• Adobe After Effects

  how to build a disco floor like thata!

  Posted by Tommaso Cicognani on June 6, 2009 at 1:21 pm

  Hi all,
  I’m working on building a disco floor like this (see link below)

  https://www.greentowel.com/images/qt/kennedy/GreenTowel_yourmama.mov

  I tried using Cell Pattern effect with Colorama but I’m far from it!

  How to make the floor color changing like that? any advice?

  Any web store where could I buy the project?

  Thanks
  Tommaso

  Serge Hamad replied 17 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Serge Hamad

  June 6, 2009 at 2:47 pm

  Hi,

  You are using the wrong filter. Fractal Noise & Colorama would do the trick.

  Create a solid, apply “Fractal Noise” to it.
  – Set the Noise type to “Block”
  – Set the Fractal Type to “Small Bumps”
  – In the Sub Settings menu, set the “Sub Influence % to (0)
  – Increase the scale property in the transform menu to taste.

  – Now add the “Colorama” effect and make sure that you add a black portion to your color wheel to give you the effect of light switching on & off.

  – Animate the “Phase Shift” located in the Input Phase menu. Done!

  Here is the project:
  https://www.nyc-visual.com/disco_floor.zip

  Salut,
  Serge

  Invigorator/Proanimator Training: https://library.creativecow.net/articles/hamad_serge/invig_training.php
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  Tommaso Cicognani

  June 6, 2009 at 4:20 pm

  Thanks Serge for your help but how can I let it be more real?
  I mean, for istance, the lights turn on and off not gradually (just on and off), how to make the floor seems more specular..
  I tried adding some Glow effects and a little bit of CC light but it still appears too fake.
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  Serge Hamad

  June 6, 2009 at 9:19 pm

  Hi Tommaso,

  These light effects look way better when done with a 3D program butI just played with the project for a couple of min & think it may help you:

  https://www.nyc-visual.com/disco_floor.zip

  Basically, if you want your lights to switch on & off you need to disable the “Interpolate Palette” option for Colorama.

  I added a grid using some masks on a black layer to better separate each light.

  I hope this will bring you nearer.

  Salut,
  Serge

  Invigorator/Proanimator Training: https://library.creativecow.net/articles/hamad_serge/invig_training.php
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  Giampietro Balia

  June 7, 2009 at 11:28 am

  but how do you create those bumps? You need something like Maya or 3dStudio Max?
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  Serge Hamad

  June 8, 2009 at 2:58 am

  Hi,

  Almost any 3D program would create the floor.

  Fortunately AE has two 3rd party plug-ins that can deform a layer in 3D:

  FreeForm from Digieffects & 3D Warps from Zaxwerks.

  Salut,
  Serge

  Invigorator/Proanimator Training: https://library.creativecow.net/articles/hamad_serge/invig_training.php

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