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Do they look like actual firearms to anybody?[/quote]
Well, they don't look very real to me, and I've fired many real guns. Thing is though, you have to keep in mind the kind of resources we have. So, plastic guns are OK in my eyes. Also, the gun flashes they do in professional films often times look fake to experienced gun owners. I think your muzzle flashes look good, just not real, partly because real isn't as exciting as digital muzzle flashes.
Well, they don't look very real to me, and I've fired many real guns. Thing is though, you have to keep in mind the kind of resources we have. So, plastic guns are OK in my eyes. Also, the gun flashes they do in professional films often times look fake to experienced gun owners. I think your muzzle flashes look good, just not real, partly because real isn't as exciting as digital muzzle flashes.
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Yeah, muzzles from most real guns with regular ammo looks pathetic, Hollywood-esque muzzles for the win
Looks good. What sort of transfer mode are you using on the muzzle flash itself? It looks like it could do with being a little more additive.
Looks good. What sort of transfer mode are you using on the muzzle flash itself? It looks like it could do with being a little more additive.
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Nice work. Now the trick is, can you pull that off in a sequence where there is action?
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You do realise that AE is a rotoscoping/compositing package, not an editing package?AgentDick wrote:uhh... Lemme think, this was a while ago... I think I'm using additive over multiply. This is rotoscoping, not video editing, so I'm using the GImp, not After Effects.
If the GIMP has such a transfer mode, I'd use "add".
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Also a nice little tip. If you ever fire LIVE rounds when it's little dark and you can actually see muzzle flashes, they have sparks come out of the end of the gun. You don't get those sparks when you shoot blanks. I think this is because of the projectile going down and scraping along the barrel. When you fire in the day, you normally can't see flashes . If you can they are usually dull orange, and tranparent. I've never fired live rounds at night, but with blanks, muzzle flashes are bright white and mostly opaque. Epsilon can confirm this as well. I don't know what live rounds look like at night. I think your methods look good, but I would put the sparks I talked about, and also put some more blur on the slide. Good work though. If it would help, I can try and film next time I go to the indoor range where you can see muzzle flashes, though I don't know if my camera can catch it. Hope this helps you out.
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Sure you have...trabre2003 wrote:I've never fired live rounds at night...
Real Muzzle flashes aren't so impressive...
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Yeah, I meant compositing, not editing. I just don't have anything that lets me edit more than one frame at a time, so I have to do some creative editing with this stuff just to make the kick not look completely retarded.
I tried to do the sparks with the first one, I guess they just don't show very well. This stuff is so much easier in Photoshop.
Alright, I'll try this again, and see If I do a better job this time around.
I tried to do the sparks with the first one, I guess they just don't show very well. This stuff is so much easier in Photoshop.
Alright, I'll try this again, and see If I do a better job this time around.
Probably Easiest
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RE: Probably Easiest
I typically use muzzle flash stock footage instead of painting in a flash. There are some cool ones with smoke and everything on detonationfilms.com that I use whenever I need to do something like this. I've always found slide movement to be irritating and time consuming however...
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