car explosion

[Jack Hamilton]

Hey Darryl,

Without knowing what kind of footage you have, I can’t really give a detailed suggestion of what could be done for your effect. But I will give you some ideas.

If your camera is stationary during the shot, it will make things simpler for you. All you really need to do in this sort of scenario is lay in the proper explosion from your Action Movie Essentials folder on top of the car, and have the car disappear as the explosion occurs. Obviously you will have to customize what you do to the car to achieve your desired effect.

If you just lay in a shot of an explosion, however, the effect will not be very believable. If it were me, I would mask off the car so that fire comes out of the windows and out from under the hood of the car. That would sell a lot better than just fire over a car’s image.

Now, if you have a moving shot, check out Andrew Kramer’s tutorials on motion tracking at http://www.videocopilot.net so you can just pickwhip your masks and explosions to a null object that is tracked to your car.

Good luck with your effect, feel free to contact me if you would like more in-depth assistance.

Jack Hamilton
http://www.j-ham.com
critstrike@gmail.com

[Darryl Ellul]

Hi Jack

First of all i would like to thank your for responding to my post… i found your post very helpful…

in this scene i need also a 9mm 3d bullet… to be honest im not an expert in 3ds studio max… do you know any site from where i can download this 3d model pls? (for free) as this production doest have any budget at all….

Thanks alot for your help

[Jack Hamilton]

Hi again,

Well, I did a quick search for 3D bullets and found a site that has some models that could suit your needs. They offer all sorts of models, some cost money, but some are free, including some 9mm looking bullets.

3D Bullet Models

Hopefully you find what you need here. Again, if you need any more help, feel free to ask!

Jack Hamilton
http://www.j-ham.com
critstrike@gmail.com