Barry Gribble
July 8th, 2004, 08:16 AM
All,
I know I have seen a few shorts come by here that used some post-production techniques to create muzzle flashes and the like to simulate gunfire. I'd like to get some advice from people who have done it...
My most immediate need involves an indoor handgun fight.
1. Are there any lessons learned for what to do or not do when shooting the raw footage?
2. Are the muzzle flashes one frame long? Could they be rendered as a still and dropped in?
3. It seems to me that in addition to rendering the muzzle flash itself, it would help to also simulate that light that the flash would cast on the things around it.... a photoshop job, I'm guessing.... does anyone have any experience with this?
4. I saw in a previous post that someone reccommended AlamDV for the muzzle effects, but what I saw on the website looked a bit cartoony.... has someone used that?
5. Any other advice that I don't know to ask?
Thanks in advance.
I know I have seen a few shorts come by here that used some post-production techniques to create muzzle flashes and the like to simulate gunfire. I'd like to get some advice from people who have done it...
My most immediate need involves an indoor handgun fight.
1. Are there any lessons learned for what to do or not do when shooting the raw footage?
2. Are the muzzle flashes one frame long? Could they be rendered as a still and dropped in?
3. It seems to me that in addition to rendering the muzzle flash itself, it would help to also simulate that light that the flash would cast on the things around it.... a photoshop job, I'm guessing.... does anyone have any experience with this?
4. I saw in a previous post that someone reccommended AlamDV for the muzzle effects, but what I saw on the website looked a bit cartoony.... has someone used that?
5. Any other advice that I don't know to ask?
Thanks in advance.