Wednesday
Sep132006
Book Report 2: Guns are Fun
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 7:00PM The DV Rebel's Guide is not going to be one of those books that suggests that guns have no place in indie films. On the contrary. In fact, I have such a pet peeve about badly-comped muzzle flashes that I am including a monster After Effects template project with the book. It works a lot like the old muzzle flash Fusion macro I made for DF4, in that all you have to do is paint some soft blobs in the rough areas where you want a muzzle flash and the comp does the rest. You have sliders to control the color, brightness, and heat distortion effects.
Plus, there's a full 3D particle system for the emission of spent shells. This is all rigged up with expressions so all you have to do is position a gun layer in After Effects 3D space and dial in the velocity, wind, and other settings.
All this for 25 bucks? Pre-order now so I get even more panicked calls from my publisher asking where my latest chapter is!
Reader Comments (5)
I'm sold. What's the ETA?
Amazon says November 15th, which is why there are these dark circles under my eyes...
Sold. Just need to wait for that freelance money to come in the mail and I'm gonna pre-order.
Very Cool. i already bought, but i guess it's not in time for my "OverKill" short that is on my site i sent you the other day. i'm sure if you checked that out you would hate my muzzle flash comps. Looking forward to learning how to make them well. or better yet just using your presets!
jeff
Hey Stu,
Any clue where one could find a copy of your fusion muzzle flash macro? I've been unable to download from Fusion's site. Also, it is compatible with Fusion 5?
Thanks in advance.