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machine gunfire?
Anyone have some tips for producing a ‘gunfire-effect’? Can be suggestive through light/flames or by emitting projectiles.
I’ve been messing around and created a circle, which I gave a glow and applied a Throw behaviour to it. That bullet won’t hit anything at that speed…
Throw is very slow. Anyone know of a faster motion behaviour?Other tips?
G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2
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When you say “gunfire-effect” do you mean like a tracer round, or the muzzle flash? I forget what the plug-in pack is called but there’s a company that actually makes those for Motion that would be perfect for a muzzle flash. If you’re trying to do a tracer round, or something similar, I’d think using a particle emitter would be better suited for that. It would have more controls and you’d only be dealing with one “object” instead of creating numerous circles.
Winston A. Cely
Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLC“If God could do the tricks we can do, He’d be a happy Man.” – Peter O’Toole – “The Stuntman”
Mac Pro 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
4 GB RAM | Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 | Aja Kona LHe -
Yes, tracer rounds seems the best option. I’ll mess around with the particle emitter and see what I can come up with.
Still like to know how I can achieve ‘blast-speed’ when applying Throw or other behaviour…
G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2
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I’m not totally sure how to get the Throw behavior to go crazy fast. Probably something where you have to manually adjust the numbers. I did a small test with the particle emitter yesterday, and got, I think, pretty close. If you’d like to take a look at it email me: della dot st dot media at gmail dot com.
Winston A. Cely
Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLC“If God could do the tricks we can do, He’d be a happy Man.” – Peter O’Toole – “The Stuntman”
Mac Pro 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
4 GB RAM | Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 | Aja Kona LHe -
And if it’s something you do a lot of you might want to check out EffectsLab Pro from FXHome: https://fxhome.com/effectslab/pro
There is a lot of overlap between Motion and EffectsLab, but EffectsLab, as the name suggests, is specifically geared towards doing visual effects work for independent filmmakers, hobbiests, etc. and does have a dedicated muzzle flash engine as you’ll see from the link. (It’s one of the “secret weapons” I have in my software arsenal along with Silhouette Roto and Studio Artist.)
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That’s it! Though I don’t have this (never really needed it yet) it looks like the exact thing you might be looking for.
Winston A. Cely
Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLC“If God could do the tricks we can do, He’d be a happy Man.” – Peter O’Toole – “The Stuntman”
Mac Pro 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
4 GB RAM | Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 | Aja Kona LHe -
Thanks, Burt. Looks real good- but I want to be able to make something myself! And so I did. Not even close to Pro effects but good enough for my purposes.
G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2
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