Reading Time: 4 minutesSome time ago, I needed some visual effects assets for my short film VECT0R. In particular, I was looking for some muzzle flashes, gun smoke from a pistol, and blood splatter. So, I went to my usual stock photo libraries, which I usually use for licensing royalty-free photos and vector graphics. But I couldn’t find… Continue reading ActionVFX. Stunning Visual Effects Library Online (Free & Paid)
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Introduction To Green Screen, Blue Screen, And Chroma Keying
Reading Time: 7 minutesOver the last two decades, green screens have gone from an uncommon novelty used solely on VFX-heavy films to a staple of cinema on even the most minute budgets. And while ‘green screen’, like ‘CGI’, ‘mo-cap’, and other well-known filmmaking terms, has successfully permeated the mainstream culture, very few people can, in actuality, describe what… Continue reading Introduction To Green Screen, Blue Screen, And Chroma Keying
How to make a lightsaber and X-wing scene in After Effects
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome of the names on this page are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm (Disney), of which I’m in no way affiliated. They are used here under Fair Use for educational purposes. You can’t claim to be a filmmaker if you haven’t tried to make a scene with a lightsaber at some point! The lightsaber has become… Continue reading How to make a lightsaber and X-wing scene in After Effects