Re: Creating a realistic fireworks display in After Effects 6.5 by Dave LaRonde on Jun 16, 2006 at 7:11:16 pm
I don't know if this is the best way to do it, but it sure is easy.
Go to artbeats.com, search their files for stock fireworks footage, pay for it, download it and use it.
I'm clueless on the price. However, I bet it would be comparable to what you'd charge to create it in AE, you'd spend less time getting the same thing, and your client gets what he or she wants.
Re: Creating a realistic fireworks display in After Effects 6.5 by Dave LaRonde on Jun 16, 2006 at 7:15:30 pm
Come to think of it, there may be a fireworks tutorial available for download on the Trapcode web site, using the Particular plugin. As I recall, it's easily modified to make fireworks of different durations and colors. Getting the explosions to assume different shapes (e.g. a ring) would be time-consuming, if not darned near impossible.
Re: Creating a realistic fireworks display in After Effects 6.5 by Nicholastoth on Jun 16, 2006 at 7:41:14 pm
Particular has a fireworks preset. It looks pretty good, a little cheesey, needs some tweaking, but if you buy it you can use it on EVERYTHING afterwards
Or just go out and buy your own fireworks and a case of beer and film them on a camera turned 90 degrees sideways so you get more pixels.
Make sure you do it on a black background or at night and use UNMULT or screen blend. I guess that depends on where you live though.
detonation films has a library of examples of that (www.detonationfilms.com)
