Magic & energy

Add lightning and electric arcs to footage

Lightning is timing — a forked bolt and a flash that's gone in a frame, lighting everything blue-white. vfxmagia strikes lightning into your footage with branching bolts, crackling arcs, and a hard flash that briefly illuminates the whole scene. Use it for a storm, a power surge, or energy crackling off a character.

Why it works

What you get

  • Strike forked lightning bolts and crackling arcs into your shot.
  • Hard bright flashes that briefly light the entire scene.
  • Works for storms, power surges, or electric powers on a character.
  • Iterate the bolt path and flash intensity cheaply.

How it works

Three steps

  1. 01Upload the plate that needs lightning (footage mode).
  2. 02Begin with the Magic / energy burst template and steer it toward electric arcs.
  3. 03Render, check the bolt timing and flash, then download or refine.

Get started

A prompt to start from

A branching bolt of lightning strikes down behind the ridge, forked white-blue arcs crackling, a hard bright flash briefly lighting the whole landscape and the figure in the foreground. Cinematic, dramatic.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Can I add lightning to a clear-sky shot?
Yes, though it reads best with a darker or stormy sky; describe the sky so the flash sits believably.
Can lightning crackle around a character?
Describe arcs crawling over a person or object for an electric-powers look rather than a sky strike.
Will the flash light my scene?
The model briefly illuminates the whole frame with each strike so the lightning feels like a real light event.

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