Realistic Muzzle Flash Effects | VFX Tutorial

Learn how to create realistic muzzle flashes and gunfire for the perfect action scene! Zach Alan is here to show you how to add muzzle flash effects and incorporate them into your scene properly, adding light from the flash and bullet shells in post-production, to really sell the effect!

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[DafterThings]

Very nice. What I like is you can place the muzzle flash on the right frame and stop there AND you have all these other things to blend it in to the background.

[tdrc]

In the intro my guy was training to be a storm trooper

[AlanJojy]

I really dint knew that this was too easy. I mean it was so simply explained...

And one doubt .. why is this channel not verified?

[coolstuff]

Just bought hit film pro and am planning some big things!!

[georgefilmanimation]

Yes! I've been wanting this tutorial, thanks!

[LordKolex]

Or Go crazy and create a flamethrower! THE CHOICE IS YOURS! I LOVE HOW YOU SAID THAT

[Dvilad]

Umm, I wonder if Cordor Digital will love this.

Me love it :D

[dominatorz]

your every video is so informative and amazing. All your effects are so good and convincing. Great work man. Best wishes !!! 🔥⚡🙌

[RedShadow]

Not bad but here are some tips for next time:

1. When acting, try to make the recoil more explosive.
2. If you look at reference footage, most modern guns don't have a big bright muzzle flash. It's mostly just smoke coming out of the muzzle. But if you want to make it like in a lot of movies you have to make the muzzle flash a lot lot bigger. It is way to small here (but depends on the caliber but this is definetly to small)
3. You need a lot more variety. Make some muzzle flashes bigger, some smaller and sometimes you don't see any flash
4. The slide going back and for is definetly to slow. You often can't see the slide really moving in real guns (reference)
5. The light the muzzle flash emits has to be also on the background wall and has to be a lot more orange
6. Your holding the pistol wrong

[alaskavfxfilmer]

Hey Oli! That's an Illegal AR-15, ITS FULL AUTO!

[TheDanKKa]

For my opinion, some little smoke after the muzzle flair would be more realistic. I have done that in my edits, and I think it looks better. But anyway, a great tutorial!

[ryanthompson]

Hi. This is in the Hitfilm Pro Playlist although its Express

[salvadoramador]

good job! im thinking get hitfilm, i actually use after effects, hitfilm is like the after effects’ son xd

[Javaman]

You're not fooling me! Mr. Teatime.

[CMartins]

Adobe put a Premier Pro Ad on this video. I guess you don't get to pick who's ad is on your monetized videos. Hitfilm is bringing an audience to the PP advertisement. Clever of Adobe. Maybe Hitfilm doesn't consider it a problem.
Good video tutorial.

[Vorriorek]

To be honest, I am disappointed with this tutorial. The effect shown here doesn't even approach the way Corridor Digital does. Nothing detailed has been explained: how to set the muzzle flame depending on the caliber of the weapon, what the sound of the weapon should be, you only showed how to add a light at the end of the barrel in fact. The example itself is also weak: the camera on a tripod without movement, shooting basically only from one angle ... As I generally like your channel, I think that this guide is probably the worst I have ever seen

[TroopFN]

anyway to get in a discord call? I can't upload anything because of a bug on this app...

[KidCrowder]

Can the created muzzle flash be used as a preset?

[ebenyoung]

can we have a tutorial showing how to turn the gunfire add on muzzle flash so it looks good because the default is way to saturated

[innovativename]

Is it posable, that you make the generall import for 3d Models free, nothing other just the import free or a cheap price like 5-10€ ? This is what i need and for 50€ is this too much