More tracking in After Effects

The track is not as perfect as it could be because the footage was too grainy. I shot this in a quite dark hallway with not enough light.

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Testing 3D Max Particle Flow and Particle Dynamics

Particle dispersion v.1

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Particle dispersion v.2

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Particle dynamics & deflectors

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Bullet Hit 300fps

This is the same video as the previous with few improvements which aren't actually visible. Since this is just a test of how things would look in slo motion I didn't want to put too much effort in detailing the materials. The first test didn't turn out flawless. I might render a new version with corrections.

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3Ds Max Particle Flow

The bullet hole, debris and the bullet were created in 3D Max. I rendered into four separate layers and composited in After Effects.


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Speed Particles

I learned this great expression to drive particles based
on the speed the emitting layer is moving.

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Particular Muzzle Flash

This is the muzzle flash I used in the previous video. Main tools used were Particular and Vector blur. I started by creating a burst of particles and distorted the layer using vector blur. After that it was just madness and mayhem. I ended up having 29 layers in the final comp.

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The Bullet

Inspired by the short video "The Bullet" by Andrew Kramer.

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