There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Humble Software Bundle: Video Creator’s VFX. This is a collection of stock footage in mostly HD and 2K formats from ActionVFX with a very reasonable license. As with all Humble Bundles this one is organized into tiers:
1$ Tier
- Several single item packs including sparks, torches, explosions, glitches, lightning and more
15$ Tier
- Several more single item packs including AR-15 and pistol fire, matte transitions and brush effects
- Blood Mist Pack
- Gun Smoke Pack
- Sparks Pack
- Bullet Hit Pack
- Glitch Transitions Pack
- Electric and Energy Pack
- Grunge Overlay Pack
- Lens Flare Pack
25$ Tier
- Several more individual effects
- Ground Bursts Pack
- Gas Explosion Pack
- Ground Fire Pack
- Large Scale Dust Wave Pack
- Small Scale Smoke Pack
- Direct Blasts Pack
- 2x Ink Packs
- Glitch Overlay Pack
- Lens Flare Transition Pack
- Paper Transition Pack
- Paper Backgrounds Pack
The files in the Video Creator’s VFX bundle are in .mov ProRes format, compatible with most existing video editing software. In the video below we go into more detail of the bundle and include showing some of the assets in action in HitFilm 16 Pro. As with all Humble Bundles, you can decide how your money is allocated between Humble, charity, the publisher and (thanks so much if you do!) to support GFS purchasing using this link.