How To Make A Jet Pack for $30

Step 9 The Magic of Flight

Now I'm not going to go into detail on how to use a green screen, chroma key, key frames, etc. You might be using a different editing program as me and there are people much smarter then myself who have posted tutorials. So here are some links!
Green Screen and Chroma Key
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/85814 (some good general tips)
http://www.videouniversity.com/chroma1.htm (another great source)

Believe it or not, I didn't use Motion or After Effects on the Jet pack episode. The rocket effects I found on this great website by Detonation Films.

They have a bunch of FREE stock footage of explosions, rocket exhaust and other cool stuff. They even have tutorials on how to use them with your NLE.

The only other program I used was Photoshop to make a tiny Chris that blasts off the ground and edit some of the backgrounds. A big part of completing this effect is using Final Cut Pro (or Premiere) to animate element you have edited in Photoshop. Here is a good tutorial on animating using FCP and Photoshop.

Good Luck and please post any questions or comments!

-Erik