MUZZLE FLASH GUN EFFECTS IN RESOLVE 17 - Fusion VFX Tutorial for Beginners

Do you like gun effects? Maybe muzzle flashes are your thing? You're in the right place, my friend, because in this episode we go through my whole process of making some really sharp-looking muzzle flash gun effects in the new Resolve 17!
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This kind of stuff is some of my favorite to work on, and I hope you're able to take these concepts of tracking objects, adding in elements, and really getting into the fine-tuning of effects to really sell your shots!
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[@DennisLovelady]

Wow, incredible what you can do in a frame or three to really beef up a shot. Your creativeness is astounding! Well done!

[@theseus4601]

Casey: Realistic is boring, that's why we make movies Also Casey a few minutes later: let's make it more realistic

[@thevincchi]

"I used the stones to destroy the stones"

[@Berserker1041]

gotta make non-reality a reality hahahaha

[@zacherymahoney12]

Right. Haha

[@danielbruno2631]

I got say, He is one of best youtuber's tutorial teacher what ever you want to call it, besides me having a great time laughing at his jokes like flipy, thank you for watching when he just merged the nodes makes me laugh so hard i got stop the video lol,and that motivates me to learn even more, instead of been too serious and boring. so Thank you very much!!

[@__.mako.__]

This tutorial is sooo well made man, thank you so much!!

[@TheSockMonkeyGuy]

Amazing. It's as much fun as Photoshop but with the added dimension of motion. That looks even MORE fun! 😀

[@joshuasajabi8401]

The great thing isn't your editing, it's you passion and your enthusiasm and your charisma 😄👍🏾👏🏾

[@Magnetar47]

Is that a compliment or an insult? *wink-wink* :P

[@joshuasajabi8401]

@@Magnetar47 a compliment

[@XziledBlog]

Respect for the fx artists that have to do this for each gun fired in an action movie

[@lowkeyotaku2373]

This is awesome, my laptop probably can't handle all of that so I gotta keep it simple.

[@tobydz]

I’ve been basking comfortably in my comfort zone doing VFX work in After Effects (aaannnnnddd Mocha, SynthEyes, Red Giant, etc) but thanks to all your PEER PRESSURE... CASEY... I’m gonna give this a go in DR. I am getting pretty tired of all the time wasted on rendering out image sequences bouncing footage back and forth between DR and AE. Thanks for the vid, Casey!..... ya pusher...

[@sophektounn6422]

Wow just wow, your instructions are just so easy to follow, love love it.

[@funsession9002]

EXACTLY what I searched for. Thanks a lot.

[@samshep70]

10/10 video. so good thank you so much

[@Josh19G]

Love this video and love the sign off! Incredible guy to be tutored from and humoured by. Thank you Casey!

[@TordenPSM]

I feel like I’m being taught Resolve by Deadpool! Utter coolness

[@senktfrog3339]

Incredible and helpful !!! My AE is always crashing 😂so I was really eager to find a DaVinci tutorial. Thank u so much ❤

[@c7designz-sa]

Awesome It Up - you Casey - just have the best sayings!

[@shannonsmith8914]

Yes, very great ideas 🙂

[@chinosts]

Love the videos Casey.. I even look forward to the awkward sign offs.. Always brings a smile.. hey I was just wondering if you could do a light Saber effect video sometime?...cheers and thanks for the content..

[@michaelmridha]

Wonderful man, you are a genius, the way you explain everything that's really great ...

[@kelvinfunkner]

my new favorite line..."it doesn't really matter...it looks cool" hahaha! These posts always brighten my day. OH...and I DID want to mention that I love the new cinematic look to the intros with the nice fancy rim lighting and blue background...very "Parker Walbeck-ish"

[@kazakovex]

bro you are amezing teacher tnx my SENSEI you my sensei from now

[@SomewhatAbnormal]

Great work on this - you make it look effortless! Side note for whomever shot the scene: when you shoot a pistol it will recoil upward, not downward, upon firing the weapon. Even if you have very strong wrists and arms you’re not going to stop this from happening.

[@ltjplanet]

great tutorial!

[@DaniloMartinelli]

Great video!

[@miksagt]

you are so amazing!! 😭

[@danielsonderhoff5882]

Very cool, a big help, fantastic. Thanx for your sharing.

[@lisalouisekeen4191]

Outstanding. Love your tutorials so easy to follow and love you humour.

[@ChrisBucklin]

Really good tutorial. Learned alot of concepts.

[@apeel2008]

You make it look sooooo easy! Thanks.

[@serdarismail7219]

WOOAAW I Like all your videos. AMAZING. My friend Can you do a video with bullet shells ? PLEASE

[@stanip25]

Super Cool! :D Just what I was looking for.

[@robs5252]

Awesome! A little look into what goes into movie/TV editing inside just 1 to 2 frames.

[@margareth9229]

Fabulous, you are the BEST!

[@wishcloudstudios]

Maximum effort!

[@stevehainestrumpet]

Hi Casey. I know you made this a while back. I am a musician and have started doing music videos. You are an excellent teacher and I appreciate your tips. I intend to use this effect for my next video with fire coming out of my trumpet for this. Good stuff!

[@cowsandwich1082]

i just love listening to this guy lol

[@williamremuso6193]

Very COoool.

[@unknownchannel8172]

Wow ,,amazing brother ,,,Davinci is my fav

[@Raphael2034]

First

[@ferociousbung]

What’s actually cool about this is that the size of your flash is not way too big or unrealistic. Muzzle flashes are usually the size of handguns and almost the size assault rifles, with the smoke being even bigger.

[@mateythegreat1399]

Good stuff mate keep them coming

[@trevorwright6058]

Very cool

[@terronscott3671]

my goal is to make fusion look this easy.... greal work !

[@abunoor2514]

very nice great work , thank you .

[@shobhitbajiya5319]

i'll remember frame 19 for the rest of my life

[@nikkisvibe9453]

I like your personality 💕

[@samjarmin]

Apologies if you've already done this but , as a beginner I'm still in that basic cut and edit phase, I don't know the power of VFX in resolve, even basic things like masking and removing things from shots etc. So any videos that showcase and show you how to do different effects and things etc would be really great . It's hard sometimes to think outside the box with creativity when you don't know how far you can push it

[@zacherymahoney12]

Dude you thought of aspects i never would've thought of. Flash on the tree and face. Experience vs noob.

[@pianandrill]

Great tutorial.

[@hawaiianhaole]

great tutorial man!

This guyyyyy lmao Definitely subscribed

[@HoundDogMech]

You don't see Mussel flashes in daylight. You see un burned Gun powder. That said it would be nice if you made the files availed for down load so we could follow along & chapters might help too. Just saying the easier you make it the more viewers you will pick up. JMHO.

[@sanjeetswain7112]

Great tutorial

[@Isnero_A]

Love the energy man. If you want to learn anything about weapons look up Instructor Zero. I'm a combat vet and I follow his teachings.

[@MrNonDescript01]

As always, a tasty video!

[@TheAdkFlyer10]

This looks fantastic! Next... new and improved light saber effect? ;-)

[@rano12321]

Checkout proto

[@MrMm2004]

Amazing!

[@Woodsee]

Another Great video Casey thank You! Can you please make one on how to undo brushstrokes and other things? Im used to Photoshop and the history function but cant figure out how to undo all the mistakes / experiments I do & end up having to constantly restart with a clean slate. Please make a video on how to fix fuckups :)

[@hukl3945]

I'm just here for the awkward endings :)

[@Anand_Bhatt]

Hey thank you for the tutorial. How did everything turn log at the end? Wasn’t the shell and flash in rec 709?

[@ArnoldScheepers]

It never occurred to me that you can use multiple masks on one image node. So this also works on a merge node?

[@EDDIEGARAGE]

pretty good what about sound and shot repetition

[@SultanEdhingo]

Love it

[@gobigrey9352]

Probably won't get an answer but worth a try. Say the camera was moving and you needed to track the gun slide mask. Where would you place the tracker since there's already a merge node in that setup?

[@CaseyFaris]

It all happens on one frame, so no tracking needed!

[@Audiotopic]

cool

[@peterash9375]

Great!!!!

[@keshavns]

Earlier today I watched your muzzle flash video on resolve 16 and now you uploaded the same for 17. Lol, what are the odds

[@cedarandsound]

Lighting and smoke are key, but ultimately if there's no kickback it won't look real.

[@calebjohnston_youtube]

What about if the gun is in a different perspective? How would you change the perspective of the muzzle flash?

[@joeygarfunldye4150]

Question, could this also be used for lets say a Harry Potter style spell?

[@manemoli3115]

Good video, very helpful. I only have a problem. When I create the polygon the objects appears at the begginin of the video and last until the end. How can I do to make it last exacly 1 frame or 2 frames?

[@DimensionPardo]

Great video, what program do you use to record your screen and highlight the keys that you press in your keyboard?

[@slinnyboi]

Even though I made everything exactly the same like you my 9mm Brass Shell Video does not appear in my video. (However it shows in the preview in the media pool.)

[@PDBreske]

And this is how we get Megan Fox looking at an engine with fuel injection while reciting a line that suggests the engine is carbureted. “It just doesn’t matter. It just needs to look cool.” Fucking Hollywood. The brass is NOT in the air while the muzzle blast is still exiting the gun. Jesus, when you say you don’t know much about guns, you’re being extremely generous.

[@ndwooten3881]

Casey, I have followed this guide about 20 times, still cannot get it to work.

[@nerdtendoplus195]

love how dry you are! haha

[@studgraphics3300]

So you have to do this for every cut?

[@filnn]

So Tasty!

[@JustLikeRodney]

Damn! I hate it when you can only click the like button once.

[@espacemaxim]

I love the shit out of NRA endorsed videos! Can you make a blood splatter one next? I promise to sub!

[@NINETY-97-SEVEN]

okay I shot on log as well but I got a problem. I did every step exactly like yours but my "muzzle flash" looks normal in fusion but any other page the colors are messed up. even after putting it in screen mode.. :c please help

[@SnowBlnd12]

the muzzle flash is actually the right size, they should be about the size of the gun

[@cocosfilms4985]

Hello Casey I have a question when I make my muzzle flash and I want to use it at a different Time in the Clip so I have to redo the whole thing or can I just use the same nodes and how would I do that

[@JeffKraschinski1969]

Actually Hollywood tends to underdo the muzzle flashes, making them much smaller and less accurate than they should be

[@Kovaction]

I'm using full DaVivci 17 and I can't get the VFX file to show up in Fusion. I drag it in like you did and it's just a blank pane even when I select it. I'm so frustrated!!! What the heck am I doing wrong?

[@NonsenseGUS]

i wish i was this experienced with the fusion page. half of the tools feel like they dont do anything lol but of course its cause i dont know whats going on. i do have a question. is it better to have a bunch of images comped into fusion or it doesnt matter. cause i had an animation comped on my timeline and my computer was dying lol

[@WaffleShortage]

fug. now do it for the other 567 shots fired in the scene lol

[@JRScreative]

question: You now covered how to import vfx for footage that is filmed from the front of the gun. But how about "shoulder view cameras"? bcs now the muzzle flash should be in front of the gun right? so you can only see a ring of flames around the gun. Or are there separate stock vfx for that? @Casey Faris

[@imetvnj]

Do one with a laser rifle.

[@Pietje_Piraat]

The smoke puff should have exited more violently

[@richardrejmer8721]

Just my opinion, but I feel that the bullet casing flies up and away much too quickly. .

[@3sharpboys]

I shoot guns often enough to say that is inaccurate

[@Dexter101x]

I guess when they were using the gatlin gun scene in Predator, they were doing this instead....they just got someone to chop down the tree and plantations to make it look like the gun was cutting them down

[@ambusx4145]

The effect doesn't show up in my video when i add it in to fusion, I dragged it in to media one and still there's just nothing. You know why?

[@MrStevenhogg]

does this work the same on the studio as i cant get nothing to work

[@br3amf1ck89]

Well I have put black video with that effect and how do i remove that blackthing i tried to add some alpha to it but still it didn't work...

[@SultanEdhingo]

Can you do audio spectrum waveform for music?

[@davidiswary7075]

Osm

[@mattmoon6245]

they downloaded on a MOV file. and cant be opened on resolve 17

[@fabriziogiovanardi9066]

Do you know where can we find some test clips to practice that out?