looking for gunshot effect..

[Colin Braley]

I’m pretty sure there is a plug in called muzzle flash allthough I can’t remember who makes it. This plug in can make the flashes that are emitted from the front of guns. If buying a plug in is out of the question you could try taking some fractal noise and colorizing it, then adding a mask to it so it appears in front of the gun. You could then animate the mask shape to make the flash grow and recede over a few frames.
~Colin

[Jeff Mullen]

The muzzle flash plugin link here here.

Cheers!

Jeff Mullen
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[Mike Clasby]

Here’s a great freebie site, even comes with tuts for compositing the free footage they give you:

https://www.detonationfilms.com/free_stuff.htm

Particle Illusion also has some nice muzzle flashes, even with casings flying out ala automatic/machinegun. Go ask at the PI Forumn here at the Cow. I forgot which month had the muzzle flash particles. There is the PI SE version, 30 days fully functional free trial. PI hopes to soon have an AE plugin.

[Graham Quince]

If the freebies don’t help and you’ve no money, then AE’s own vector paint can work almost as well.

Create a new black solid over the layer, set the transfer mode to color burn, goto the frame where you want the flash and paint a jagged flash shape in a light yellow colour. Use a feathered brush ideally. you should get a white blob tinged with yellow. Advance one frame and draw a smaller blob. And that’s it!

I’ve used this for ages and am very happy with the result.

Graham

http://www.qcit.com

[Mcvideo]

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Surly

Another application you get purchase for a reasonable price can be found at fxhome.com. Check out the demo version to Effects Lab, and Chromanator (great for green/blue screening)

Effects Lab has great features for muzzle flashes etc. Check out the videos under Cinema/movie archive. All effects on all video are 90% done with the Effect Labs application. I know there are others out there but this application is great and offers wonders for a great price too!!

Here is a link to a movie in my favorites. Look out for the muzzle flashes. Video courtesy of Cobra Productions:

https://cobraproductions.filmspace.biz/dtf.mov

Check out the movie archives for different movies. Some are really impressive.

[Frank Mixson]

Thanks a lot for tips!