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 […]
If you’re reading this, there’s a chance you’ve stumbled upon our puddle map collection and wondered, “What on Earth are these for?”. You’re not alone! If you’ve had some experience with 3D design, you may be familiar with “glossy maps” or “reflection maps”. These are textures which can tell rendering software how “shiny” an object […]
Download HD bullet hole impact VFX assets here! Too often do we overlook one of the must-have features of a gunfight in our VFX. Bullet holes! I’ve seen a lot of fight scenes involving a shootout simply focus on the muzzle flashes, but seemingly jumping over the fact that for every bullet shot, there is […]
Episode 41 Harry Potter Wand Effects Tutorial Chris, Adrian, and the reformed Professor Unicorn prepare to battle his old apprentice; Ellen, The Hidden One! Enemies become allies, a student confronts her former mentor, and the fate of all the magic in the world is at stake in the finale to Season 3 of Saturday […]
This was one of the most spectacular scenes in Avengers: Infinity War. On paper, the idea of throwing a moon at someone sounds too over-the-top to attempt outside of an anime show, but somehow the film pulls it off beautifully. We decided we wanted to attempt the same effect! Check it out below. Learn to […]
Using a mortar and compressed air we were able to shoot a variety of debris and water up into the sky! We had a 12×20 green backdrop for the dust elements to key and keep the shadow. For the water burst elements we backlit the bursts and used a 20×20 black backdrop to pull the […]
Download HD Mountain Set Extensions for your Matte-Painting scenes here! It’s time to take Middle Earth to your front lawn with our epic mountain asset collection! Matte-painting with these HD set extensions makes the process of large-scale terraforming as simple as a click! Just take a look at this before and after using the mountains from […]
Finally, one-click aspect-ratio bars for Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects. Download Windows Version Here or Download Mac Version Here AutoCinemabar is the free alternative to using aspect ratio templates to give your video the cinematic edge you need! Stumbling through hundreds of different pre-made templates has always been the least exciting part of an editors […]
30fps x √X = 96fps Where 30fps is our desired final frame-rate and 96fps is what we will be shooting in. The next step is to divide both sides by 30 – 30/30 x √X = 96/30 to get √X = 3.2 the final step is to just find the square of that number √X² = 3.2² […]
Download the MotionCrate Script and give your stock VFX assets some life. This is the BEST script for creating realistic fire in After Effects. Unarchive the .ZIP and install the MotionCrate Script into your After Effects>Scripts folder. Launch the script in AE by going to File>Scripts and selecting MotionCrate Here’s what you will see – The script […]