TUTORIAL: Muzzle Flashes (Includes Stock Footage!)

[@whyyourag349]

Corridor crew should definitely make an updated version of this tutorial.

[@alex_FW]

Yes

[@Dave_OGG]

Yes

[@Boomerangsalesman]

Yes

[@miuni824]

Yes

[@prstnekit]

guess what

[@Corridor]

@Slasher9339 Are you able to follow it if you pause it between steps?

[@tomlaf1882]

Least liked comment I’ve seen from your channel :O love you guys!!

[@Mr.Lag_]

@@tomlaf1882 Yeah, Actually ..... Everyone starts from a scratch ....

[@Captain_Leafy]

We be replying on a comment from 11 years ago 💀

[@Gutzahn]

This is gold, I LOVE that we can see all button presses, because that helps a lot.

[@TrueMobster]

Great Tutorial can't wait to see what else your going to show us!!!

[@ar0sia716]

didn't expect to see you here

[@yablomas_]

Bro had a vision

[@ArcanePath360]

This is actually a great tutorial. I often forget about the haze that shines through the camera, I usually adjust the brightness and contrast to simulate the aperture of the camera changing to the brighter light

[@Corridor]

@1990kurder This is our second channel, bro!

[@micahsturtevant]

Imagine Corridor replying to your comment!

[@Corridor]

@NoExpProductions It's good!

[@micahsturtevant]

Imagine Corridor replying to your comment!

[@unknownclint1740]

@@micahsturtevant lol, ur 10 years late

[@micahsturtevant]

@@unknownclint1740 agreed

[@CorridorCrew]

@Keegandhi I'm pretty sure Voodoo can export in the .ma format, which AE can read.

[@Andypandee]

This is very wholesome

[@CorridorCrew]

@Margalus89 Anything that lets you d'load YT vids will work. Maybe you can google for an alternative?

[@aaproductions1488]

Looking back to this 9 years later is very nostalgic

[@SevenSane]

man this tutorial is fantastic. Seriously, you cover so much so fast, it's perfect. The more of these you guys can make the better.

[@RoxusRemo]

Awesome guys, I'm a VFX student and this is some really advanced helpful stuff that makes a change to the 12 year olds who think they know it all on youtube

[@Corridor]

@DigitalSystematic Screenflow

[@goofytrap]

The term heat haze is a general one that speaks to the ability to resolve (see with the eye) objects at a distance through hot air.When the air between the object and observer is hot and a number of tiny areas of "difference of temperature" exist, each little slight variation in temperature sets up different interference patterns in the light reflected or given off by the object.

[@Z4Zman]

Playing this in 0.5 speed makes Niko look high

[@MrTheManav]

vmplrd well i bet he watches it high sometime

[@stabbedboxfilms]

Playing anything at that speed makes someone look high

[@anakinskymonke3670]

@@stabbedboxfilms yeah it does!

[@aaltjesing4870]

True

[@CharlesCurtisCreates]

12 years later and this tutorial still holds up 😂 thanks again for the help, bless you sam 🤧

[@R3throW]

thank god, a tutorial that actually makes sense for people that are not already good at after effects :D

[@aSongScout]

@mikkepalvanen What editing program do you have right now? There are many easy ways to remove many of the steps in this tutorial. If you can't motion track, just set the camera on a tripod before shooting. If you don't have fancy after effects filters, just use a luma key and a slight transparency to remove the black from a stock footage shot. Same with the haze. Doing glow effects on the environment is really fancy and mostly just an extra flourish, so if you can't do that, don't sweat it.

[@cubeaman]

It's kind of nice to see how they have changed in terms of their audio quality over the last few years.

[@goofytrap]

Most of us have seen this effect because it is sometimes used in film or television programs. Someone or something is coming toward the viewer (the camera) across a very hot desert or plain, and the figure can be distinguished as an individual moving closer, but details are unclear. As the person closes on the camera, he comes into better view. The heat haze has obscured him for a time, has kept details from the ability of the viewer to see them.

[@EthanFilms]

Instead of using the first image that comes up in an image search in Google for muzzleflash like Freddiew said, it's plenty more handy and customizeable to create a feathered white solid over a black solid with the white solid with 2 turbulent displace effects. The first has a size of about 8, and the second 3 or 4. Comp the two solids together then add the colorama effect with the output setting 'fire.' Put the comp over your footage and add or screen it. This works well, and looks MUCH better.

[@SuperTiaanBro]

Thanks Niko! This tutorial helped a lot!

[@willij08]

Not saying freddiew is bad at what he does, but I watched both of you two's muzzle flash videos today, and this was much more helpful.

[@ERonProjects]

dude awesome i have been practicing and got pretty good before your tutorial but i would have never thought to have used track motion and saturated the light from the flash im so glad i subbed you

[@AexionStudios]

Ty So Much For Including Stock Footage In The Tutorial, Many People Forget About Us Who Don't Have Cameras! (; It Really Does Help With The Learning Experience.

[@goofytrap]

@moviesunrated Remember that this light is trying to get from the object to the observer, and the air is "messing things up" for the photons. The result is that the object isn't sharply defined or clearly visible, but is "fuzzy" off in the distance there. As air moves slightly because it is a bit hotter and less dense than nearby air, distant objects can shimmer and otherwise move in the field of view making them hard to resolve.

[@dboii54]

Hey Niko, great video! You're no Andrew Kramer, but hopefully as your channel grows, you'll get better!

[@sanskarsrivastava3637]

Yeah, he's great at explaining stuff, he should also do VFX reactions and reviews.

[@nick747100]

these guys gave us literally everything,thank you so much sam and niko, these guys the best!

[@SockDrawerification]

The pattern I've noticed between the two of them is these guys are more detailed-oriented; focusing on larger projects. Brandon and Freddie do weekly videos, and usually they use quirky ideas. The perfect comparison is CD's series Sync compared to FW's series VGHS.

[@mulletrules1]

cheers guys i use final cut only and have been struggling getting a 2 frame flash then fade on people this is defiantly gonna help

[@emdiuenmaxi]

Also would be sweet 3dmax or C4D tutorials... Congrats with this new 2n channel.

[@rsvantrikt]

YES!!!! More Videos. Thank guys for the tips. Especialy when answering comments. You helped me allot with the DNxHD reply you gave a while back.

[@penguizmo]

Hahaha... I typed in 'stock muzzle flash' and clicked on this video without realizing who it was. Thanks a lot, really needed this xD

[@VadersRevenge]

i love these guys because they include some of there stuff for free!

[@Zoll1989]

So strange too see back this old tutorials :D

[@SalomonAbiassi]

Hi to export the smoke puff, you have first to trim the video in after effects and then render it out as a QuickTime Movie with these Codec: QuickTime movie PNG (best) or Photo JEPG Quality 100% Audio (Do not available it) Then render ;)

[@Corridor]

@VideoGameFallout It's more time consuming, but you can do it.

[@SamMeeDee]

@willij08 I think thats partially because these guys take you step by step. Freddie is of the philosphy that he teaches you the fundrmentals, which you can then combine to make basically any efffect.

[@Thomas27Mytube]

This is the best tutorial I have seen on flashes, I'm starting creating one right now! Thanks

[@emdiuenmaxi]

Such a professional tutorial... Keep doing more tutorials like this, please. This is so useful.

[@the1nonlyevilelmo]

@cantstopthefunk22 I think a good way to do it is by keeping the size of teh muzzle flash teh same throughout the shot, but start at a really high transparancy so it sort of fades in. You can also play with the size a bit, it's up to you really.

[@draca1]

piece of cake.. those 3 seconds of footage would take me 5 days to make :)

[@SookMaDook1]

Thank you, im really liking how your second channel is coming together

[@AustinThomasFilms]

Anybody know the music at 5:36? Where can I find it?

[@Shafournee]

@TheAwesomeJassim You should already have a blood spray effect premade whether from the internet, or making it yourself, and it should have a single colored background (Green, blue, black, white). Then just change the alpha channels on it. You should be able to look that up. Try searching FCP greenscreen, or something around those lines.

[@MrGquad]

There are some great stock footage elements in the Action Essentials 2 pack, including some shell casings.

[@RAMBOPANDASFM]

great tutorial even after 12 years !

[@FreaXxShoW]

you guys are great! Trying to teach others your incredible skills and dont even wanting ANYTHING for it is just.... omg... i jizzed...

[@Fro5000]

Man, you both just seem like really nice, regular guys. I'd hang out with you bros any day.

[@agoniavr]

Just a quick note: loved the tutorial but it also be cool if you provided us with the clip you used in the tutorial, even for the next ones. I know that maybe you don't want to share your clips but i think that a short clip to play along with the tutorial would be awesome. I know it sounds weird to edit without the footage but sometimes we don't have such quality shots or just the guns or something else. Still really useful, trying it now on my footage :)

[@therondoshow]

Hell yes - I am loving all this new content!

[@sayrith]

I have seen borh freddiew's tutorials and samandniko's and i have to say, this one is a lot more clear.

[@theguyfromhell99]

You guys are amazing at tutorials. Simply AMAZING!

[@Simawwn]

Weird. For me it doesn't require a downloader. It just tells me if I want to download the video in flv, mp4, or hd directly on the page.

[@ActiveSufi]

I wonder if future Niko likes his old muzzle flashes

[@BravoOscar100]

@cantstopthefunk22 If you have the action essentials pack, go to "powder hits", select a hit with sparks (number three is pretty good) then position it two frames before the flash.

[@reelmaxmedia1253]

Amazing video and the stock footage at the end is really beneficial to everyone interested in producing any kind of film. We will be using some in the future on some of our television series and feature films.

[@TheWiseWalrus]

the costa mesa jumper literally happened right outside my dorm room. if i looked out the window at the right time i would have seen it. anyways, sweet video!

[@71Yth1]

Great tutorial! Smoke and coloring tips really helped! Thanks Niko!

[@tomsmeIIs]

Thx i knew how to do it but with this tut its even better!!! U guys rock!!

[@madman1128]

@saryoku what you do is is you make a black ring expanding then make it into a displacement map :)

[@KerrTeves]

better than any AE tutorials. if only i can go back to the past and click the subscribe button again.

[@VizualeyezProductns]

Sweet! Thank you for sharing. I'm LOVING this material... makes me wants to Quit my job and run back to my passion.

[@Hyminym]

Great tutorial, i can't wait to see what else you guys put on this channel!

[@SignatureEdit]

@RyTrombs Actually they don't. Even blanks can be potentially fatal so this method is used a lot more.

[@BravoOscar100]

@m1ar1vin It's in their bullet hits tutorial. Just apply the same concept from the ground hits to the blood splats.

[@Vdeogamer]

Is it best to composite one clip at a time? Or to add the effects to the whole thing after it's been edited together?

[@ProductionsGabriele]

You guys are extremely awesome!!! Thank You so much for the smoke puffs, i couldn't find any anywhere! Thumbs up if this helped you!

[@nagarjun385]

Woah! Niko has never aged a Day!

[@ChaseMcIntyreFilms]

@cantstopthefunk22 use the same tips they have shown here, but slow down the clip containing the muzzle flash so that it is in synch with the slow motion of the regular clip that you are putting it in.

[@2222blade]

Please advise me. When I make muzzle flash on pistols, it shows me completely normal in vegas. I also have everything exactly fitted. But as soon as I render it, everything shifts and suddenly it doesn't fit as it should. In addition, I have dense colors there and it turns pale on my own. What can it be?

[@Jecpokoi182]

I seriously love you guys !!

[@aresye]

@TheAlexAndJerryShow I saw your comment was lost among others, but here's an answer for you. Pinnacle Studio can do LIMITED particle effects with Particular, and they do not have the ability of being motion tracked. I have Pinnacle Studio myself, and while I still use it for editing my actual movies, I gave up trying to do VFX in it, and got After Effects. Pinnacle is great for editing, and one of the better commercial programs, but it's not an effects studio. You NEED motion tracking.

[@Yo0te]

@1990kurder this is the new channel! AND ITS AWESOME, thanks for this!

[@Kuppsy]

@m1ar1vin I think you use the smoke and just tint it to red and with the blood splats, i dont know maybe you freeze frame it.

[@360Cusackz]

The top 3 program's in my opinion is adobe after effects , Sony Vegas and final cut pro :D

[@64salvador64]

@Skatedatbake101 you can download the trial, but select that you already bought it, then when it asks you for a serial #, copy paste 1023-1631-3275-3276-0087-5426 to it, and you have after effects.. results may vary but it worked for many people.

[@AndreasZinonos]

Can you please make a boujou tutorial for a scene in this video, also providing tips and tricks?

[@NewSevenDays]

Just one question. Maybe anyone knows. From which pack this muzzle flash? Cuz i need more diffrent and need to get it. Is this one from detfilmshd? Or nccinema? Please answer. Thank you!

[@ErelH]

You guys should make a SYF about blood hits, and about ading sound.

[@TheSynchronizer]

@eprodvd3 you don't...you select the "screen" option, and it takes away all the black of the flash

[@TheAwesomeJassim]

Niko! I'm new to editing with my FInal Cut Pro. Would I be able to create Blood Sprays in FCP? Thanks for your time!

[@MrMattex01]

Wow, this helps SO MUCH! One thing I'm curious about is when shooting multiple shots from a gun, do you use just one layer of a muzzle flash or one layer for every new muzzle flash?

[@natureserenade7321]

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[@mandobat777]

@LuiDeca they're guns that shoot little pellets. usually plastic or something.

[@C2xEditor]

really nice tutorial, really easy to follow.

[@thomasisnotatrain]

@HyperblexMedia You generally want to use to an actual audio program for that, if you plan to make it more "professional" if you will. But you can do it in any editor your using as well

[@blxyd_4319]

Yo, 9 years later this still holds up and is about to assist me in my film project for school 😂

[@osjcag]

Very nice tutorial, and always good to have some stock footage ;) Thanks! By the way, how do you guys make your own stock footage?

[@extranormal2000]

When I go to track the motion of the smoke it opens a new layer where it is just the smoke and no background to track...

[@KkahluaHero]

go torrent the action essentials, but if you knew anything, you'd know it doesn't matter either way if you have a picture or video, because a muzzle flash is only suppose to be 1 frame long, so video or picture, 1 frame long won't make a huge difference

[@TheFATutorials]

@ToyEmperorPalpatine Du bist auf keinen fall der einzige!

[@TheAwesomeJassim]

@Shafournee hi there! Yea I've been watching a bunch of tutorials by FreddieW, Sam & Niko as well as Pwnisher. Thanks so much for your help. I've just started reading the "FCP" handbook haha these guys make it look so easy but there is a ton of work that has to go into it. I already got flack from some person from my last video because I didn't have any muzzle flash in my last video...I'm a comedy channel but apparently people want VFX for that as well O.o

[@Mohid_14]

how do I download it I know I go to link but I click download now but all I get is so many adds

[@ComedyAllianz]

Wut is the best way to do automatic gun shots? I just do it evry-other frame however this does not look the best. I was just wondering if you could give me some advice on how to do this.

[@Simawwn]

Put the footage in After Effects and change the blending mode to "Screen"

[@Bolt6265]

Thanks for the footage guys.

[@aSongScout]

Was that smoker16? :P

[@DoGGuY]

I bet 9 years ago, you did not think you would be a verified youtuber..

[@valcortinas9271]

This is perfect, thank you!