How to Create Fire Ball Effect in Filmora

Today, we will teach you how to create this fireball visual effect in Wondershare Filmora. First of all, you need to film footage with your hand. Pretend like holding a ball and throwing it towards the wall. Then, drop your main raw footage on the timeline. Keep the project at 25 frames per second.

Now, we will add some effect to it. Split the footage at 12 frames. Then we will split it at where we're throwing it towards the wall. Let's download the “Superpower FX Effect” Pack from “Filmstock.”

Go to the "Stickers." Here, you can find many fire and ice balls. Drop a fireball on track 2. Go to "Speed" and change the duration to 11 seconds. Then, split the fireball at the 12th frame. Here, we will create a fireball-catching effect. Go to "Basic" keyframes for "Transform." Lock X and Y "Scale." In the beginning, we reduce the fireball "Scale" and take it out of the screen. Move a few frames forward. Bring a fireball in the frame.

At the end of the split clip, change the fireball "Position" just above the palm and increase the "Scale" of the ball. Now select the middle part of the main clip, go to "AI Tools," and turn on "Motion Tracking," you will see this rectangle on your preview screen. Select it, change its shape to a square, and assign it to the palm. Start the motion track; once it's done, unhide track 2 and select "Fireball Motion Graphic" under "Link Element." Here, the fireball is linked to the hand movement. Go to the "Basic" on keyframes for "Transform."

Increase the "Scale" in Preview Screen. If you increase it in transform, it will increase the "Scale" for that particular keyframe. Go a few frames forward if required. Increase the "Scale" a bit. Now, you can see we got the effect of catching the fireball.

Next, go to the point where the hand is going to throw the ball. Now you can see the hand is near the camera with a fireball, but the size of the ball is the same. To fix this, we now need to increase the “Scale” manually for each keyframe. Split the fireball clip after the last keyframe, and for the split clip, set the "Scale" value of the first ball the same as the last keyframe and adjust its “Position.”

On “Transform” keyframes, here, we need to do the manual keyframing for the rest of the clip while doing manual keyframing. Keep in mind to adjust the “Position” of the fireball and the size of the fire. When the hand is away from the camera, decrease the size of the fireball in order to make it more realistic.

Once the fireball is released from the hand, you can define its path. You can throw it directly in a straight line, or you can create a bit of left-right movement of fireball. Make the ball travel toward the wall by decreasing the “Scale” of every keyframe.

Then go to the film stock, and under “Lens Flare,” drop this orange flare on track 3. On Transform Keyframes, you change "Blending Mode" to the best "Blending Mode" for this screen.

Lock the "Scale" Ratio, decrease its "Scale," and adjust it in the center of the fireball. Go two frames forward. Here, we decrease the "Scale" of the fireball and change the "Position." Place the flare in the center of the fireball and increase the flare size to 160 degrees. Go two frames forward and decrease the size to zero. Shrink the fireball clip and flare clip. Now, let's check it and adjust the position if required.

Go to the “Media,” drop this ink clip on the timeline. By the way, you can download it from Mixkit.co. On the keyframes for “Transform,” change “Blending Mode” to “Multiply.” Increase “Speed” by 4.5, shrink the clip to the start point of Ink Drop, go to the Transform, and set it above the flare.

Go a few frames forward and increase the X and Y axis of "Scale" to cover the wall with an ink clip. Again, increase the X and Y axis after a few frames and bring it towards the downside. Now, shrink the main clip to the ink clip. Export this clip at a higher rate.

Delete all the files from the timeline and bring the clip we created. Drop it on the timeline. Split it at the 12th frame. Go forward and split it at where the hand is coming up. Copy the middle part and paste it on track 2.

Go to the effect and drop this electric ball on the track. Go to the "Speed" and increase the duration time to match the track 3 clip. Select track 3 clip, go to "AI Tools," and on "Motion Tracking," hide the electric ball clip. And follow the same steps to track the fireball.

Once tracking is done, link the electric ball to it and unhide the electric ball clip. Go to the "Basic" and increase the size of the electric ball, and place it inside the square. Change the "Blending Mode" to "Screen" to blend it with the fireball. Now we have a nice fireball with some electric movement.

Now, split the main clip at the ink drop point. Shift it to track 2. Go to the "AI Tools," start the "Smart Cutout," and select the black ink part using the brush tool; you can zoom into your clip to get a closer look. Go one frame forward, again select the black ink, and repeat it for a few more frames. We're doing it manually because we don't want to miss any part of the ink. Once full ink is revealed, click on "Start Smart Cutout," and this AI feature automatically selects the ink. Click on the "Invert Mask" option and close it.

Apply the "Dissolve” transition and keep the transition for 10 frames. Split the clip at the end. Now change the “Color” of both clips to “Fantasy.” You can see we have nice crisp and bright colors.

Go to the "Stickers," drop the Superheroes portal clip on track 4 right before the end of the Wormhole clip. Go to "Speed" and change the duration to 2 seconds. Under the "Basic" tag, we reduce the "Scale" and adjust it on the black hole of the Wormhole clip. Now, after 15 frames, drop the fireball on track 5.

On "Transform Keyframe," we lock the "Scale" ratio. Decrease its "Scale" to 6, adjust the "Position" in the center of the black hole portal, and reduce the size to 0. Next, go 15 frames forward, increasing the size of the fireball. Go 5 frames forward and change "Scale" to around 300. It will create a fireball shooting back from the portal. Now start at where we're catching the fireball, drop the lens flare clip, and change "Blending Mode" to "Screen."

On the "Transform" keyframes, place it in the middle of the fireball and reduce the "Scale" to zero. Then, after one to two frames, increase the "Scale" of the flare and adjust its "Position." Then, go three frames forward and reduce the "Scale" to zero. Split the clip at the point and copy the flare clip. Now paste it where we're throwing a fireball toward the wall and adjust its "Position" on keyframes. Again, paste it and adjust the "Position".

Now go to "Effects" and search for the "Auto Enhance" effect. Apply it on the top track and increase its duration. Now, let us see the final preview.