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- Filming Tips
- Step 1: Setting Up Your Project
- Step 2: Adding Media to the Project and the Timeline
- Step 3: Marking the Firing Points
- Step 4: Choosing the Color for the Muzzle Flash
- Step 5: Defining the Shape of the Muzzle Flash
- Step 6: Adding Some Blur
- Step 7: Duplicating the Muzzle Flash
- Final Steps: Adding a Sound Effect and a Background
- Render and Save
- Resources
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Step 3: Marking the Firing Points
With your action sequence on the Timeline, you will now mark exactly when the trigger is pulled. This will allow you to save time later when you need to add the muzzle flash and the firing sound effect.
Task: Add markers to the Timeline by following these steps:
- Use the Zoom Slider to fill the Timeline with the clip you've just placed on the Green_Screen track.
- Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the Current Timeline Indicator (CTI) forward a few frames at a time until you identify the point where the gun has fired (see Figure 13).
- With the CTI in the correct position, press the asterisk (*) key on your keyboard's number pad to add a marker to the Timeline (see Figure 14).
- If necessary, repeat steps 1 and 2 to place a Timeline marker for each time the trigger is pulled (see Figure 15).