Adding effects to movies.

[tmaxx]

I recently purchased VideoStudio Pro X4. I have been making movies just fine, but now I am wanting to try some new things such as effects. Here are some things I would like to try, but I am not sure if VideoStudio has this capability:
1. Add explosions to movies.
2. Also other effects like lightning coming from fingertips.
2. I have seen in other video clips where people have added a mouth to various inanimate objects such as a wall or fruit or whatever. The object would remain still while the mouth spoke. I am not sure if this is clear or not.

I noticed that some have used Adobe After Effects. Is this what is needed? It seems kind of expensive.

[teknisyan]

tmaxx those are achievable by using a plugin.

NewblueFX has a number of plugins that I'm sure will allow you to do all those things. You can visit www.newbluefx.com for more information.