Daniele Sportelli, VFX Artist #midweekmotivations

Daniele Sportelli, an Italian VFX artist, created this portal concept inspired by Shadowhunters, and it’s really well done. I don’t know anything about Daniele but he is definitely talented!
First, the Magnus Bane’s Portal Effect
The list of software and plugins used in this short clip is impressive enough!
- JangaFX EmberGen
- Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro
- Red Giant Trapcode (Particular and Tao)
- Red Giant Universe
- RE:Vision Effects ReelSmart Motion Blur
- Boris FX Sapphire (Texture Micro and Caustics)
- Video Copilot Optical Flares

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Procedural Lightning & Smoke — VFX BREAKDOWN #3
Another effect shows how he created it. In this piece, he uses Boris FX Sapphire Zap for the lightning. In addition, he lists the same plugins mentioned above.
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