Make sure the intensity and duration of the lighting matches your explosion :)
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I have already covered this topic in much detail in my How to Make Great Gun Fire Effects tutorial so check that out if you’re a bit rusty on the topic :) I brought the saturation down a little because the stock footage seemed a bit too red in my opinion :)Īgain, pre-compose all layers. If required, add a saturation effect to your explosion stock footage to blend it nicely into the scene.
I have cut out the tree trunk and a little bit of the ground to make the stock footage appear to sit on the ground.Īdd a glow effect and increase the radius to somewhere around 200 so the stock footage gets a nice intense glow. I like to trim off the first few frames of these elements usually just so the explosion appears a bit more instantaneously and thus conveys a little more power.Ĭut out any elements that would obscure your explosion. Next, add your explosion stock footage element! Select to move all attributes into the new composition and click OK. Pre-compose all layers by selecting them all and selecting Layer -> Pre-compose. If your cover up layer does not sit right in the shot – in my case the lighting had changed slightly from when I started filming – you can fix this by adding a simple curves adjustment to the layer :) I brought the brightness down just a touch to make it sit nicely in the scene. Ensure the layer becomes visible the moment all the dynamic elements do. Mask out the area around your dynamic elements and place this ‘cover up’ layer on top of your jump footage and underneath all the dynamic elements. At the moment of the explosion you will need to cover up the elements standing on the ground so it doesn’t look like they are duplicating.įor this, you can simply use a shot of your scene without any elements in it.
In the shot above you see the cardboard and buckets still standing on the ground even though we see the masked out elements flying away. This will make them seem to be flung away by the pressure of the explosion. Then, mask out these elements using animated masks (or the rotobrush tool) and add them on top of your footage at the correct point in time. I added the cardboard box, the bucket and a few pieces of wood :) I like actually adding a few loose elements that I can then fling around, e.g. We want the explosion to push elements out of the way, to have some actual power.įor this, film yourself throwing or pulling or pushing any elements around the centre of explosion out of the way as if they were hit by the shockwave. This step, in my opinion, has the biggest impact on making your effect look realistic! One thing to make your explosion look more realistic is to create a few elements that will be flung out away from the centre of the detonation. I’ve cut out the bottom left of my jump footage so there is no twitching in the foliage of the trees. If you see any twitching during the transition, you can apply masks around your actors and feather them out a bit to make the cut less obvious. Place the jump footage on top of your base footage and align the jump so it cuts in at the correct time when the explosion hits and it looks like your actor is being flung away from a standing position by the power of the explosion!
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Feel free to take a run up to the jump, that’s the part we’ll cut away :) Try to get them to start the jump with the same position, direction and posture they had in your base footage as we will stitch those clips together. Next, film some footage of your actors actively jumping away from the explosion. Simply record your clip as normal and at the time of explosion, have your actors either jump away as best as they can or simply stand still.
To create a convincing explosion you will first need to record your base footage. Learn how to make your explosions stand out with just a few extra elements like flying debris, shockwaves and camera shake :) Base Explosion Footage In my latest video, I am going to show you how to blow stuff up with VFX explosions!
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