Footsteps sound effect

Each footfall a little brighter and fuller than the last. This is the card most edits actually need, because footsteps in a cut are usually somebody arriving rather than somebody simply walking.

Dull weighted thumps with the sole dragging as the weight rolls forward. That drag is what sells size, far more than making the step louder ever will.

Two events per step, a bright heel strike and a smaller toe click behind it. The gap between the two is what an audience hears as a heel, so it has to stay in.

Soft skin slaps with a faint tacky peel as the foot lifts. The peel is the detail that reads as bare rather than as somebody in socks, and it costs nothing to ask for.

Faint muffled presses with long silences between them. The silence is doing the acting here, so resist filling it, and the walk reads as somebody trying not to be heard.

A single planted step with a short scuff and no tail. Useful for the beat where somebody stops and turns, which no continuous walk can hand you at the right frame.