When it came to editing my tornado footage to make it work within the composition I had to do a couple of things.
Used time stretch because it was going waaaaay too fast. It didn't look alright so it needed to be done.
To blend it in a bit, create shadows etc, I used the same footage, just copied pasted it and played around with effects and the opacity of it. Because the original footage is really sharp, so I had to soften it up a bit. And it turned out to be the best thing to do it.
I created a little reflection on one of the buildings in the shot the exactly the same way, it appears just before you can see the sky darken and I think it sets the mood a little, it lets you know that the sh*t's about to hit the fan... and I like that. Plus it does just make it sit in the scene a little better.
I also had to blend it in with the sky, I've gotta admit that I used a few tornado renders which were pretty much failed, but when I played around with them I was able to create a nice sky out of them and dust and debris etc.
I also had to blend it in with the sky, I've gotta admit that I used a few tornado renders which were pretty much failed, but when I played around with them I was able to create a nice sky out of them and dust and debris etc.
The layer adjustments I used the most were: Curves, Brightness&Contrast, Opacity, Hue and Saturation and I masked a lot of things out, layers on top of layers on top of layers just to try and create imperfections.
I had to pay attention to the details, mask out every little lamppost etc. Took it's time but it was worth it, it made a huge difference in the end.
I had to pay attention to the details, mask out every little lamppost etc. Took it's time but it was worth it, it made a huge difference in the end.
Here is a little, before and after screenshot, just to give you an idea c:
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