Advanced Muzzle Flash Tutorial - After Effects CS5 Future First Person Shooter

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Advanced muzzle flash tutorial, in which I walk you through the process of creating a mask around your gun (a technigue called rotoscoping) and then using glow and blend mode effects to blend it more and add some simulated lighting. Done in adobe after effects CS5. I hope you´ll find this tutorial helpful.

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• edting
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• rotoscoping
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[inlinekidk2]

I'm not gonna be afraid to crank it up. Don't worry.

[xXwantedbluenoseXx]

for anybody who is having problems with the gun been in front of the image and so on...

you need to create a duplicate layer of the stock footage you are trying to edit and place that at the top of your time line, then the muzzle flash and then below the main footage, your timeline should look like this

Duplicate layer of footage

muzzle flash

main footage (the footage you masked)

[MrOscarMurphy]

Hey man, I found the add and lighten trick very helpful. There's one more problem I have. I can't get any good smoke. I have the action essentials 2 pack. But theirs nothing there that I like. Could you send me some footage or tell me where I can find some nice footage?

MrOscarMurphy

[sutol226]

"Its better to have it too big than too small" Thats what she said

[raptorkil]

@xXwantedbluenoseXx what if I have like 50 shots in a video, do I have to make 50 layers with masks?!

[PROFAKHRI]

Thank you!

[bigbullet97]

@morvei01 Make sure you switch the mask layer to 'inverted', i used to have the same problem.

[thegreatdarkmoon]

THANKS!!!!



[MayerEO]

a dang fine tutorial. thank you

[JessePitela]

@morvei01 invert the selection