Go check out for a good collection of explosions, muzzle flashes, smoke and other elements. Now for all of you who are looking for free stock footage! Since I’ve bought this pack I haven’t really used anything else. Now this pack isn’t free, but for $99 for the 720p version you are getting a massive amount of amazing, pre-keyed stock footage elements. Where can I find free stock footage for my own VFX?Īll (or most) of the stock footage elements I use for explosions, fire, smoke and debris are from the Action Essentials 2 by Videocopilot. I myself am very happy with the Adobe Creative Cloud, even though there are still features I feel are missing from some of their core products – but I might do a post about that some other time. Of course, you have to decide for yourself which software works best for your needs and your workflow. Since more and more great colour correction and colour grading plug-ins are becoming available directly inside Adobe Premiere, like the fantastic Magic Bullet suite, I have stopped using Speedgrade much though.įinally, as an avid photographer, I love using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for all my photo editing and organisational needs.

On top of that I use Adobe Photoshop and make occasional use of Adobe Audition to clean up some elements of my audio or Adobe Speedgrade for colour correction and colour grading. I am on a monthly subscription for around $50 and get access to all of Adobe’s products, all new versions and all updates.Īctively, I of course mainly use Adobe Premiere for all my video editing needs and Adobe After Effects for all my visual effects. You can get trial versions of all products available from the official Adobe website. I have always been a big fan of the Adobe product suite, which is now available with the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription based model.

What software do you use for film making and visual effects? We will discuss which software I use for all my film making and visual effect projects, where you can find great free stock footage resources and how you can use them inside of Adobe After Effects. In the 3rd VFX Vlog I answer more common questions for all of you.

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