The following is a collection of free GCI muzzle flashes I've created. For best results use the add blend mode when your composting them onto you footage.
- Download over 126 muzzle-flash royalty free stock video footage clips, motion backgrounds, After Effects templates, Apple Motion templates and more.
- Nov 28, 2012 - free HD muzzle flashes (+gunshot sound fx) Promotion. Download link: http://www.cutestockfootage.com/cont.l-muzzle-flash.
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Hello everyone! Today I'm going to be doing an overview of the new HD Muzzle Flash 20 Pack This is a pack of 20 pre-keyed and full HD muzzle flashes that will you give you some variety from say Action Essentials or any other muzzle flash kit It's just extra elements to help give you some variation So they come in this .ZIP file here, so I'm going to go ahead and extract those into a folder so we can use them And it's a pretty quick process because all these are pre-keyed, but they are all very small file sizes They're each about 11 MB or so So we can see we have 5 muzzle flash fronts 5 muzzle flash sides 5 star front flashes and 5 star flash sides Over in my favourite non-linear editor, After Effects, I'm going to be adding one into this scene, which is actually really simple to do So I have some flashes over here to choose from What I want in this scene is to have this gun here misfire.
Or since he's being kicked, I want it to go off like he had his finger on his trigger or wasn't expecting it So we'll find a place where we can do it Let's do like right here Actually we can go with the pistol if we want And have that fire off We're going to go ahead and look at our flashes here. Do we need a front flash? No this is a side shot We need to use one of these side ones. We have this that's more of a machine gun one. This one could work So drag that in. Start it right there One problem we run into is this framerate difference This footage is 30fps, so it's weird The pre-keyed elements are 24fps, so filmic Just to fix this, this is on for 2 frames rather than one, we'll just cut off the first frame and move it back Now we want to line up our guy here I want to apply this flip and flop because i need to reverse this I guess.
.. there you go All this for nothing That's just so I can line it up better here I'm going to rotate this a little bit here. Basically just line it up with the muzzle more or less Let's go ahead and take a quick look at that So, we have the gun kind of mis-firing A couple things we can do to integrate this better is turn it to screen or something Also realise this footage is already colour corrected Another thing we can do, although there's already one applied to these, we can apply a radial blur We'll select zoom, and the centre be over here If you want just an extra touch you can add to it Kind of a choice, whatever I'm going to do a quick few things that are pretty general when doing muzzle flashes Alright, so I've added not only a gun sound, but also some environmental lighting of about where the flash would hit I think we have a pretty good scene going for us So that's basically it Basically these are great because they allow you to drag and drop on top They're easily modifyable to other framerates There is smoke built into them There are front and sides These ones are more for machine guns here, which is alright These are more for M4 machine guns specifically But you can get away with using them for just about anything However, most of the muzzle flashes are easily usable for both machine guns and pistols I hope you guys enjoyed this product tour, go check them out If you like them, DOWNLOAD them Thanks for watching this video and we'll see you next time.
In this After Effects tutorial, learn how to use muzzle flash and spark elements from RocketStock to create a realistic shootout scene — with free elements.
A tradition unlike any other, the shootout or over-the-top action scene is about as common in modern film as yelling “action.” There are a ton of different ways to achieve realistic looks. Some methods are more involved, like using blanks, which means hiring an expert and getting the necessary permits and permission — then spending a bunch of money on the blanks and guns, THEN also putting your cast and crew in potential danger.
I find it’s much better to achieve all this in the comfort of your editing suite. That’s where Ricochet by RocketStock comes in. In this video tutorial, I’ll show you how to use some FREE elements from the Ricochet pack to pull off some pretty convincing action scenes.
Using a few simple techniques and a little bit of time, you can use organically captured muzzle flash and smoke elements to composite some pretty intense moments. Whether that’s adding flashes and smoke to a shotgun blast or finding creative ways to use the smoke to beef up spark elements and ricochets.
If you would like to follow along with the tutorial, the download below includes a couple of FREE muzzle flash elements — as well as some free smoke elements.
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Ricochet by RocketStock is a fantastic tool. This pack contains over 450 muzzle flash elements from guns of all kinds. The pack includes both single shots and multiple shots (like you would need for some automatic weapons). As an added bonus, the pack also includes two folders full of smoke elements — perfect for creating the smoke coming out of the barrel of the gun. For all variations and calibers (as well as smoke elements), there are both side and front options. This pack offers a ton of versatility for any type of action scene.
In this tutorial, I also use the freebie pack from RocketStock called Spark. This is a pack of 65 completely free spark elements that you can use to add more excitement and gunfire to your action scenes. These elements are perfect for motion graphics, compositing, or whenever you need bullets hitting metal — or even sparks from a welding tool.
Setting Up Your Scene
The first step is to get everything set up in your scene so that you have all the correct elements in place and you don’t have to keep going back and redoing certain elements.
One aspect of this might be removing the orange tip from the gun that you used. It’s always going to be safer to use what is clearly a toy gun or airsoft gun for your shootout scenes. This will mean that, in your footage, you will have an orange tip on your gun. While this creates extra work in post, it is certainly preferable to causing danger or harm to you and your crew.
To get rid of an orange tip, you’ll need to use the Ellipse Tool to create a mask on an Adjustment Layer and use the Mask Path to animate it over time and cover up the orange portion of the mask. From there, you can add a Tint effect and color correction to remove the orange from the tip of the gun.
You will also need to track your scene. Sometimes, depending on the scene, you might have to do your track in sections. In this case, we had to do three separate tracks over the course of the scene. Just make sure that you have tracking data for each portion for which you intend to add elements.
Adding Muzzle Flashes
Once you have your tracking done and your scene set up, you can choose which muzzle flashes you want to use. The Ricochet pack includes many different styles of muzzle flashes.
Go through your scene and find each place where you want a muzzle flash. Drop your muzzle flash into your scene, and set it to the Add overlay mode. Over the course of two frames, bring the opacity from 100% to 0% using the opacity stopwatch. This will create a more realistic falloff for the flash. Then you can choose to add Glow and Tint effects to the muzzle flash, depending on the environment of your scene.
It might also be necessary to create an after flash. For example, in a darker scene, the muzzle flash would light up the entire composition. To do this, pre-compose all of your muzzle flashes together. From there, you can duplicate your pre-comp and shift it back one frame. Now, add a whole lot of Gaussian Blur to the muzzle flash element so that it will create a big flash across the entirety of your scene every time the gun goes off.
Adding Smoke And Sparks To Your Scene
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The Ricochet pack also includes various smoke elements that you can use in multiple ways. To add your smoke, drop it into your scene, and set it to the Screen overlay mode. Then, scale it, and place it wherever appropriate.
You’ll want to parent your smoke elements to whichever tracked null you have created for that portion of the scene. This way, when the smoke appears, it will move along with your scene. The same principle applies to the spark elements from the Spark pack as well.
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To add sparks, pick whichever elements you like, and add them to your scene with the Add overlay mode. You may also choose to add smoke overlays and a Glow effect to these elements.
Animating The Shotgun Shell
An easy way to add the effect of a shell flying out of the gun, whether it’s a shotgun or a standard handgun or machine gun, is to animate a simple shape layer across the scene.
The trick to this effect is to keep your element moving so quickly that the motion blur causes it to become nearly unrecognizable. The more subtle the effect the better.
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Draw a rectangular shape layer into your scene, and over the course of 6-7 frames, animate it moving out of the gun in an arc — and add some heavy rotation to the animation as well.
And voilà. You’re done.
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