Who isn’t inspired by their childhood? The aesthetics and styles we grew up with influence us daily. I took that inspiration to another level. Kakashi, a character from the Naruto anime series, was always one of my favorites. His awesome powers were always so iconic, I knew I had to try and recreate them with […]
No disaster movie is complete without an apocalyptic meteor effect. This Davesplanation breaks down the steps we went through to create our very own asteroid impact using VFX! This was built using a variety of software and ProductionCrate assets, including: 3D Photoscanned Meteor Model – A high-quality photorealistic asteroid that had been digitally scanned from […]
Youtube has it all. Big studio work, family videos, instructional tutorials of every kind, cats, more cats, meditation walkthroughs, music videos, gaming screencap, reviews and so much more. It’s absolutely massive. Youtube, more than any platform, has helped of connect people through their curiosity. It enables you to pursue, learn, teach and be entertained. […]
Saving time is essential for any editor. Here are 5 tips when working in Premiere Pro’s Project Panel 1) Create a Bin (folder) structure and organize your footage before you start editing. The more complicated your project is, the more important this step is. Create folders to sort your footage (interviews, b-roll/cutaways, voice-over, music, […]
The next time you’re watching an action movie pay attention to the choice of sounds effects. When the camera is following the shooter you’ll notice how prominent the gunshots sounds are, but when the focus is on the subject being shot at you will hear ricochets, pings, bullet passes and similar sound effects. Those are […]
You can download these HD bullet impact effect here It’s been a while since we last added bullet impact effects to our FootageCrate VFX library, but this update has been worth the wait! 12 incredible new impact assets are a part of our latest collection, with 3 being completely free to download now. You can find […]
We started our Youtube Channel in 2009, 10 Years ago. ProductionCrate’s subscriber count is just around 68,000 today. In the last 365 days we have grown by 44,369 subscribers, about 65% of our entire subscriber count. That’s about 9 years of little to no growth, and then an awesome turn of events. Now, don’t get me […]
Creating callouts for your video can often be a complicated and time-consuming process, though all that is about to change… We’ve created a free powerful script for Adobe After Effects that can do all the work for you in seconds: Crate’s Callouts! Download the Free Callout Script here. Callouts are the small infographic labels […]
Anime FX are some of the most fun assets you can use in your projects. They can be used in animations, films, and motion-graphics projects. Our Anime FX are great for exaggerating motion or adding impact. They can be used subtly or deployed in a spectacular fashion. We just added 20 New Anime FX to […]
The SyFy Channel has a long history producing VFX heavy Shark Week films, and 2018 was no exception. One of those films released was the SyFy original Megalodon (not to be confused with The Meg (2018)) We had the pleasure to talk with Matt Dean, a VFX artist who knows a thing or two about […]