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jake9820
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Hi everyone, my name is Jacob Turmel and my crew and I are making a film. Its a film based on the mafia and we have several gun scenes in the movie. We are about a little more than half way done with the movie and its going very good so far, but there is a few things i need some help on and one of them is making a gun shot effect, like a flash effect from a gun. We already have great blood and effects of people getting shot, but ive had trouble finding a way make the actual shooting the gun look good, sence i dont have much money to buy expensive software to make this effect i need to find a way to acomplish this effect. So i need some help, any ideas or maybe name off some software that doesnt cost that much that i can buy or something, anything that can help me i would be very greatful.....and if anyone needs any help on how to make a gunshot wound/blood effect then i can help you, just ask.....thanks and God bless

Posted 5 years ago #
Brother Mike Productions
Member

Hi I was looking for an effects program a while back. I only used the demo for muzzle flashes to try out on a clip made for testing out chroma keying. There is also a tutorial on the site on how to use it, also there are alot of presets for different type of guns.

here is the video.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1308256898

effects lad lite for $109.00
Effects lab pro for $149.00 at
http://fxhome.com/

Posted 5 years ago #
jake9820
Member

alright thanks, but i was looking for somthing that didnt cost to much, all i need is the muzzle flashes from the guns, i thought there might be some way to do this without spending over a hundred buxs.

Posted 5 years ago #
Brother Mike Productions
Member

There is a way to do it with photoshop if you have it, or can get it I Do some seachs on muzzel flashes in google and try a search on youtube.com some people do video tutorials on how the do it.

here's what if found for you.

Get the Video Widget

Posted 5 years ago #
jake9820
Member

alright, thanks both of your suggestions have been very helpful, and after thinking about it i might invest the money and buy that software, and by the way if you want to see some clips of my movie go to you tube and type in Blood for Money and a few video clips from my movie should pop up.

Posted 5 years ago #
elderban
Member

http://www.videocopilot.net/action.html

Or if you want to take the time to make the effects yourself, check out Particle Illusion at http://www.wondertouch.com

Posted 5 years ago #
compusolver
Member

Have you thought of using real guns and blanks? Be careful at close range because of powder burns, but it can't get much more realistic than that!

Posted 5 years ago #
jake9820
Member

well, i said, i dont have much money to spend, and a real gun would cost much more than a decent software package.

Posted 5 years ago #
elderban
Member

I'd be leery of real guns with blanks...especially on a low/no budget production.

Look at what happened to Brandon Lee. 8-O

Posted 5 years ago #
compusolver
Member

I thought everybody already HAD real guns! :)

Posted 5 years ago #
jake9820
Member

ya, i have a very low budget and i dont have any guns, plus i would like to be as safe as possible.

Posted 5 years ago #
ThomasTyndan
Member

Airsoft, let me reiterate this again: AIRSOFT Looks real, kicksback real. And an electric airsoft gun only costs around $20. AND it si completely safe (as long as you do not load it) You can also make muzzle flashes by hand in photoshop, but the stuff at http://www.videocopilot.net/action.html looks pretty good.

Just remember to let law enforcment know wheen you are doing something with prop firearms.

compusolver Wrote:
I thought everybody already HAD real guns! :)

Only in the deep south X-D

Posted 5 years ago #
elderban
Member

You can buy prop guns that look really real, but they are about as expensive as the real thing.

Airsoft guns are the best way to go and are fairly cheap. And the spring loaded ones are cheaper than the electric ones.

Posted 5 years ago #
ThomasTyndan
Member

Yeah let me reference another topic similar to this one:

http://www.videomaker.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3726

I posted a vidoe on that thread, just a demo, I used an airsoft gun, and adobe photoshop to make the muzzle flash.

Just a simple demo. I made the muzzle flash by hand, and I used no other video FX tools, but once again the stuff at http://www.videocopilot.net/action.html does look pretty good.

Posted 5 years ago #
jake9820
Member

thanks for everyones help, it helped me out a lot.

Posted 5 years ago #