Smoke footage?

[rhys]

Hey, does anyone know where i can get free smoke footage that is filmed on black?
I need to have the smoke enter screen and fill out the screen, i am using the smoke as a trackmatte on a vampire layer to make it as if the vampire turns to smoke (ill be reversing the clip)
Any ideas?

[ALove]

http://www.detonationfilms.com

[rhys]

Detonation films has changed and now has footage that u pay for. I cant find the free footage on the site.

[ALove]

http://www.detonationfilms.com/free_stuff.htm

Just so you know though, their pay footage is worth it, especially when you compare it to Artbeats, which I had to buy a clip from recently.

[aaronv2]

you cant get a black bed sheet and do this yourself out the back yard? whats the deal you would have full control over how your smoke moves with a fan or something this is just lazy.

[fi11m-m4k3r]

I tried shooting it myself but i couldnt key the smoke properly.

[ALove]

Well thats the problem then you should be adjusting the levels and then screening the smoke over the footage.

[Epsilon]

I bought a fog machine for $20.

[aaronv2]

You dont "key" smoke or anything shot on black background for that matter... you play with layer overlay settings... with smoke id imagine "add" or "overlay" would be good settings to use... or is it "screen" i can never remember which gets rid of black... anyway set contrast up so you get some nice harshness to it just play around with settings until you have a nice composite. EASY!

[rhys]

I shall try arronv2's advice and show u it when done