It’s easy to make good footage look like it was shot on a big budget. It’s very hard to make crappy footage look big budget.
For some more exciting effects, take a look at FX Factory from Noise Industries, or Plasma FX from Digital Anarchy. Both have some fairly sexy stuff.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
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