Create a Heat Haze Effect at DVinfo.net

Nick Calpakdjian · June 15th, 2009, 01:08 AM

In this new tutorial, I show you how to make a heat haze effect.

Pro Juice - Music Video Multimedia

To make the heat haze effect was basically a 3 step process. Firstly I created a layer of fractal noise that evolved over time using an expression. I then used this layer as a displacement map for my main piece of footage. This essentially created the wavering, blurry look of a heat haze.

The second step was creating the watery reflections you often see in the forground. For this i used a range of masks, scaling and blend modes, along with a bezier warp.

The final step was colour correcting to make the warm reds and oranges associated with shooting in hot conditions.

Hope you find it useful.

Nick

Peter Moretti · October 11th, 2009, 03:22 AM

Thanks very much. It's very impressive.

Andrew Smith · October 12th, 2009, 08:45 AM

I like the energy ball better, though. (and the mo' comes a close second to that!)

Andrew

June 15th, 2009, 01:08 AM	#1
Nick Calpakdjian New Boot Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 15	Create a Heat Haze Effect In this new tutorial, I show you how to make a heat haze effect. Pro Juice - Music Video Multimedia To make the heat haze effect was basically a 3 step process. Firstly I created a layer of fractal noise that evolved over time using an expression. I then used this layer as a displacement map for my main piece of footage. This essentially created the wavering, blurry look of a heat haze. The second step was creating the watery reflections you often see in the forground. For this i used a range of masks, scaling and blend modes, along with a bezier warp. The final step was colour correcting to make the warm reds and oranges associated with shooting in hot conditions. Hope you find it useful. Nick Attached Images

October 11th, 2009, 03:22 AM	#2
Peter Moretti Trustee Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sherman Oaks, CA Posts: 1,259	Thanks very much. It's very impressive. __________________ Avid Media Composer 3.1.3. Boris Red and Continuum Complete. Vegas 8.0c. TMPGEnc Xpress Pro 4.0

October 12th, 2009, 08:45 AM	#3
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,068	I like the energy ball better, though. (and the mo' comes a close second to that!) Andrew