• Adobe After Effects

  lightsaber burn marks

  Posted by Thecaptain0913 on November 4, 2007 at 5:47 am

  hey guys,
  working on something that requires me to put lightsaber burn marks into a fallen log as a lightsaber runs through it. I tried motion tracking and using paint to make the initial “cut” in the log but i cant get it to stay on the log it just doesnt work. Does any one know what I can do so I don’t have to spend hours at my computer trying to figure it out?
  Thanks

  Graham Quince replied 18 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Graham Quince

  November 5, 2007 at 8:12 am

  The paint tool works on the actual layer, as a result motion tracking applies after the paint tool, so your burn mark will move around. (I think)

  There are a couple of ways around this:

  You could either pre-compose your footage and apply motion stablisation inside the pre-comp, then re-wobble it later – see Andrew Kramer’s demon face tutorial for the best way to do that.

  The alternative is to create a new layer, apply the motion track data to that layer and use Vector Paint and transfer modes to add the burn mark.

  Graham

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