Visual effects require excellent raw footage.
Creating visual effects like those done in the film "X-Men: The Last Stand" requires an advanced knowledge of visual effects software and its use. Teams of digital effects artists spend weeks working on big budget film effects using expensive and industry leading equipment. Producing similar effects at home can be done, but requires the correct equipment and a skilled visual effects artists. Fortunately, basic visual effects are not overly difficult to do.
Instructions
1. Purchase a high performance PC. Lots of RAM, hard drive space, processing power and an excellent video card are required to do advanced visual effects.
2. Download and install an professional grade visual effects software Adobe After Effects is an excellent tool and recommended.
3. Determine what effects from the film should be reproduced. X-Men: The Last Stand utilizes hundreds of different effects select which one(s) will be reproduced.
4. Shoot the raw footage. Visual effects software requires raw footage. It is important to correct as much of the raw footage for the shoot rather than worrying about it in post-production. For example, if a scene is too dark, add more light; avoid making adjustments to the brightness in post-production.
5. Import the raw footage to the computer and load it into the visual effects software.
6. Research the effect that will be achieved. The help file for the software will tell users perform basic effects. There are many tutorials available that instruct users do specific effects.
7. Create the effects. Follow the instructions from the tutorial to create the specific desired effects.
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