This Is How Realistic Liquid Glass Really Works
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How to make Apple's liquid glass in After Effects using stock plugins only. The refraction, the edge light and the shadow that make real glass actually look real, broken down layer by layer.
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Most liquid glass tutorials stop at a blur and some transparency, and that is exactly why it looks fake. Real glass is five layers: depth, refraction, the soft rounded body, the light catching on the edges, and the shadow that grounds it. Here I build all five from scratch with CC Glass, CC Blobbylize, CC Light Sweep and a Drop Shadow, no third party plugins at all, then show you the one click version at the end.
Chapters:
0:00 - 0:21 fake glass vs real glass
0:22 - 0:59 layer 1, depth
1:00 - 1:51 layer 2, refraction
1:52 - 2:05 layer 3, blur
2:06 - 2:53 layer 4, edge light
2:54 - 3:07 layer 5, shadow
3:08 - 3:34 liquid glass in one click
3:35 - 4:07 Tool for motion designers
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AppleFX - https://8bitbrain.store/products/applefx
Code "GLASS" for 20% off, and it comes with lifetime updates!
Most liquid glass tutorials stop at a blur and some transparency, and that is exactly why it looks fake. Real glass is five layers: depth, refraction, the soft rounded body, the light catching on the edges, and the shadow that grounds it. Here I build all five from scratch with CC Glass, CC Blobbylize, CC Light Sweep and a Drop Shadow, no third party plugins at all, then show you the one click version at the end.
Chapters:
0:00 - 0:21 fake glass vs real glass
0:22 - 0:59 layer 1, depth
1:00 - 1:51 layer 2, refraction
1:52 - 2:05 layer 3, blur
2:06 - 2:53 layer 4, edge light
2:54 - 3:07 layer 5, shadow
3:08 - 3:34 liquid glass in one click
3:35 - 4:07 Tool for motion designers
_____________________________________________________
💵 My Store: https://8bitbrain.store
🎥 Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/8bit.brainn/
👾 Our Community: https://discord.gg/UreXqnGwvg
Subscribe for weekly VFX, motion design, and editing tutorials that actually work in real projects.
💬 Drop your thoughts in the comments — would you try this challenge?
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