muzzle flash

muzzle flash

In order to make my product more realistic and also make it seem more professional, i edited in some muzzle flashes for when the weapons were fired. These muzzle flashes allowed me to make my product more professional and also look of a higher quality to what it looked like before the muzzle flashes were added in.

An example of muzzle flash within my product

Adding muzzle flash enabled my product to have another sense of realism. It also worked well with the blow-back from the pistol firing as it made it look as if it was a real gun shooting.

Placing the muzzle flash into my product was a long process as each gunshot required an individual muzzle flash to make it look realistic without making it look comical. the end result of having the muzzle flash was good as it worked well, looked realistic, and helped to improve the overall quality of my product. 

Adding muzzle flash:
To add the muzzle flash I had to find a gif of muzzle flash on  top of a plain background (which would be cut out) so that I could layer it on top of the existing footage to achieve the final result. Once I had found a gif that worked, I saved it and imported it into after effect. Once I had imported it into after effects I removed the background so that all that was left was the flash. After I had done this, I placed the flash on top of the footage and placed it where it was needed as well as sizing it right, to give it a more realistic look. Then I had to time the muzzle flashes with the 'bang' of the gunshot, which took a while in once seen due to the rapidity of the gunshots.