• Adobe After Effects

  distort path in AE

  Posted by Philipe Karlsson on February 19, 2012 at 4:17 pm

  Hi!

  Im looking for a way of doing this with a shape of a star:
  i been playing around with the distortion effects but i haven’t got the result i want.

  any input would be great!

  Angie Taylor replied 14 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  February 20, 2012 at 3:01 am

  This looks like a form of displacement. Have a look here https://library.creativecow.net/articles/hodgetts_philip/displacement.php for a Time Displacement tutorial.

  HTH
  RoRK

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  Angie Taylor

  February 20, 2012 at 11:16 am

  Just to add to Roland’s good suggestion to use Displacement Maps;

  To make the star, to use as a displacement map, create a solid layer and then use the Star Mask tool to create a feathered mask. Precompose this and use it as your displacement map. to create the stripes I’d suggest using the Venetian Blinds transition effect on a yellow solid, though there are always dozens of ways to “skin a cat” in After Effects.

  Hope this helps! 🙂

  cheers,

  Angie

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