This was requested so here are a few sprites, I don't use too much.

All of them were made by me using.

. Adobe After Effects

. Adobe Photoshop

. Hitfilm 2 Ultimate

. HEK

If you require any help, or really don't even know what these are for, just post.

Compile these bitmaps first, ignore the errors then add/edit the flags and dialog's and recompile:



Name: Ar_flare_side_a

Tag parameters:

Bitmap type: sprites

Format: Any (32bit I used)

Budget size: 512x512

Budget count: 9

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Name: sg_flare_b

Bitmap type: sprites

Format: Any (32bit I used)

Budget size: 512x512

Budget count: 2

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Name: sparks_a

Bitmap type: sprites

Format: Any (16bit I used)

Budget size: 256x256

Budget count: 1

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Name: spikey_flare_c

Bitmap type: sprites

Format: Any (color key transparency I used)

Budget size: 256x256

Budget count: 1
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Name: electric_rings_d

Bitmap type: sprites

Format: Any (16bit I used)

Budget size: 512x512

Budget count: 4

Thanks to:

Yoda for both his knowledge, and tutorials.

Ifafudafi for his particle effects reference guide.

Masters1337 for his guide

And the rest of you for viewing this thread.
Edited by ASCENDANTJUSTICE on May 20, 2014 at 10:36 AM

^ implying ripped is always better than custom?

I applaud him for the effort, it's not something many people have tried to tackle. The only custom effects that come to mind are the explosion effects that CMT released a viDoc about (which are pretty damn impressive).

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spme33LqCZA
Edited by stunt_man on May 20, 2014 at 11:49 AM

rrducr.

Awesome, thank you for these, Justice.

But, JPEG?

Patxi already made his own, he is very shy so he doesn't post a lot of his stuff.

@paxti are they H4s?

Everyone on the internet is a girl.

@Patxi: That is just stock footage taken from the web, the third sprite is from action essentials.

I don't mean to be.....mean but you could do a lot better if you have the know how.

@Mootjuh: Sprites from halo 3 are of no use in ce, they require accurate coloring which I suspect was done in Photoshop or in there engine.#

I can color grade them my self, but they would be wildly in accurate to that of bungies. I only use the h3 sprites you gave me for enhancing my own textures.

(thanx for them by the way)


@everybody: As for the sprites, I make them all my self, using my own textures, Hitfilms particle engine, After effects for color grading and photoshop for sprite page organizing.

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Lot's of people complain it's really hard to create new effects, IT isn't!

I've had people even complain that modifying pre-existing bitmaps is hard, IT isn't

Example:

This is a generic halo 3 particle bitmap, (muzzle_flash_round_gaseous) by bungie.



And here is my one, (sg_flash_b)



First thing I did, was open the footage in photoshop, play around with the rotation & pixel color curves. Once I was happy I decided to blend in some of my own custom textures and then I exported the image into after effects.

From there it's pretty simple, Add a cc toner and an effect > stylize > glow effect.

Voila, you have something to brag about.


(Apologies for the fb hosted pics, it's just more convenient to put these in a photo album of mine, if you want the original tiff images I'd be happy to give them to you)

I don't mind these being used in smaller projects, but cmt does not have my permission to use this in there projects!

Edited by ASCENDANTJUSTICE on May 23, 2014 at 01:20 PM
Edited by ASCENDANTJUSTICE on May 23, 2014 at 01:23 PM