Aerial Missile Explosion
PhineasFilms
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This is an aerial missile explosion I made in Hitfilm Express using assets from ProductionCrate and ActionVFX. I've already realized a few things I could have added/improved, but overall I'm pretty happy with it. Let me know what you think!
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@PhineasFilms Looking good! My only note would be the smoke from the gun starts out too transparent, but where it ramps out toward the end looks about right.
@PhineasFilms Awesome work! That's a really solid track!
@Stargazer54 That's a good tip, thanks!
@OliThompson Thanks! I would have no idea where to begin if it had been a cloudless day
@PhineasFilms the explosions are excellent. The smoke from the cannon looks like you comped it in Add or Screen blend.
That's smoke on a black background, right? Instead of a blend mode try blending Normal but drop a Demult and Curves effed on the smoke. In the Curves effect select the Alpha/"A" channel and try raising the high/mid points of the curve. A little fiddling should thicken that smoke more and make it feel more solid. Got that tip from one of Action VFX's tutorials. ?
@Triem23 That is the method I used but the way I altered the alpha channel in curves was different. I actually think the way my alpha curve was I actually made it less thick, which kinda defeats the purpose in this case. ?
Phineas yeah it's really looking like a screen blend.