• Adobe After Effects

  invisible wall FX in 3D space

  Posted by Scott Robert on April 28, 2010 at 8:33 pm

  I have a shot of two people standing face to face. Between them, I want to create an invisible force field – warp looking. I used ripple effect. (I will be using another plug in instead of the ripple, perhaps a glass wave look.

  How do I change it’s perspective?
  Sample:
  https://www.redmoonlight.com/client/4websites/vamp.jpg

  When applying FX, I only get a round shape. applying basic 3D puts no effect on the ripple.

  Tudor “ted” jelescu replied 16 years ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  April 28, 2010 at 9:15 pm

  Use free form
  https://toolfarm.com/plugins/index.php/Digieffects_FreeForm_AE
  This gives you true 3D displacement.

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior VFX Artist
  Bucharest, Romania
  http://www.ennstudio.ro
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  Michael Szalapski

  April 28, 2010 at 9:42 pm

  Are you saying that picture is what it currently looks like and you want it to be more 3d or are you saying that’s what you want your thing to look like?

  If that’s how you want yours to look, check out this tutorial.
  Then think about turning your displacement layer in 3d space in a precomp (ignore the basic 3d effect; rotate the layer on its y axis).

  If you’re saying you want a more 3d effect, you will have to wait for CS5 which comes with Freeform. (Or you can buy it for CS4).
  Or you can use an actual 3d program.

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  Scott Robert

  April 28, 2010 at 10:02 pm

  Thanks, Ted. I have that plug in and couldn’t figure it out last year. I’ll give it a play and see if I can figure it out this time.
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  Scott Robert

  April 28, 2010 at 10:07 pm

  What I have posted is close. I was able to turn it on the y axis which is applied to the video layer – cheating it. The video is turned as well. Then that one is on top another video layer.

  I don’t want to rotate the video layer. If I put the ripple on an adjustable layer, You can’t turn the effect on the Y axis. Nothing happens using Basic 3D.

  I watched “the pusher” yesterday and the rings are facing front when I need it in an angle.
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  April 29, 2010 at 7:19 am

  If you animate a pond ripple like gradient white on black and use that as a displacement map in free form you’ll get what you’re looking for.

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior VFX Artist
  Bucharest, Romania
  http://www.ennstudio.ro

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