Archive notice: This article was originally published on January 19, 2017. Links and embedded videos are preserved as part of the historical record.
Anyone who wants to create blaster effects with HitFilm 4 Express can look forward to a tutorial series on “Rebellion: A HitFilm Story”. We also briefly presented the latest version of the free editing and effects tool here.
Create blaster VFX
This six-minute tutorial shows you how to combine correct timing, muzzle flash, laser, and lighting for a laser-blaster effect. To recreate the tutorial as well, you accordingly receive the project file, which you can download here.
Create blaster impact
The logical consequence in the second tutorial: here you learn how to create a blaster impact with HitFilm. Here too, the project file is attached.
By the way, you can watch the complete tutorial series here. In addition, a tutorial for the shot with the AT-AT, which can also be seen in the short film, will be uploaded soon.
One more tutorial, please!
Still not enough? Okay, then let’s continue with a guest tutorial in which you learn how to make a 2D image more interesting using displacement. A displacement map with balck-and-white values is created in order to obtain slight 3D parallax.
Download and HitFilm Pro
You can download the tool here. Anyone considering buying the full version can also receive a 15% discount until January 31. You can find more information here.
