VFX Reference Vault: Muzzle Flash
Explore our VFX team's favorite reference material as we open our vault of inspiration for a peek into our stash.
Welcome back to the Beyond-FX Reference Vault
Our secret stash of VFX reference materials remains open and ready for sharing! Join us as we showcase some of our favorite materials for some of the most needed real-time VFX. Who knows, these might be just the thing your own real-time VFX reference vault needs.
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Muzzle Flash
Lock and load. Bang-bang! Muzzle flashes hold an immense power and intensity to action sequences in movies and video games. Flashes of light, flames, and smoke make up just a few of the elements produced by the ignition and combustion of gunpowder. Here's a list of some of our favorite muzzle flash references!
Warning: Some of these movie references contain graphic images of blood and violence.
The Matrix’s Lobby Gun Fight (Warning: graphic images of blood and violence.)
Heat Shootout Scene (Warning: graphic images of blood and violence.)
Predator Contact Scene - Shooting Jungle (Warning: graphic images of blood and violence.)
Captain America vs. The Winter Soldier - Highway Fight Scene
Marvel’s The Punisher Season 1 - Shootout Scene (Warning: graphic images of blood and violence.)
Desperado - Fight Scene (Warning: graphic images of blood and violence.)
Kingsman The Secret Service - Countdown Scene (Warning: graphic images of blood and violence.)
Robocop 1987 Drug Factory Raid (Warning: graphic images of blood and violence.)
Suppressor Meltdown! 700 round burst through an M249 SAW!
Sniping a Slow Motion Camera - The Slow Mo Guys
.50 Cal vs Ballistic Window HARDCORE Slow Mo - Smarter Every Day 187
Cannon Shock Waves in Ultra Slow Motion - Smarter Every Day 200
Terminator Weaponry - Future Weapons
WWII Tanks Firing in Slow Motion
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