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Transition Effect?
Mooo,
Was wonder on to do this effect. Its a transition effect pebtween 2 images. Here is the movie : https://www.concere.com/pre.mov
Its around the :24 sec mark. It has a pic of an girl ” Peknama”, then does some kind of split pic move to the next picture. I tried to do it with duplicating several images and cutting or masking out the section, but I get hairline mark from where the mask doesn’t seem to be butting next to each other. I set guide marks to make sure I got percise mask for each image, but it seems to be not the same.
Any help? Is this a plugin effect?
los
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one thing that might help with the line issue is having the next section that slides up behind the previous one and extending its mask out to the side so that the two would overlap, but since its behind the other layer only the new section would show up.
hope that makes sense and helps
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I’ve wondered the same thing for a project of mine. I’ve been meaning to run down a couple options:
1. Look into the “alpha add” transfer function. I think this may have been developed to help with this kind of situation where you have numeric masks butted against each other, but need to have seamlessness when they’re all lined up.
2. Is this what Trapcode’s Echo plug is about? If not, I’d love for someone to post a lead to a plugin or method for creating card flip, slide, etc. transitions built from a vector “puzzle” that I create in Illustrator. Do we really have to have a separate comp for each band? Is there a way to do it with expressions?
3. You might try using an animated displacement map to move the elements: Create an image that has the vertical stripes you want as bands, starting with a white band on one side, and a dark band on the other. This will be your mid-point. Then, animate this image with something like curves so that it starts completly white, then fades to it’s original look, then fades to completely black. Put this animation in your comp with your “girl” image, turn it off, but add “displacement map” to the girl and specify your bands for your displacement image. Then, displace vertically but not horizontally. The only caveat to this method is that you probably won’t get the nice easing that they used for each band.Please post your solution. Thanks!
-GregAntifreeze Design
https://www.antifreezemotiongraphics.com -
Seems like its a transition plugin, cuase its reminds me of the Venetian Blind trasnition but with motion. I will research more on the suggested comments. Maybe Trapcode Echo????? As for the masking not lining up, I dont image going behind others. Cause what if I wanted to do this in 3d space?
los
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I’ve had good results by simply extending the mask as earlier suggested. Don’t modify your mask. Let them be dead-on perfect, but then in your mask settings, add maybe .5 pixel to the “mask extension” and see if that cleans up your edges without adding any visual overlapping when viewed.
-GregAntifreeze Design
https://www.antifreezemotiongraphics.com -
Ok, i will try that. But, as for the motion…con you explain how to get this work, as far as making one section postion off page and the new section coming in. Seems to be well animated.
los
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I’m not real sure what you’re asking, but here’s how I’d do it:
0. Nothing needs to be in 3d, or use any cameras or lights.
1. Make a comp, I’ll call it “movementComp”. Import your footage, duplicate it 5 times, and create or import your masks so that you have your 5 strips all there, assembling one complete comp.
2. Put a keyframe for each position at 0:00. This is your start point.
3. Move to 1:00 on your timeline, or wherever you want to have the comp slice off screen. Subtract 486 from the y position value, so the hint below works out perfectly. (if your pos was (360×243) it now becomes (360, -243 ) AE should automatically make a keyframe there for you, and your slice should be sitting just off the top of the screen.
4. Right click on the second keyframe (at 1:00) and choose “ease in”. This will make it ease to a stop.
5. Test your movie. You should have one slice that glides off the top of the screen over 1 second.
6. Copy the two keyframes, put your time marker at 0:00, select all the other slices, and paste. The exact keyframes should show up in all the slices. Now, the whole comp should slide off the screen as if it were one unit.
7. Grab the two keyframes in slice #2 and move them forward in time, maybe 2 to 5 frames. Now, slice #2 should lag behind the rest of the slices. Do the same for the rest of the slices, making them delay however much you want. Be sure to move both keyframes together if you want all the slices to be delayed but still move at the same speed as the others.
8. You should now have a comp that slides off the screen in slices. Repeat this process with slices of the new footage to create the oncoming images…Hint: To keep everything exact, and make it easy, here’s a good way to modify your oncoming footage:
9. Duplicate your original 5 slices. Select your 5 duped source slices and option-drag your new footage onto your 5 new slices. (on a mac). This should replace your new slices with your incoming source. Lock your 5 original slices so you don’t accidentally grab them.
11. Adjust the y value of the anchor point of your new slices so that the image starts off screen. (Subtract 486 from the y value of your anchor point, so if your anchor was (360,243) it now becomes (360,-243).) The reason I’d do it this way is so that you don’t have to mess with your keyframes. This should put your new slices off the bottom of the comp.
12. If all went well (and I told you correctly), you should have 5 slices that slide off the top of the screen, and 5 that slide from the bottom up.Let me know if it works, or better, post a sample we can see!
-GregAntifreeze Design
https://www.antifreezemotiongraphics.com -
Ok, I sorta did that yesterday as a test…but no footey for you to see. I will redo and repost something so you can critique.
los
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Ok this was quick.
I had to pre-comp each image so I could crop it first and then drag those in a final comp. I didn’t want to mask out the border to the final size, so I pre-comp the images to make sure it would be percisely the same size the the bottom and top to align itself right. Also, for the mask to line up correctly, I nudge one side of the mask to the right to cover up the seams. Its a start, so critique it please.
https://homepage.mac.com/loitz/iMovieTheater42.html
~los
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I think you’ve got it. Here are some ideas to keep the creative juices flowing:
–try turning on your motion blur to see if you like getting a little bit of blur when they move.
–try going into your graph editor and making your curve more extreme. Maybe you even ease into the transition, and then slow waaaay down as you end.
–What if your second image actually starts early, slightly obscuring the first? might be cool
–What if you do something with color treating the imagery while it moves, as if it warms up a bit moving. Maybe a bit of glow or something.
–What if the second image just comes on and doesn’t even stop, revealing a third image which is the one you really want?
–Maybe they don’t follow each other left to right. Maybe they’re random. maybe center outward.
–We see a bit of your black background as they slide. What if that background was a color, or another image? Or a cool wallpaper pattern?Here’s a bit of a similar one I’m doing. It’s quick, but it’s the same idea as the wood floor comes in:
https://www.antifreezemotiongraphics.com/clients/ae/-Greg
Antifreeze Design
https://www.antifreezemotiongraphics.com -
Pretty neat. Guess its the same technique only coming down, text flying in and a camera that moves in slowly?
Couple of things. I saw your demo and i like the piece of the trail of Jesus. Want to explain a little on that? Did you separate the image in photoshop or mask out in AE and then made camera moves. And the last sequence, is it a 3D model of the museum or still a 2d image? Looks 3D….
Also, are you using expression for you objects to wiggle and swing. I lke the feel of them. And the Abstinence First spot, I am learning how to do those type camera moves. Can you can some direction on setting panning shots like that. I don’t think I am getting it right. I been setting up my design to move towards a certain spot and make sure the camera follows and lands at the end around the last scene is shown.
I really appreciate your help. Do you have an AIM account? If so, I can email you mine. I like to keep my AIM name private.
los
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