• Adobe After Effects

  Good flag animation?

  Posted by Erin Shelby on July 25, 2007 at 4:12 pm

  Anyone know how I could do a half decent flag? It has to look somewhat good, not just a ripple, you know? Any help would be great – thanks!

  Mike Procunier replied 18 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mike Procunier

  July 25, 2007 at 4:21 pm

  I’ve got 2 ways:
  1. Buy Zaxwerks 3D Flag… its great & only around $100.
  2. Use Fractal noise to create a displacement map. Set the scale width (twirl down Transform)to about 300, the scale height to about 1000 and the complexity to 2. Animate the Evolution. Use this layer as a displacement map for your flag layer.
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  Mike Procunier

  July 25, 2007 at 4:22 pm

  Also it helps to duplicate the Fractal Noise layer Make it visible & experiment with transfer modes to add shadows and highlights.

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