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.

How is this different from a stock lightning overlay?

A stock overlay is the same clip pasted on top of any footage. Here the bolt is generated into your shot, so the flash lights your scene and the timing matches your action instead of floating over it.

Can lightning crackle around a character?

Describe arcs crawling over a person or object for an electric-powers look rather than a sky strike.

What's a good prompt for a music video or action shot?

Describe the moment and the light — e.g. 'a jagged bolt cracks behind the singer on the beat, blue-white arcs flaring, a hard strobe flash freezing the crowd.' Concrete timing and light give the best 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.

Magic & energy

Add custom lightning and electric arcs to your footage

Lightning is timing — a forked bolt and a flash that's gone in a frame, lighting everything blue-white. vfxmagia strikes that lightning into the footage you already shot: branching bolts, crackling arcs, and a hard flash that briefly lights the whole scene, matched to your shot instead of pasted on top like a stock overlay. Use it for action shots, music videos, horror and sci-fi scenes, product reveals, or a dramatic transition.

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Why it works

What you get

Custom forked bolts and crackling electric arcs struck into your shot — not a generic overlay dropped on top.
Hard, bright flashes that briefly light the whole scene, so each strike reads as a real light event.
Built for action shots, music videos, horror and sci-fi scenes, product reveals, and dramatic transitions.
Crackle arcs around a character for electric powers or strike the sky for a storm — then iterate the path and flash cheaply.

How it works

Three steps

01Upload the plate that needs lightning, in footage mode.
02Open the Magic / energy burst template and steer it toward forked bolts and electric arcs.
03Render, check the bolt timing and flash, then download or refine the strike.

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A prompt to start from

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

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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.
How is this different from a stock lightning overlay?: A stock overlay is the same clip pasted on top of any footage. Here the bolt is generated into your shot, so the flash lights your scene and the timing matches your action instead of floating over it.
Can lightning crackle around a character?: Describe arcs crawling over a person or object for an electric-powers look rather than a sky strike.
What's a good prompt for a music video or action shot?: Describe the moment and the light — e.g. 'a jagged bolt cracks behind the singer on the beat, blue-white arcs flaring, a hard strobe flash freezing the crowd.' Concrete timing and light give the best 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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Upload your footage, drop in the prompt, and get a rendered VFX clip back in about 5 minutes. You only pay for completed generations.