How to Make Realistic Looking Gun Fire (Muzzle Flash) Effects - Visual Effects 101

Learn how to create great looking gun muzzle flash visual effects for your videos and short films in the latest SurfacedStudio tutorial! I see so many badly done muzzle flash effects on YouTube, I could not resist covering the effect in my Visual Effects 101 series :) It is actually very simple to create a very convincing muzzle flashes in just a few minutes using your favourite post production software. You can find a detailed written version of this tutorial on my website: http://www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/how-to-make-great-gun-fire-muzzle-flash-effects 1. Place the muzzle flash on top of your base footage 2. Create a lighting layer 3. Mask out the areas of your lighting layer that should receive light from the flash 4. Create a lighting matte and place it on top of the lighting layer 5. Enable 'Luma' track matte on the lighting layer to blend it naturally into the scene 6. Animate the opacity of the lighting layer For action stock footage, I can highly recommend Video Copilot's Action Essentials 2 package. I got the 720p version for $99 https://www.videocopilot.net/products/action2/ FREE STOCK FOOTAGE: http://detonationfilms.com/free_stuff.htm - Click on the big 'Detonation Films' icon at the bottom of the page - Click the 'I want this!' link - Enter your email address and $0 for the price, the click on 'Get' - Click the 'download' button to start download There is a second page of free elements here: http://detonationfilms.com/free_stuff_page_2.htm - Do exactly the same as for page 1 http://footagecrate.com/ - Click on 'Royalty Free Video VFX' or if you Google for 'free action stock footage' :) All sound effects come from http://www.freesound.org Make sure you get 'Creative Commons 0' licensed files so you're allowed to use them in your own projects! ------------------------------ MY GEAR ------------------------------ MAIN CAMERA - http://amzn.to/2rRkGzg (Canon 5D Mark III) MAIN LENS - http://amzn.to/2rRfX0M (Canon EF 24-70mm II USM) VLOGGING CAMERA - http://amzn.to/2ssqgtm (Canon G7X) CHEAPER BUT GREAT - http://amzn.to/2seov29 (Canon S120) BEST 4K DRONE - http://bit.ly/2ssRu33 (DJI Mavic Pro) RECOMMENDED BUNDLE - http://bit.ly/2sefwhG (DJI Fly More Combo) CHEAPER & SMALLER - http://bit.ly/2rmecFj (DJI Spark) AUDIO RECORDER - http://amzn.to/2rhmz9U (Zoom H5) CHEAPER BUT GREAT - http://amzn.to/2r9zOpf (Zoom H2N) SHOTGUN MIC - http://amzn.to/2tbYUEe (Zoom SGH-6) ON CAMERA MIC - http://amzn.to/2r9vXZi (Rode Videomic) HEADPHONES - http://amzn.to/2r9K6p8 (Audio Technica ATH-M50X) TRAVEL TRIPOD - http://amzn.to/2s29yyl (Manfrotto MKCOMPACTLT) ------------------------------ MY SOFTWARE ------------------------------ ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD - http://bit.ly/2sjvyaA HITFILM PRO - http://bit.ly/2steXRz ------------------------------ FOLLOW ME ------------------------------ YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/surfacedstudio FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/surfacedstudio TWITTER - https://www.twitter.com/surfacedstudio INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/surfacedstudio PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/surfacedstudio GOOGLE PLUS - http://plus.google.com/+SurfacedStudio ------------------------------ FRIENDLY DISCLAIMER ------------------------------ Some of the links above are affiliate links and I will earn a small commission if you purchase through them. It won't cost you anything extra though so if you would like to support me, please consider using them :) Thank you! Video & Music - Copyright © 2012 SurfacedStudio