Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this tutorial, Daniel will teach you how to make a live-action bomb explosion with EmberGen and Nuke.

Download all tutorial assets here: mediafire.com/file/0npo301lzsknk3o/explodingBombTutorialAssets.zip/file

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Setting up the shot
01:50 - Export backplate
02:15 - Create an explosion using a Burst node
02:32 - determining the scale
04:44 - Setting up the camera
05:33 - Tweak Burst node and shape of the effect
08:28 - Set dissipation
09:07 - Change smoke color and lighting
09:49 - Edit combustion settings
10:14 - Making a preview
12:14 - Readjusting scale
12:50 - Adding a line force and more tweaking
14:15 - Shockwave
16:42 - Blending the shockwave with a noise shape
19:19 - Debris
22:12 - Wind
23:31 - Adding a floor
24:10 - Another preview
24:44 - Setting up the Embergen render
28:32 - Compositing the smoke in Nuke
33:10 - Compositing the fire
35:09 - Adding a flash
36:09 - Tweaking the start of the explosion
37:34 - Adding extra light
39:09 - Compositing the debris
40:22 - Adding a shadow pass
42:47 - Bomb destruction
46:12 - Burn mark
48:58 - Finish compositing
49:43 - Export nuke comp to After Effects
50:36 - Colorgrading
51:24 - Framing
52:05 - Camerashake
52:47 - Lensflare
53:49 - Outro