Creating a bullet wound in forehead

[julianm44443758]

Generally speaking from a cost perspective if I need to create a blood bullet wound on an actor's forehead can it be easily done in After Effects / Post production or should I hire a make up artist for the set? Thanks.

[Nexahs1138]

Create a feathered mask and add a blood splatter image. You can easily find many tutorials for bullet shots on YouTube.

[Andrew Yoole · Accepted solution]

Practical effects almost always look better than doing it in post production.  Doing a convincing job in post will require a skilled After Effects designer.

If your budget extends to hiring a makeup artist, I'd do that.  But, if not, there are some quite good tutorials around for this kind of thing, like this one:

The Forge Post: Bullet Wounds - After Effects Tutorial - YouTube

[julianm44443758]

Thank you