Tag Archive for: after effects

Put a Gun Through a Hand in After Effects!

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Inspired by Deadpool 2, we wanted to challenge ourselves with getting this effect to look as realistic as possible.

We failed at our first attempt; trying to build the effect purely in post. After going back to the drawing-board we realized the best technique would be to have 2 identical guns, but one sawed in half. We glued the sawed off point onto a scrap of plastic and put the point through a hole in a glove.

We had a 2nd identical glove with no hole, that we used for the first part of the action.

Using tripods to stabilize our hands, we shot the gloved hand entering frame with the intact gun, and then swapped the intact gun for the sawed in half one, while swapping the intact glove to the glove with the gun barrel going through it.

After that, it was a matter of moving the clean-unholed glove into position with puppet pins, and a few matte techniques to give the appearance of the gun actually moving through the hand.

We used a variety of our blood assets as well as a muzzle flash to achieve this effect and tie everything together.

Broken Spine Tutorial

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Using a dummy, a jumpsuit and some VFX magic we were able to re-create this fun effect from Deadpool 2.

We dropped the dummy from the top of the staircase a few times. When we had a fall we liked, we locked the camera down. We took a reference photo with a phone and then positioned Chris in roughly the same position as the dummy.

From there, it was a matter of transitioning from dummy to man with masks. We added some fake-pan with scale and position keyframes to give the camera a little movement during the transition.

TypeCrate – After Effects Script

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ProductionCrate’s TypeKit AE Script is out!

Our goal is always to provide quality assets and simplify complex processes in video and filmmaking. The TypeCrate script accomplishes both. This script is only available to Pro Users. You will need to download bundled type kits and extract the .RAR archive for the script to function.

Download the TypeCrate script from ProductionCrate!

Pro users can download the script Here.

See all our Video Typekits Here!

To get started with the script in just a few seconds:

  1. Drop the folder containing all of the individual characters in a TypeKit anywhere on your computer.
  2. Launch the TypeCrate script by navigating through File -> Scripts -> Run Script File -> TypeCrate.jsx
  3. You’ve launched the script! Hit the ProductionCrate logo at the top of the UI to open up the preferences. Here we can click “Choose” to navigate to the TypeKit folder containing the characters.
  4. Hit “Done” to save the preferences. We can now enter our text into the text boxes and adjust any setting you need to (The tutorial below goes through each property in detail!).
  5. Once you’re ready, we can generate our TypeCrate text!

Here is everything you need to know about using the TypeCrate AE Script

Enjoy!

 

Create Convincing Telekinesis-Effects

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We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Visual Effects will always work better when used with practical effects. This telekinesis tutorial is no different.

Using a real knife instead of a CGI knife, we were able to achieve realistic shadows, reflections, and motion far faster and cheaper than we could with a CGI knife.

The Wisp Assets are some of our favorite effects. They are easy to overlook because they lack the flashiness of other FX, but they’re subtle touch and unique  looks are why we use them in nearly every-other tutorial.

The Sorcerer’s Fireballs collection was an obvious choice for these effects. The fiery energy balls are nearly the exact look as those used in the Marvel movies.

Using the Solid Composite effect and a Tritone effect you can easily achieve the look and color you need from the Scarlet Witch telekinesis tutorial.