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Fake blood… digitally

VFX

We can give realism to our action or horror scenes with fake blood... and thanks to Kdenlive it is possible to simulate the presence of blood in our scene without having to pour red paint on our film set.

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February 4, 2016
Luca Tringali
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To detonate an object… without detonators

VFX

Even if you are not Michael Bay, you will certainly have thought at least once of detonating something in your movies. In these pages we show you how with Kdenlive and GIMP it is possible to obtain this effect at a cost almost equal to zero.

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December 11, 2015
Luca Tringali
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A shot in the dark

Look and feel

Shooting movies in low light conditions is not impossible: just follow some rules. And if your camcorder makes too much noise in the shadows, the problem can be solved with Kdenlive's color correction tools.

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September 30, 2015
Luca Tringali
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Free flight without superpowers

VFX

Do you like the idea of ​making your actors fly? With Kdelive, a green towel, and some small tricks this is possible. And if you use the correct lighting your result will be able to compete with those of the great cinema productions.

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August 3, 2015
Luca Tringali
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Go through a wall… without knocking it down

VFX

A nice effect, which lends itself to many uses in the production of films, consists in making an actor cross an obstacle such as a wall. Can our actors go through the walls? Of course, with the Kdenlive superpowers.

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June 20, 2015
Luca Tringali
VFX
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From 2D to 3D… PART TWO

VFX

Let's see how to use Blender's camera mapping to transform a 2D photograph into a 3D scene to be included in our movies. It is a digital method to achieve what was once called matte painting, but at no cost and in a few tens of minutes.

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January 24, 2015
Luca Tringali
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From 2D to 3D… FIRST PART

VFX

Let's see how to use Blender's camera mapping to transform a 2D photograph into a 3D scene to be included in our movies. It is a digital method to achieve what was once called matte painting, but at no cost and in a few tens of minutes.

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January 24, 2015
Luca Tringali
VFX
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The knife thrower

VFX

Simulating the injury of an actor with a cutting weapon is a fundamental operation for an action film... and thanks to Kdenlive we can produce a decidedly realistic computer animation without risking to harm someone.

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December 5, 2014
Luca Tringali
VFX
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From day to night

VFX

Thanks to the digital color correction it is possible to obtain surprising results: it is even possible to simulate a night shot with images shot during the day. It is the so-called "day to night effect", and we can achieve it with Kdenlive.

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November 11, 2014
Luca Tringali
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The wizard of colors

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Kdenlive as GIMP: the video editing program includes incredibly powerful tools to correct the colors of the movies, treating them as if they were simple photographs. We will try to achieve the bleach bypass effect and the lomo effect.

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October 14, 2014
Luca Tringali
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