Pirates of ConFusion
lightning & magic FOR BMD FUSION 9,16
& Davinci Resolve
100% FREE
About BLITZ(Lite)
Blitz FX (German for lightning) is a free effect fuse for Blackmagicdesign Fusion and DavinciResolve that was designed with the purpose of creating different types of electrical and lightning effects. It has the potential for wildly different types of effects. Because we wanted to give artists as much creative freedom as possible, we provided incredibly fine grained controls, so that if you can imagine it, we hope that you'll be able to build it with Blitz FX.
Blitz Fx is and will be completely free for you to use commercially as you please. No gold donation needed, although a bottle of Rum is always welcome.
Patrons of Confusion will get access to beta builds months before public release and will be able to directly participate in the fuse's development by giving us feedback and telling us what features you would like to see implemented. Every build will be accompanied by an exclusive tutorial which will be much more in-depth than the public videos. Depending on the tier you will also get your pirate name in the fuse.
Start growing your beards mateys!
Includes backplate shot on BMCC4k and tracking data in Fusion 16. Link to Patreon. No pledge required
LITE features:
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controllable start and end point which can be linked to tracker points and other tools as usual.
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smoothness allows to create an effect like the magic energy ball. The effect is more evident the lower the point density. You can also improve the effect by increasing the Resolution Multiplier under the Styling tab in the Extras drop-down.
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energy distribution settings including Energy Falloff control.
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phase change rate allows you to set the generation interval and flow rate adds micro jitter. It's a bit buggy, we know, we got top people working on it. :D
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grow effect ( Progress) with adjustable start and end points, and length based energy.
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INSANELY detailed per-depth level settings: Branch Length, Angle, Forking Percentage, Max Branches.
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branch coloring per depth for debugging purposes.
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in-built xglow ( thanks to Bryan Ray ) for previewing purposes.
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and many more.
Known issues
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it is currently not possible to assure you always have exact the same lightning shape. It means, every time you tweak something, the lightning's shape will change. Usually this is not an issue as most shape will look natural.
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phase change rate wonky which causes to change the lightning in an unnatural way.
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force seed tries to keep the shape at all costs. However the micro jitter seizes to work. As I said, at all costs :)
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branch angle issue where level 3's ( third branches) would start disappearing if above 0.0
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gain in the styling tab not affecting the alpha
License
You can share this fuse, the Lite but also the Pro version, and of course use it commercially. Furthermore, the Lite version will also be available on Reactor.
Before you dive in TIPS
You will need Bryan Ray's Xglow for the comp, but you can also use Emilio's FastExpoGlow. The in-build glow of the Blitz is for previewing purposes. It is recommended using a post glow for more control. The glow can make the lightning appear too thick. Check out the demo comp to see how I did it.
If BLITZ runs slow on your machine, deactivate HiQ and activate proxy. It will suffice to fine tune the effect's behavior with quick response. To reduce the intensity of the lightning you can decrease the energy, but sometimes it is better to use the gain inside the style tab.