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Anti air gun air explosions
Hello friends!
Just been experimenting but haven’t been successful, looking at replicating the explosions of AA/flack guns back in WW2 movies/documentaries. You know the type where a black cloud explodes in the air?
I’ve been using trapcode particular explosion presets, got close, but not what I wanted, any help? suggestions?Cheers!
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https://vertigo.co.uk/ww1_tracer.html
I did this rough a while back and used some explosions from AK’s Action Essentials over at VideoCopilot – https://www.videocopilot.net/products/action2/
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Vertigo Productions
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Yes!! thats exactly what I want! I’ve got action essentials 2, but can’t seem to find the exact replica explosion, is it AE2 or the 1st?
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The best results I’ve seen for AckAck explosions would be from Wondertouch Illusion. There’s a huge library of presets available, many of which would be ready to go with a couple of tweaks. If I remember correctly, AA explosions were somewhat round, with a bright white flash in the center, followed by a quick spread of grey/black smoke (not that I was there – but I’ve watched my share of combat footage) that then spread or smeared due to wind conditions. Here’s a link to Wondertouch:
I’m sure it can be done in Particular, but at a greater cost of setup time. I don’t remember seeing any explosion type presets. Good luck!
Joe Bourke
Creative Director / Multimedia Specialist
B&S Exhibits and Multimedia
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This was explosion_01 in Act Ess 1. I then used CC Force Motion Blur, Fast Blur, Hue/Sat & Curves and finally made the layer Overlay mode. They last a very short time with a very fast animated scale to give the impression of flying through them. Finally I used VideoCopilot’s shaky cam preset (I think he calls it earthquake) at the moment when it is closest to the plane.
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Vertigo Productions
https://www.vertigo.co.uk
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