Realistic Muzzle Flare Tutorial

Freddie Wong makes things easy in his Realistic Muzzle Flare Tutorial below. His results are good, see his Chrono Trigger: Short Action Scene (recommended by Andrew Kramer several days ago). Wong's other antics include Challenging Finland to a Guitar Hero Showdown and "hacking into various YouTube videos and stealing their stuff."

Other resources for muzzle flashes were noted in the recent AEP post Muzzle flash tutorials in After Effects, which is been updated.





Update: along the same line is another FX series on Youtube; here's a sample Shoot Your Friends: Bullet Hit Tutorial,