In this next section, you will add some real-world muzzle flashes to the pistol and rifle, and also a pre-composited laser beam effect created in After Effects . Both of these effects replace the ones you created in Project 5, enhancing the overall look of this project.
Add a muzzle flash and a laser beam to your Timeline by following these steps:
Use any of the keyboard shortcuts to set the Project panel as active, then open the
Videobin, and locate theLaserBeam_1.aviclip. Move the Timeline indicator to the point where the laser should fire (around 28;11).Drag-and-drop the
LaserBeam_1.aviclip from the Project panel onto Video 4. The clip lasts a little too long, rather than trim it; press X on the keyboard to activate the Rate Stretch tool. Place the cursor over the right-hand edge of the clip, and drag it to the left, so the clip's overall duration is just 14 frames.