Video Effect- Baseball on Fire
by Michael Ma
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Aug 22, 2008 at 7:24:56 am
Hi! I am trying to do a clip where someone "lights" a baseball on fire and then hits the baseball into the air. I wanted to simulate the baseball on fire as it travels through the air. I was wondering how to make the baseball look like it is on fire? Where would I get the simulated flames and how would I overlay it and make a motion path following the baseball (making it look like the baseball is on fire). Thank you for your time!
Re: Video Effect- Baseball on Fire by keith mcgregor on Aug 22, 2008 at 5:20:36 pm
If there's anyway you could get stock footage of flames (istock, HD cuts?, getty images, etc. etc.) being moved in the air, you could just track the motion of the ball and use a displacement map to make it look like it's kinda wrapped around the ball. Bezier warp might do as well. About transfer modes, maybe ADD with the opacity turned down might do. But I would actually have to try it with the baseball footage. You will have to adjust it's path until it looks right, but sounds like fun to me!
Hope that helps, -B
Re: Video Effect- Baseball on Fire by Carl Endres on Sep 3, 2008 at 12:01:49 pm
You would use a blending mode (I use screen) on the fire layer and that should remove the black. Often on the beginning of their footage they have a logo inserted. You would edit that portion out first prior to putting it into the timeline.
