Candles & Small Flames is a practical-fire stock-footage collection from ActionVFX featuring small-scale real flame elements captured for professional compositing.

The collection includes candles, matches, burners and free-standing small flames, with variations in flame type, flame color and wind intensity.

• LIBRARY DETAILS

• 31 VFX assets
• Real practical fire footage
• Shot on black
• Captured with a RED GEMINI 5K camera
• Recorded at 96 fps
• 59.94 fps delivery time base
• Designed for compositing into film, television, advertising and VFX shots

• RESOLUTION

• 2K — 2048 × 1080
• 4K — 4096 × 2160
• Original 5K — 5120 × 2700

• VIDEO FORMAT

• ProRes 4444 — 2K and 4K
• R3D — original 5K unkeyed footage
• 12-bit ProRes 4444 for the delivered 2K / 4K versions

• CAPTURE SPECS

• Camera — RED GEMINI 5K
• Recorded Frame Rate — 96 fps
• Time Base — 59.94 fps
• Practical flames captured against black

The high-frame-rate capture allows the flames to retain detailed natural motion while also supporting slower playback when needed.

• INCLUDED FLAME TYPES

The official collection includes assets such as:

• Candles
• Candle Flames
• Candle Wind Variations
• Candle Ignitions
• Candle Extinguishes
• Matches
• Horizontal Matches
• Vertical Matches
• Small Flames
• Windy Small Flames
• Burners
• Additional small practical flame variations

• CANDLE ELEMENTS

The candle section includes multiple states and variations, including:

• Normal candle flames
• Wind-affected candle flames
• Candle ignition
• Candle extinguishing

This allows editors to create a more complete candle sequence rather than relying on a single looping flame.

• MATCH ELEMENTS

Match footage includes different orientations such as:

• Horizontal Matches
• Vertical Matches

These elements are useful for close-up ignition shots, practical-light inserts and composited fire details.

• WIND VARIATIONS

A number of assets were recorded with varying wind intensity.

These are useful when the flame needs to react more naturally to:

• Exterior environments
• Open windows
• Character movement
• Airflow
• Dramatic environmental conditions

• COMPOSITING WORKFLOW

Because the footage was captured on black, the flame elements can be integrated using standard VFX compositing techniques.

Typical workflows include:

• Add / Screen-style blending
• Luma-based compositing
• Keying or matte extraction
• Color adjustment
• Glow enhancement
• Tracking the flame onto practical objects

The original 5K R3D files are also included for workflows that require more control over the unkeyed source footage.

• SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY

The rendered ProRes 4444 footage can be used in major professional video and compositing applications, including:

• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• DaVinci Resolve
• Final Cut Pro
• VEGAS Pro
• Nuke
• Other software supporting ProRes 4444 footage

The 5K R3D originals require software with REDCODE RAW support.

• BEST FOR

• Candle Compositing
• Match Ignition
• Small Fires
• Practical Flame Enhancement
• Film & Television
• Commercials
• Music Videos
• Horror Scenes
• Fantasy Scenes
• Historical Scenes
• Cinematic Inserts
• VFX Compositing
• Fire Replacement
• Atmospheric Lighting Effects
Details: https://www.actionvfx.com/collections/candles-and-small-flames-stock-footage