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  • How do I create fire type effects in a video

    Posted by Adam Collins on April 30, 2013 at 2:08 pm

    I was asked to try to create something similar to the first 30 seconds of this video, and I am not sure exactly how to do this. As a heads up, this is a religious video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIzHb9YNEOY

    If anyone knows of a tutorial that would point me in the right direction, that would be great! I really don’t know how to do much of any of these effects, so I am really looking for anything that will bring me closer to being able to create something like this. Thank you for your time, wisdom and guidance!

    Adam Collins replied 13 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Tom Daigon

    April 30, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    Embellishing Dave’s suggestions…

    Some of the footage looks like the ink from here…

    https://www.videocopilot.net/products/riotgear/

    And also check out fire and other options here…

    https://www.videocopilot.net/products/action2/

    These are great prices for stock footage.

    Tom Daigon
    PrP / After Effects Editor
    HP Z820 Dual 2687
    64GB ram
    Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
    http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

  • John Cuevas

    April 30, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    These Free Particles from VideCopilot might come in handy too.

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    Thinkck.com

    “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
    —THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

  • Adam Collins

    April 30, 2013 at 5:50 pm

    I appreciate the links to the resources. The biggest challenge I see is how to make the image appear in the fire itself. I could use masks and a blend mode so that when the fire breaks so does the image, but I wasn’t sure if there was some trick using a matte or something to do it with less work. I have not scoured the tutorials here yet, so I may find my answer, but I wasn’t sure if someone knew off hand.

  • Tom Daigon

    April 30, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    If I understand you correctly, using the fire as a track mask for your primary video image might be what you are looking for.

    Tom Daigon
    PrP / After Effects Editor
    HP Z820 Dual 2687
    64GB ram
    Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
    http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

  • Adam Collins

    May 6, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    Thanks everyone for your valuable feedback. I think I have enough guidance to attempt to tackle this now.

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