, frame-by-frame elements
- Fire, water, lightning, explosions, smoke, particles and more
- Alpha channel, ready to drop over any footage
- Works in After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut, CapCut and other video editors
How to use it
- In After Effects and Premiere Pro, the AEJuice plugin lets you preview every element and drag it straight onto your timeline
- In any other editor, import the files like regular footage
- Elements adjust to horizontal, square and vertical formats, so the same pack works for YouTube, Shorts, Reels and TikTok
- Transparency is built in, so there is no keying or blending mode trick needed
Who it is for
Motion designers, YouTubers and video editors who want the look of hand-drawn FX without drawing it, and animators who want a reference library of finished effects next to the breakdowns on this blog. If the tutorials here showed you how much work goes into a single flame cycle, this is the same craft, ready to use when a deadline does not leave time to draw every frame.
License
The license is single user with unlimited videos and unlimited clients, so you can use the elements in client work and in monetized videos. There is a 14-day money-back guarantee.
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