D-Day-The real effects lab test

[spongebobrules999]

very nice!

[masterod1]

Man this would make a great contest..

[jscornerstone]

that day must have been horrible for us.

[Hogrider06]

cool! but you should have left at the people standing in blue jeans and the yellow do not cross tape at 0:29. Other than that great job!

[crimsonking2112]

awesome video!

[zimpiko28]

Pretty good but the explosions aren't fiery the ground literally explodes in an orgy of dirt and shrapnel. There's fire at the base but not a whole lot. Just saying considering I've seen my share of explosions.

[jordesy778]

fukin nice bud

[ClapperProdt]

thats one of the best exsampleof effects lab pro i've seen so far

[twistedwest1]

can i get effects lab for free even if its illegal

[TriangularFilms]

you can, but the cost of getting caught is maximum 10 years prison, and a 250,000 dollar fine. :)

[ForTheSakeOfOld]

veterens?

[mastermike95]

Thats one thing about ww2 reenactments 99.9% reenactors are fat and old and smell like poop. They need more 15-25 year olds not 70 year olds that are overweight and have poop skid marks in there underwear. jk

[mrcooban]

this is exactly what i was about too comment on

(about the age not the poop lol)

[mastermike95]

lool the skid marks and poop

[guitarmasta96]

nice

[brandonse167]

whare do you get the explosions I have the demo vershion but I can't find the exploshions

[runesacpe100]

hummm not... that explosion is a "alamdv2pluggin" you can only download it if you got the full version of fxhohome

but u can also watch my fx videos xD

runesacpe100

[magicstorm1]

oh really? i reall kinda thought its clones cuz most of em looked alike

[magicstorm1]

they were just probably 3-5 people in three and he cloned them, at least thats what i think..

[Ballowall]

I wish I was that good but no it was a reenactment that i got footage of then spiced up.

[Davidescobell]

wow, you must be so smart in visual fx....

[ADMBetaTeam]

Terrific.

5 stars

[petercertik]

Color correction?

[Tantago]

Holy shit man where the hell did u get that crew lmao!

[Jzee666]

SIC!

[LlamaBeetyPictures57]

nice effects

[gnuonageoj]

how did you get the fxhome

[WETproductionspcity]

this looks good. i use fxhome effects lab pro too but i cant find an exlplosion as good as this one. all mine suck. if anyone can tell me what the name of this explosion is that would be great. and if anyone can tell me why i cant download new flashes and explosions and such that would be great too.

[jcKillerSrMil]

my uncle was there thats exaclty how he exlained it but most of them got shot on the boats (as they were trying to exit)

[mastermike95]

Thats one thing about ww2 reenactments 99.9% reenactors are fat and old and smell like poop. They need more 15-25 year olds not 70 year olds that are overweight and have poop skid marks in there underwear. jk

[vilhelm999]

sadly you right....

Para reenactors are the worst by far...

[FlyingTankPro]

and i know that for sure lol

your right tho but not most of them are

my group only has like 4 40 yr olds and the rest are between 18 and 30

[CoolDog202]

....wow.....

[bonedmonkey]

It's spelt their

[drum00]

mastermike95 your not funny your a dumb-ass

jk my ass

[shotbydalonewolf]

LOLLOL not every 1 has likes in WWII puls u may not b an reenactor but i gotta tell u that WWII stuff is expenseve just the helm is like 200$ by its self i mean srly but uh im like 14 and id love to do that but when stuff like teh uniform is gunna cost like 200$ for the trousers and the jack sepreatly there is a prob : /

[mcredman92]

Hey that looks cool what you need is film magic pro

[dan11090]

that just looks real

[kevinbulldogs636]

what were the explosions call in fxhome

[capperz412]

Footage:4/5

Effects:4.5/5

Sounds: 2/5

[cataclismicberry1]

No no no!

Footage: 5/5

Effects: 2/5

Sound: 3/5

[kevinbulldogs636]

what effect was the fire explosions?

[DeutschKompanie1944]

alot of those reenactors are fat

[Ballowall]

That they are.

[thedavisgroup]

They all represent the 507th Donut Infantry of the 115th Deep Fried Division

[Ballowall]

lol

[DinoKid201170]

lol

[airborne1940]

Haha,LMAO:D

[KillJoy353]

That was awesome!

[Ballowall]

Yeah when you use the "Save" its only saving your project. To actually output your footage look in the top right hand options for the "Render" menu. From there you can output video files.

[Arno123321123321]

how did you save the video? cause when i try to save it to a disk, i can't see anywere were were i can save this file to a videofile, plz help

[DarknightKCMO]

very awesome best one yet!

[Gigantick1]

lol i hate this town its so damn boring here

[ChetDouglas]

Yeah, ashtabula is about 20 minutes from me... maybe its just boring all over northeastern Ohio, lol

[Ballowall]

Thats why we make films, you have to make your own fun out here lol

[spanish8519]

I go see that every year now it sweet.

[zzddevilzz]

Kool thanks

[zzddevilzz]

I have a question, how to you make those explosions stay in one place while the csamera moves?

Thanks

Sean☺

[Ballowall]

i kept an edge of the quad on a landmark-like a rock or somthing.

[electricity95]

smart :-)

[Clarky104]

nice tracking. Well done

[Shallowz987]

wow, lol awesome

[kapu995]

what program did you use to add sounds??

[jaygp777]

where do you guys get the guns?

[doid100]

read description

[DrHojo123]

ok why is one of the people walking its way you dont have time to walk lol nice work tho

[effectsdude79]

pretty cool. nice job

[maddog7777]

LOL nice

[TheMystero87]

Lol.

[MattexFilms2006]

WOW!

[losdiketown]

CHECK OUT MY SPECIAL EFFECTS :D

[bullpupaug]

dude that was sweet!!!

[sk8njester]

bloody brilliant!

[Komadin]

Amazing...

But i have made my own things...

And i made a video, but how do i get the Movie with the special effects onto Windows Movie Maker... It says windows movie maker does not support this kind of file! PLEASE HELP!

[eatchipz]

i dont have this program (yet :3!) but im guessing that there is a'export ...' option somewhere? export it as an .avi or something that windows movie maker supports! if not sorry i doont know! :P

[Komadin]

Yeah, I found out how to do it a couple days ago.. Its a very good program its a must buy.

definently worth the money.

[eatchipz]

so how do u do it? i got the demo and :S i dont know how to save the stuff lol :P anyway, good luck with it and stuff!

[Ballowall]

Look up the tutorials on Fxhome dot com. they actually help :)

[eatchipz]

i couldnt get the site to work i dont know why it blocked me out :/ its strange

[Ballowall]

Well actually there all on youtube lol i sholda said that in the first place

[Komadin]

Well, I was very confused when i got it but.. When you go into FX home.. Theres a tutorials button.. It took about 30 mins to an hour.. but it gave me a fully understanding about This program..

[kappanarchy]

wow! could you send me any of that preset?

[Ballowall]

i got em off the downloads section on fxhome dot com. Check it out there free :)

[mrps21994]

great vid! does effects lab give you virissis ( i know i can't spell it) plz reply i really need to know thx:)

[Ballowall]

nope.

[Tarzan55]

This just happened to be going on near you? Looks like they went to a lot of trouble to make it all look real. Your photography also helps too.

[Lapabpip]

That was brilliant. I don't have the software yet, so I'm just fooling around on the demo version until I get it.

[eatchipz]

is the demo version forever? or is it a 30day trial? :D

[manray37]

hey im thinking about buying effects lab pro but is it worth buying. Is there anything i need to watch out for and can you create you own effects. Like when i downloaded the demo there were only presents can you make your own effects using effects lab pro.

Please repl

see ya

[Ballowall]

Well if you have the demo and dont know these things already i'd say keep playing around. I think if you have little or no programs or experience for making effects then yeah for 150 bucks its worth it. theres really nothing to watch out for but bear in mind it only can do so much-but what it can do it does very well-and yes you can make your own effects.

Hope that helps! good luck

[manray37]

ok, cheers thanks for replyinh, i went on to the site and there are some presets that you can download, and thats a real push up for me.

Thanks for replying, and im realinh thinking of getting it. great videos though!!

[soulfoodmonkey]

great job dawg..youshoule throw a couple of tracer rounds in there and it'll be perfect..

[deadlyshott]

o nice man, great job

[pi55takemovies]

this is why i like the alamdv2 plugins better they look way more real! nice editing

[OakwoodEntertainment]

I really am stuck on the plugins because I never know which folder to put it in.

[Ballowall]

I made a separate file (Dvplugins is what i called it) and just put them all in there

[OakwoodEntertainment]

Thanks man! I have FXHome videos is well if you like to check 'em out. They're not good but it was my first time.

[Ballowall]

Will do :)

[Phaedrus1234]

5 stars. Awesome effects and editing!

[ww2fan39]

Sweet!

[darrkfate]

sp all the fire and explosions were from effects lab pro?

[Jojje94]

Sweet re-enactment. It'd be awesome to be in one of those.

[PlanetCosby]

cool video, but the explosions were rly bad, and so was the sound, you need more dirt and crap in the explosions. Also when shooting try and add some kickback from the gun.

[StikmanxPictures]

good video effects. bad sound effects.

[hiemy123]

Not bad

some things to think about:

-Dirt flys up, not as much flame when a shell or bullet hits

-Also try to make a bigger distinction between explosions from bullet hits

-Put more bullet hit's in... after all on dday they were mainly up against major machine guns

-craters where the explosions/bullet hits take place

-ALSO... Digital grading would help immensely! Just some simple brightness and contrast would do the trick ;)

[Ballowall]

Yeah grading would be good, as for the explosions i actually like them this way-i couldnt find a way to add dirt without having look like cartoony crap, not that your wrong or anything

[tonytiger666]

lol not bad but not great lol effects kinda cheesy lol

[Joshy1002]

Its ok, But you should look into the finer details if you want to make your explosions believable. For instance the explosions would kick up dirt and leave craters or at least marks on the ground. Yours kinda just left the grass as green as before, The tracking was pretty good though. Keep going :)

[Ballowall]

thanks for the ideas :)

[Jwats96]

Thats one of the coolest things i've ever seen in my life.

[Ballowall]

glad you liked it :)

[Jwats96]

Also, watch my effectslab clone video. You wont be disappointed. ; )

[hyperliteBo]

How many actors did you have?

[Ballowall]

Heck man I wish i had 400 actors lol-They were reinactors doing a D-day thing on a beach I live near by-I just happend to bring my camera along

[CamFi1ms]

I was there, I was one of the reinactors. They charged us 20 bucks to get in for damn reinactors. Didn't make any sence. I will be there this year also. September 14-16

[cruel77777]

What explosion did you use?

[Ballowall]

As many as i could get From the fxhome website

[cruel77777]

UHHHH i have the demo and dont plan to buy the full version so i cant download. =( Could you seend me a downloadable file of the one at 17-18?

[hihi88]

THANK GOD! Out of all these stupid fxlab tests and lame halfass shit, you my friend put something good together.

[Ballowall]

Well thank you! I try

[sidneymcwood]

hey man, It's me again..how do you keep the explosions on one spot if you move your camera?

[Ballowall]

Place the edge of the quad (the animation square) on a landmark, like a rock or something stationary. Then just keep it on it every frame-simple and it works perfectly

[sidneymcwood]

ohh okay! thanks!:D

[DoomJeff91]

Good job. Great animation with the particle engine (for the fire). I'm not complaining but I'd like to see it with different filters.

[Ballowall]

Yeah it was only after i finished this did I realize how cool it is with filters on it-maby I'll post it again with some someday

[cruel77777]

How did you get the explosions is it in the full version?

[scottzenegger]

awesome!

[sidneymcwood]

did you buy the stock footage from no control cinema?

if you do..can you please tell me how I can download my order on to my computer? cause I bought it but I don't have a e-mail with a download link..pleas reply!

thanks!

Sidney Mc Wood

[Ballowall]

No i downloaded these from fxhome's website. sorry.

[sidneymcwood]

okay..AlamDV2 Plugins, right? I have FXhome but do I need another program for that? cause I can't get the effects into fxhome..do you no how? thanks!

Sidney Mc Wood

[Ballowall]

open a project, go to file, click import image stream, select the one you want, then when it loads go over to media in the upper right hand corner, and select it and drag it onto the project.

[sidneymcwood]

Jep, I just found out how!:D Thanks so much my friend!:D

[error5001]

Great vid, the effects were sweet :D

[BattleCam182]

i have fx home also.........but i can't bring the sound back. It took it away. I looked at the manual and it doesn't help. Can you tell me what i'm doin' wrong?

[Ballowall]

Indeed. First, it doesn't keep the sound unless you render the entire track (look in render settings for sound options) You can do what I do and use a video editor to replace the original sound. Or make new sound all together as in this film. Otherwise post a question in Fxhomes support forum-those people will help you if this doesn't. Thanks!

[dhruvluke]

and also they are in the downloads section

[Ballowall]

Oh yeah, thats right lol oops

[dhruvluke]

THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE!!! Now I am using those plugins and they are AWESOME!!!

[Ballowall]

Aren't they though? so easy too.

[Motoman353535]

i give you a 5

[cavscout6b]

Hey, thats not actually bad. Definetely a change from the typical footage you get from an event.

[Jspheonix]

u legend

[davidstarskyzebra]

what preset explosions did u use for the ones that kinda curl on the ground i need that for my movie !

[strikeadream]

This is awesome. Did you find a tutorial of how to use that fire particles? I downloaded effectslab pro (demo version) But I don't know how to do it. Thank you!

[Ballowall]

I didnt actually use the particle engine-I used AlamDv plugins-Go to the support area on their website and you can downlad them off there and find out how to use them

[strikeadream]

thank you so much for answering me!

[elvenkratos]

woah thats awesome

[Ballowall]

Why thank you!

[lonesn1per]

how did you track it using visionlab?

[Ballowall]

I would place an edge of the quad over a landmark, like a rock or somthing and just keep it on it as the picture moved around-worked pretty good

[schultz234]

do they shoot out blanks or is it paintbll or what do they shoot?

[Ballowall]

blanks

[schultz234]

where were the Germans?

[Ballowall]

You couldnt see them from where I was standing. Besides that there were only like 25 of em that year. there were like 300 allies though-it was kinda funny

[Ballowall]

I already know i spelled VeterAns wrong.