The WoW Classic Horde talk scene

Behind the scenes How I made the animated WoW Classic Horde Just Chatting scene for Twitch: an Orgrimmar screenshot turned to night in Photoshop, Horde flags and an After Effects animation.

Published on Oct. 28, 2026 · 1 min read

The original Orgrimmar screenshot switching diagonally to the final talk scene

The idea

The WoW Classic Horde pack needed a talk scene. I started from a screenshot taken at the entrance of Orgrimmar, with the zeppelin in the background!

Original screenshot: the entrance of Orgrimmar with the zeppelin in the background

Then on to Photoshop

I shifted the image and filled in the left side with the same image, duplicated and mirrored (sometimes there's no need to overcomplicate things! :D)

Then I turned the scene to night by lowering the saturation. A Levels layer darkens the image and pushes it toward blue, a vignette darkens the edges and a glow lights up the sky behind the gate.

The original screenshot next to the night Photoshop file with its layers

The Horde flags

The flags come from another screenshot. I cut them out, straightened them, shortened them and gave them night colors, then placed them on both sides of the webcam.

The 6 steps of the Horde flag, from the source screenshot to the flag in place

1: source screenshot, 2: cut out, 3: straightened and symmetrical, 4: shortened, 5: night colors, 6: in place.

And finally After Effects

In After Effects, I cut out the zeppelin and repainted the sky behind it. Then I animated it with the Puppet Pin tool: two pins move the zeppelin, and three others hold the rest in place.

The result

And here is the final scene, animated in After Effects!

The result is available for €10 in my shop: https://ladyoverlays.com/themes/wow-classic-horde/