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Posted on 26/01/07 4:10:12 PM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply  |
making fire
Hi I've just crashed a Boeing 747 - now I need to set it on fire. Anybody got any ideas how to create flame or a fireball for a massive explosion? |
Posted on 26/01/07 7:13:30 PM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply  |
Re: making fire
try [url=http://www.morguefile.com] you can source some good fire from there. |
Posted on 27/01/07 3:25:21 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: making fire
Hi Chris, A few years ago I took this shot of some glowing embers at a bonfire party. I regularly use it for 'explosions'. Just make a feathered selection in an explosion shape, tweak the colours a bit if you like and it works very well. Putting a very blurred copy behind the explosion helps too. I have just used it as the exhaust trail for a surface to air missile in a project that I have just been working on. To do that I stretched a selection and then deleted parts at the tail end of the selection. Putting a feathered, circular red/yellow gradient at the top for the 'heat' of the jetpipe and some highly blurred, feathered and faded very light grey clouds for the smoke gave me a convincing exhaust. That technique may well do for your explosions. Let me know if you would like a full res (17MB) copy Gordon 
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Posted on 27/01/07 3:50:42 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply |
Re: making fire
Here's one I did earlier for an air safety campaign on the problem of light aircraft entering Controlled Airspace without a clearance. 
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Posted on 27/01/07 4:21:34 PM |
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Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply  |
Re: making fire
Wow! Good one Gordon! _________________ |
Posted on 27/01/07 5:37:04 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply |
Re: making fire
Sorry if these are getting a bit violent! Rocket + launcher were modelled in Cinema 4D. If anyone is thinking of going 3D this is a very good programme - just be prepared for the learning curve that you get with any 3D app.  |
Posted on 27/01/07 9:10:49 PM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply |
Re: making fire
Hi Everyone's come up trumps - as usual! Gordon, if I could have a hi-res of your fire shot, that would be great. Can you send it to cd.berry@virgin.net - most appreciated. Dave, thanks for the morguefile ref - what a great site. Cheers Chris |