• Apple Motion

  Thought bubble with video clip inside?

  Posted by Mike Ron on July 16, 2014 at 4:13 am

  Hi,

  I’m familiar with FCPX, but I’m a beginner in Motion. How do you make a thought bubble with a video clip inside of it? Here’s an example of the result I’d like to get:

  https://www.revostock.com/After-Effects-Project/311928/Media-Thought-Bubbles.htm

  Thanks.

  Mike Ron replied 12 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Andy Neil

  July 16, 2014 at 5:01 am

  You do this by duplicating your thought bubble layer (which you make with the bezier shape tool). You put an outline on the top layer and then add an image mask to it and drag the bottom layer onto the image mask. Set the mask to subtract and it will cut out the bubble.

  You can scale the top layer up a bit if you want to alter how much of an edge you have surrounding your bubble. You can feather the bottom shape to change how well it composites with the top shape.

  Hope this helps.

  Andy

  https://plus.google.com/u/0/107277729326633563425/videos
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  Mike Ron

  July 17, 2014 at 4:43 am

  Thanks. I’ll give that a try!

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