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  Displacement map

  Posted by Ross Ishikawa on April 24, 2015 at 8:02 pm

  Hi,
  I’m trying to use a displacement map to create a jiggly line effect on a shape layer or an Ai file. I followed a couple of tutorials about it, but when I reference the displacement map with the shape layer I want to affect, there isn’t any change.

  Or rather, the only change that happens is the shape layer is displaced 5 pixels over, per the Max Horiz & Max Vert displacements, instead of those values affecting the degree of jiggle.

  Does this method work for shape layers and imported Ai files?

  Thank you

  

  Ross Ishikawa replied 11 years, 3 months ago 1 Member · 2 Replies
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  Ross Ishikawa

  April 24, 2015 at 8:05 pm

  FYI, this was the tutorial with the effect I am trying to emulate:

  https://tv.adobe.com/watch/digital-video/creative-cow-after-effects-tutorials-light-writing-part-1/
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  Ross Ishikawa

  April 29, 2015 at 6:27 pm

  Thanks Dave,
  I had moved all attributes, but I did indeed mess up my pre-comping and where the displacement map was applied. Instead of applying the displacement map within the displacement layer precomp, I had applied it on top of the precomp.

  Thanks again for your help – works great now!

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