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the headbutt i thought was good as my mate pushed me back as he went in, gave a good reaction i thought..

I made a quick little video of me and a mate testing out ways of doing punches and other various violent moves without me breaking my face. This is what we came up with...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m02s0g00/Punchie.avi

file size is 1.4mb encoded with divx codec

Well, falling down a full flight of stairs (13 steps) Is a party trick of mine. Plus you can make it look convincing too if done correctly. Basically all you do is walk down normally and then collapse one leg and try and roll with your shoulder hitting the stairs first. From there, just go limp.... ...

ok, my second attempt, this one using a basic alpha matte to screen out the skyline then adding the effects. I think it came out pretty well, file size is about 4mb. Let me know what u guys think..

http://www.btinternet.com/~greendayguy/ ... hsound.avi

[Edited on 19-4-2003 by El-Mariachi]

nice one, cheers.

I should have my latest attempt for your guys option in the next hour or so..

In my film i have a huge nuke style explosion go off and i want the entire screen to quickly but gradually white out....I know it must be incredibly easy to do i can figure it out. I tried using the rubber bands to adjust the brightness and contrast right at the end of the clip but it won't let me m...

ahh yes, just figured that ok, cheers for that matey

Ok heres what im trying to do. (using adobe prem 6.5 I have one 5 sec shot of a guy standing infront of a wall, the second 5 second shot is the wall on its own. I use the "difference matte" transparency setting to make the guy fade in and by moving the simlarity bar up and down. Only probl...

erm......you guys every heard of Airsoft? As in replica BB guns? You can get guns that look identical....and i do mean identical for pretty cheap if u go second hand. This is just to show you kind of selection u can get. Have a hunt around, these things are perfectly legal and do look so cool, I got...