Conor Keogh

Technical Artist

Orb Portal VFX (2023)

Software: Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Substance 3D Designer, Maya, Unreal Engine 5, Cinema 4D, Blender

Orb Portal VFX was created to explore parallax visual effects through the use of niagara particle system.

This orb portal effect was created by combining multiple shaders and niagara particles such as sparkles, heat distortion, shockwaves, light rays, portals, electric absorption, dust & smoke trail.

Close up of the portals parallax effect in action.

Screenshot shows how the portal parallax effect was created using the reflection vector node and a HDR image.