Hi there, im eager too get more involved in film making, thus far ive only done some basic things, sketch based videos, jackass style things, and im wanting too move on too short films for my university portfolio, bsiclly, i need good piece of software for my editing that has ALOT of options, and possibly flash usage?
Also im wandering what kind of software and what i would need to do too do some serious digital effects, for example, the muzzle flash of a gun, or rendering part of a video into another video
any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks XD
There are many different programs out there that will help you create digital effects. FX Home VisionLab Studio could create some excelent muzzle flashes, particles and beams. Adobe After Effects Professional can mostly do everything and I think is better than VisionLab Studio.. As an editing software, I suggest either Adobe Premiere, Avid Liquid or Avid Xpress.
More serious effects (The sumperimposing of 3d animations) are done with expensive prgrams like Autodesk Maya ($5000) and 3DS MAX ($3500).
Good Editing Programs:
Adobe After Effetcs Pro.
FX Home VisionLab Studio
Adobe Premiere
Avid Liquid
Avid Xpress
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk 3DS MAX
Also keep in mind that filmmaking isn't all about creating "cool" effects. Effects weren't even needed at all in some of the greatest films. I'm not telling you to not use effects, I'm just saying to not make the effects the whole movie.
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To be honest, you're likely to just end up with a list of what software people use :). In my case that's Avid Xpress Pro HD, Lightwave, Vue 5 and Eyeon Fusion, but I think that's something like $7k worth of software that I've accumulated over the years.
Many of the programs have free demos or 'learning editions' you can download, so you probably want to give some a try and see which gives you the best choice of options.
BTW, here's a video from another site that I saw recently showing how they created gun-shots on a low-budget action feature. I'm not sure what software they used, but it's a good example of how to do it.
http://www.markcheng.com/video/anatomy%20of%20a%20shot.wmv
Edit: actually, I just looked up the effects software mentioned above ( http://fxhome.com/visionlab/), and it looks like it might be handy for the kind of things you're talking about. Seems to have a downloadable demo too.
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Also keep in mind that filmmaking isn't all about creating "cool" effects. Effects weren't even needed at all in some of the greatest films.
On the other hand, you can often save a lot of time and money by using effects which people won't even notice. Sky replacement, for example, is pretty easy these days, so rather than find exactly the right day for the shot, just shoot it and replace the sky. Similarly, you can do much better 'day for night' shoots these days by shooting in the day and then spending a bit of time in your effects program.
Yes. I don;t have FX home VisionLab Studio but I downloaded the evaluation version. it's a pretty handy tool for a pretty low price.
Piko, you should just look around the internet and see all the names of software you can find. Then dowmload some free trials and give them a try. See whcih one suits you best, the options the price and the capabilities.
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When the script writing is done, the work has just begun. When the filming is done, the work has just begun. When post-production is done, the work has just begun. When the distribution is done, you decide if the work is done.
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www.fallbackprod.co.nr
Matthew Wesley Miller
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More serious effects (The sumperimposing of 3d animations) are done with expensive prgrams like Autodesk Maya ($5000) and 3DS MAX ($3500).
Also, if you do start buying software it's a good idea to look out for 'competitive upgrade' deals: companies usually give discounts if you already own similar software from a competitor and I've saved 30-50+% of the full price on almost all film-making software I've bought by taking advantage of them (e.g. I saved something like 30% on the Avid software because I had Pinnacle Edition, which I got for about $30 because I had a Pinnacle DV-editing card beforehand and they did a special upgrade deal from their hardware to their software). Once you have one major software program you can get a whole load more for a fraction of the full price.
The software companies do it because although they lose some money up front, you're then hooked into paying upgrade fees every year or two to keep up to date. That's a nice chunk of regular income for them.
I have Adobe Production Studio (Very professional). I also have various elements (muzzle flashes, explosions, blood spurts etc.) from videocopilot.net,and I love it. Make sure you get a good camera too.
"Pain is tempoary, film is forever."
"Pain is tempoary, film is forever."
rightio then, thanks for that, ill look into the evaluation softwares, that were suggested
Muchos grasias!
