• Adobe After Effects

  Question on how to achieve this revealing technique?

  Posted by Michael Luckhardt on September 11, 2010 at 8:56 pm

  Hi Guys,

  I’m trying to figure out how to get this revealing technique. I’d like to use it to reveal some cynic text and feel that the fiery nature of it works well.

  It looks to me as if they are using an alpha of some fire to reveal it but I’m not sure!

  Thanks!

  Stephen Smith replied 15 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Stephen Smith

  September 13, 2010 at 7:23 pm

  Use something like the Cloud Chambers in Digital Juice’s Compositor’s Toolkit Vol. 1. Treat it like a Luma blend mode and it will reveal one layer to another. Hope I made sense. Best of luck.

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

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  Brian Yarnell

  September 22, 2010 at 4:32 pm

  You can try to use the luma from any kind of fractal noise or footage of smoke or fire. I find that the trick to the “ink bleed” is to blur the revealed layer while the luma exposes the underlying layer.
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  Stephen Smith

  September 22, 2010 at 4:38 pm

  Michael,
  What program are you using?

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

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  Michael Luckhardt

  September 25, 2010 at 5:20 pm

  Thanks guys so much for responding and giving me all your suggestions. ‘m using After Effects CS4 at the moment and looking for some nice smoke alphas.
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  Stephen Smith

  September 27, 2010 at 2:35 pm

  Then I would take a look at Digital Juice’s Compositor’s Toolkit.

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

  Check out my Motion Training DVD

  Check out my Motion Tutorials

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