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Iron Man HUD Effect in After Effects Tutorial

Jordy Vandeput 1.1M views

Learn how to create the Iron Man HUD effect in this Adobe After Effects tutorial video. The Iron Man HUD is a floating hologram display in the helmet of Tony Stark from the Marvel universe and Avengers.

"I am... Iron Man!"

A couple of weeks ago, Jordy and Yannick had to recreate the Iron Man HUD effect for Cinebattle. Unfortunately they both didn't do great because of a lack of time. So that's why we decided to recreate it for Copy Cat Friday! Did you know that Iron Man (AKA Tony Stark) was created in 1963?! He's been a comic book character for years until Robert Downey Jr made him come alive on the silver screen in 2008.

The Iron Man movie was the start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and he also ended it in the movie Avengers: Endgame where Iron Man said the icon words "I am Iron Man". Tony Stark is actually not the only hero who suits up and uses a HUD in his helmet. War Machine, Rescue, Iron Lad, Iron heart and Spider-Man also use them.

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Cartoon Animation of Iron Man (by 100Soft)

The Iron Man HUD is actually not that difficult to recreate. It's important to have the right camera angle, the right light and of course an editing program. Now let your creativity explode and start creating your own HUD's! Maybe you can even play games in your helmet!?

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Iron Man HUD with Pokémon Parody

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This video was supported by Storyblocks Video, an easy to use site full of stock footage, After Effects templates, backgrounds, motion Graphics and much more.

Jordy Vandeput

Founder of Cinecom · 2.75M+ subscribers on YouTube

Jordy Vandeput is a Belgian filmmaker who has taught practical filmmaking to millions through Cinecom. He breaks professional techniques down into clear, repeatable steps you can use on your very next project.

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Vihaan 5 years ago

I loved this video and after recreating this effect it looked amazing! Thank you for making this iron man video!

Pawa Godsy 6 years ago

Ok I'll try using story blocks I'm from Nigeria

Bruno 6 years ago

Muito bom!

Christopher-olivier 6 years ago

How do we create the interface?

Ahmad 6 years ago

Hello i'm from iran and have a passion for aftereffects and wanted to learn your training because of the boycott i can't I wanted to email me

BIharidan 6 years ago

iron man download

Cheikh 7 years ago

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