Too cheap. concerned for safety, not enough time? Screw using blanks, just add digital effects. This tutorial explores the methods Quantum Petshop developed to add gun blasts and muzzle flares to gunfire action scenes. Though the concept is easy, this method explains how to make more flashy effects by using simple methods. Don't settle for hand drawn effects or generic plug-ins.

This tutorial assumes you have basic video editing ability, to export still images for use in a graphics editing application, such as Adobe Photoshop.