AE effect how to?
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- georgietexan
I have seen this effect about gazillin times but I'm very new to AE so I need a little help pulling if off as good as the pros. heres a link to one ex of what I'm looking to do.
http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/artic…So what I would like to learn is how to make the blue lines flying by. I think the lines were made in Illustartor to give them that crisp look but how would you pull off the effect? with masking? in AE anyone know of online totorials simler to this effect?
- Chip0
looking at the sample, I'd probably do exactly as you said. Draw the lines in Illustrator and then set them up on a layer with a mask that revealed quickly in AE.
I'm no expert in AE, but that seems like the obvious way to create the effect.?
- honkytonk0
this was done with the
'flying lines' filter.just kidding. try the mask.
- georgietexan0
NAY online totorials? to give me a starting point?
- surfito0
thats nice!
mask the vectors.
- mbr0
Try a search. There have been several questions about vector outlined stuff.
There is a plugin, but the results are as good as doing it by hand.
- vellan0
i am gonna vouch for using vectors and simple masking...anything else would be overkill.
- georgietexan0
have any of you tried to create this type of effect? any pitfalls or trouble shooting problems come about when trying to make it come off as good as the video clip. I'm really new to the whole making thing? I mean... I know how it works but in the past, I could not get it to look as good but then again I was using Photoshop. Should all the images be saved as .png will they still be transparent?
- vellan0
use illustrator to create the vectors, then put them in a layer over your video, and use the pen tool to mask out your character. do the masking in AE so you can keyframe them...
it should be pretty straight forward.
- georgietexan0
so should I save it as a .PNG, or GIF etc?? also do I make it to scale in Illustrator or do I resize it in AE. sorry for all the questions this is my first time at this effect.
- vellan0
1. create graphics in Illustrator and save as .ai
2. import into AE
3.animate .ai and mask video clip in AE.OR if you are doing this in photoshop
1. Create graphics and save as .psd
2. import .psd, choosing the layer with the graphic you created (so as the background is transparent)
3. animate layer and mask video
- 187LockDown0
It baffles me why you would want an online tutorial to figure out how to mask a simple shape?
All of the tutorials you need are inside your After Effects Help file.Always RTAEH!
Go Help/After Effects Help:
Working with Masks and Transparency
--------------------------------Understanding transparency in After Effects
Using a footage item with an alpha channel
Working with masks
Creating masks
Drawing rectangular and oval masks
About Mask Paths
Drawing a Bezier mask with the pen tool
Selecting masks and control points
Scaling and rotating selected masks or points
Changing the shape of a mask
Feathering mask edges
Adjusting the edges of a mask
Adjusting the opacity of a mask
Specifying which parts of a mask are inside and outside
Moving a mask and panning a layer behind a mask
Specifying one mask as the target for animation
Animating a mask
Importing masks from Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
Applying effects to a mask
Creating visible lines and solid shapes from masks
Controlling how masks in the same layer interact
Using mask modes
Modifying multiple masks
Locking a mask
Reusing a mask
Creating track mattes and traveling mattes
Using layer modes
Creating transparency using keying
- bhawk0
They also seem to seperate the charaters from the background in the still photos. However this can be done by creating your layers in photoshop using paths and import the psd. you will not have to worry about the layers being transparent. It imports the psd just like in photoshop. Create the lines in AI and animate the mask. It pretty simple cause they used still photos. But once you get into video, it a whole other ball game, advanced keyframe masking.
- vellan0
i just finished a contract that involved some crazy rotoscoping...had to place an image onto the stomach of a character...but her hands go infront of the image, and she sits down.
that was a solid 14 hour roto. frame, mask, frame, mask, repeat ad nauseum