Advanced Muzzle Flashes!

[@TheGregoryGUY]

I've been searching around for some different muzzle flash tutorials to look for one with the right look. but i must say this is by far the greatest one.

[@roxcerise]

thanks Ryan! I've watched every episode and am amazed by all the tips/knowledge!

[@moon_spawn]

Nice. I never thought i'd need to use an optical flare, but now I see that it could turn out much better with it!

[@henkdeveroveraar]

i`ve made some films at the age of 12 but i let it go after that. but you`ve got the old fires burning again. your videos are extremely helpfull. so thank you for that.

[@Leifstuan]

Getting home from school and seeing a new Film Riot is the best birthday present ever!

[@JNMTSfilms]

I love the "NEEDED". I love you guys

[@livewithus]

Wow! Those are really amazing 'tricks'. Thanks FilmRiot!

[@TigerEyeFocus]

Always teaching and always hilarious! Thank you Ryan !

[@Vixarya]

No shells ryan?

[@RodNaugler]

I like how casually you dropped in that you needed to motion track the shot. You make it sound so easy compared to how difficult it is in most workflows. --- Sent From filmriot's AppRats (Facebook App)!

[@ChronoBear92]

Woot Full Sail. This was a really helpful refresher course. Thx.

[@tiger5gaming]

me: *getting home from school(really tired) -Noo, no new videos in my subscription box :( ...Wait, FILMRIOT. HELL YEA

[@aritrachoudhury8533]

i am curious about how they make the scenes where the video pauses and becomes like a 3d photo and the camera goes around... everything looks so clear that time... i would love to watch a tutorial on it.

[@prince9024]

me 2..

[@OBSDCC7]

The cheap way to do that is basically the mannequin challenge. If you film it really fast and then slow down the footage, it'll look pretty decent

[@mik3z418]

They have this expensive camera rig setup with loads of cameras in a semicircle which all record at the same time- I think it’s called a timerig or something

[@zachjones9180]

Thanks Ryan I had to do muzle flashes for my short film today this helped me

[@300warrior300]

thank you filmriot crew, for brightening my depressing monday

[@DanielS2001]

I'm a graduate of Full Sail University. So, hearing about Full Sail as a sponsor is a good thing to me. :)

[@VFXMadness]

I love the inspiration and passion that film riots put into the hearts of film makers of all ages

[@jaydencrowe8111]

4:27 for those of you who work on low budget (like me).

[@hobocamptheater]

style over realism... AWESOME!!!

[@GuardingProject]

never miss out on a show :) you are my film school :)

[@Gacstez]

Does anyone know how the Perspective was added to the muzzle flash at 1:50 ?

[@Gacstez]

thanks :)

[@yeln4tsmusic]

My Video Production teacher uses your videos dude! It's awesome!

[@AutoRestoMod]

Ry another source of weapons is to use blank adapted guns. While marginally less safe due to the fact that they are real guns, these guns sound more realistic (because they are real weapons adapted for blank fire or blank firing weapons that use a 9mm blank charge to operate the blow back). Most of the movies like Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and The Pacific, used blank firing weapons.

[@CinematicComics]

very cool info/creative stuff-thanks for sharing ryan-love your channel bro!

[@Totes1829]

I would love to do what you guys do everyday keep it up!! You guys are very inspiring

[@ashuntboy]

In one of my film I just made, I needed a machine gun fired from far away at night so I took an iPhone 4 and an orange gel, and I downloaded an adjustable strobe light app, held the gel in front of the flash, it worked great!

[@NatesFilmTutorials]

Where do you get after effects and premiere pro? Do you buy it, or do you have a monthly or annual subscription to adobe?

[@HazardStudios101]

Just got Adobe After Effects CS6 and Action Essentials 2! I'm trying this. Thanks Ryan.

[@ShortBrownMC]

LMFAO!!! Man I love this show!!! The beginning was so hilarious!

[@macscott1992]

This is funny I've been looking at Full Sail for the film part for when I'm older and now it's on filmriot!

[@nondemenai7260]

I liked that he took the time to shoot this and I can't do any better. so many critics with no skills, damn

[@doubletaproductions]

You can luma key it in after effects or you can left click the layer and choose blending mode screen.

[@simonjohansson7643]

Thanks for a great lesson. Do you know if you can create those effects with Final Cut. I would really want to know.

[@kontube00]

u guys r great. LOSSES is the bomb. love it

[@JasonBowdach]

Working in a linear workspace doesnt seem to hurt RED footage too much, but it really brings out the noise in DSLR footage and flatens it even further

[@bobby1977-e7p]

Holy crap! thanks dude this is really going to help us with our upcoming film :)

[@TERRAMOUNT]

the trick with the light is great!

[@stephaniedentremont]

this is perfect. exactly what i was looking for. you kids are the best!

[@DonovanKidd-moviesandmore]

Very helpful (espically since I don't even have after effects)! Thank you, and Losses was amazing.

[@AutoRestoMod]

Ry another source of weapons is to use blank adapted guns. While marginally less safe due to the fact that they are real guns, these guns sound more realistic; because they are real weapons adapted for blank fire or blank firing weapons that use a 9mm blank charge to operate the blow back. Most of the movies like Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and The Pacific, used blank firing weapons.

[@NeemaFahimy]

My bro got a Full Sail University thing in the mail, looks awesome :P

[@themagnuspowfilms5956]

2:55 How do you make a lens flare????

[@MegaCharlieUnicorn]

love how people comment before they even get 10 seconds in :) great tutorial ryan i think im gonna compare the two with action essential muzzle flashes just to see how unrealistic those things really are :P

[@difficult_echidna]

Full Sail University, right??? Yeah XD I'm looking forward to going to there, not sure if it's gonna be for film making, writing, or game designing! All three I'm working on and stuff, and can't wait to do any of the three!

[@Asseptence]

@Maydomedia If you've watched their other videos, they're using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.

[@sminxsmjs]

Hey Ryan, great video! Concerning any muzzle ideas that you proposed. I was thinking if I use my wireless flash for my camera. triggering that (possibly even gelling it to an appropriate color) could make a really neat effect. If that fails, you could always use it as a substitute for lightning storm =)

[@RumleKjaer]

Love the start!

[@DanielS2001]

@DKC1011 Well, it's really hard to answer that particular question, because it depends on the person. Keep in mind that Quentin Tarantino didn't go to film school, his film education being watching movies at the video store he used to work at and taking the Dov S-S Simens' 2-Day Film School seminar. Kevin Smith went to film school, but never completed it. Many of the more recognizable names, such as Spielberg, Lucas and so on, did go to film school.

[@SegunOlusanya]

Wow; that light flash idea was cool...it's what I figured would be a good alternative if you can't show a muzzle flare

[@FamilyFirstJ]

another great show

[@EhItsDave]

Amazing muzzle flashes, helped a lot! :D

[@nictheartist]

Superb ideas!

[@LOVERcallofduty]

ahhhh! some of this stuff i would never think of in my life!

[@blackninjamonkey1]

i already basically knew how to add muzzle flashes, but the main thing i'm looking into is a good sound library for sound effects! I just haven't found the right one... :(

[@TheFortNightsTV]

@kyle2studios to save you time it's preference based but practice states no bigger than 1/3 more than the size of the actual gun

[@AaronGRandall]

Awesome tutorial!! Keep it up!!!

[@Assassins123Creed]

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU JUST MADE MY MOVIE!!!

[@Arcanineisthebest]

Pro tip: Remember the mask that goes beneath everything and was blurred? Afterf applying just a little bit blur add a turbulence field and animate it 3 frames. That's the way they do it in video games, and it works especially good on machine guns.

[@hobocamptheater]

@branjumba but then permits and stuff come into play... possibly some other stuff too.

[@irishdevil]

A question about the After Effects version: For the sake of ease of workflow, is it possible to create a muzzle flare asset that is precomped and merely work on resizing, positioning, etc?

[@21Assasin]

The lens flares actually look sick I only noticed it after you said something but they look BA

[@EvanWiley610]

RYAN! What is the name of that lavalier microphone on your shirt your using in this video? I need one for a film I'm making! Thanks in advance. :D

[@blastlaughs]

nice video but what other special effects software is there besides after effects and hitfilm i really want to do some stuff like on the show but i cant do you know of any

[@lastdollarfilms]

@TheGregoryGUY Although I like their stuff they already do 2 "how to's" a week so what would the ADP be able to offer them?

[@StormBoxStudios]

@TheUrbanDisturbance it's a collection of muzzle flash stock footage which vfxlobby sell. Google Muzzle Flash Elite from vfxlobby, it's what filmriot used in this tutorial

[@MountainManGaming]

Ryan you were in my dream last night! for some odd reason :S We were at a party and you let me use your Canon to shoot some footage of people, so weird! xD

[@Unfoldedwarrior]

yeah i figured if you gonna follow his advice.. you shouldnt be a noob.. he just shares technique and is so cool that he cares enough to describe all the steps, even though he is indeed blitzing past everything. so i got videopilot training..

[@ginopasquil]

love this!! thanks filmriot crew!!!

[@cocopops149]

@jmyler They always used after effects... FCP is a program for editing but After Effects is a special effects program.

[@CamiloVids]

YES! do more stuff that dosnt require after effects! Im 17 years old and i cant afford most of the advanced editing tools.

[@sonalsagaraya]

:D you guys are awesome......and i am a makeup artist and i watch ur show :P

[@FarleyFlicks]

@Al3xOConnor Thanks. That is what I thought but wanted to be sure.

[@_life_is_a_mitch_]

if u wanted to get simple u could also do the same thing with the light... but frome a different angle... then in post you could mask out the lamp and add a flare!

[@emileriksson1279]

Hello Ryan Did you use action essentials pack 2 in losses?

[@ADepressedwhale]

@supertaures I have AE2, and I'm pretty sure that one he uses in this tutorial is not an Action Essentials element.

[@DionVithoulkas]

What is a good free sound fx package that comes with weapon sounds and other cool sounds?

[@RapidSlizzard]

Hello Riot or any other who can answer my question. How do you (at 1:44) get angles on the muzzle flash like it was a 3D-object? Hope you can answer my question.

[@hugotomassantaclaus]

Hey Ryan, i'm curious about something, and i'm begining with after effects, but how did you move the flare like in a 3 Dimensional way, with those red, blue and yellow arrows? Thank you!

[@AdrianMojado]

@darthpovel I think they use Action essentials 2 from video copilot.

[@AndrewHeard]

Great stuff, can't wait to use it. :)

[@FarleyFlicks]

Not sure if Ryan will see this or not, but when you track the scene for the smoke from the gunshot, you're tracking the smoke to the gun or what? If I'm walking and shooting a gun like a mofo, does the smoke follow the gun or does it stay where I fired the gunshot?

[@ChrisCasaceli64]

@darthpovel thank you sooo much! these muzzle flares look way cooler than video copilots haha!

[@Paralyzer1000]

@Al3xOConnor They are, kinda. They are sometimes on the yootoo channel, when revision 3 is playing

[@shadeydave]

Disposable camera photo-strobe. Super easy to time, and really cheap. Yellow the flash colour in post or use a Jel.

[@Samson2030]

Filmriot, I am making a short film for school, and in one of the scenes a guy gets kicked out of the window in a slightly comical way, how do you suggest we do this without actually breaking a window? Of course you would receive a quick shout out in the film, when the film is finished.

[@addisonprichard331]

Will you do a tutorial on how to compose a shot like the in the opening credits of limitless? thanks Addison

[@Kainthemain]

Ryan you sure showed us, shame in everybody who thinks ryan predicatible!!!

[@InfinityEnterprises]

Ryan, can you make an episode sometime soon to explain the purpose of motion tracking and how to do it? I know you breezed through it in the Red Bull episode but I am looking for a more in-depth explanation.

[@GNVstudios]

@Coryewing1 The only thing I don't know about is the GPA required. If you look at the site it says the GPA required is 2.5. That is really low, I hope it's not an under appreciated school. I am actually looking for a school to go to some time in the future I just don't know where yet.

[@NatoCaloGaming]

Wow, this video was made on my birthday :D

[@VideoCatification]

You could always hold down the space bar to pause and play really fast for a sort of slo-mo.

[@zacharylord-rule5368]

You could just pay attention. Or watch it again and again like I did. In fact, I would suggest also checking out Freddiew's and Corridor Digital's muzzle flash tutorials.

[@jledge1983]

@jwjh Im pretty sure they use Video Copilots optical flares plugin

[@MrElimsForever]

I actually got excited when you said you were gonna do editing instead :( although the video was still epic !

[@fxkid1036]

Ryan your tuts are AMAZING!!!! I was wondering if you used 3D programs such as Autodesk Maya, and if so, Maybe you could make a few tutorials on it here and there?

[@blastlaughs]

Great video but where did you get youre muzzle flash from

[@sdwilliams7810]

Filmriot please respond background where do you guys get your backgrounds or where do you make them!

[@joshsilverlock]

do you have to do that whole process for every shot fired... ??

[@untouchablefilm]

Those are awesome!!

[@magnus14711]

Just having a white screen for one frame works, but I use final cut and the action essentials