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Possible to create “Living clothes” effect in AE?
Hello all,
I want to throw a quick “Thanks” to the guys who helped me with my previous question. Now, let’s move on.
My boss is going shoot a commercial for a local dry cleaning store. The client wants to have an effect where the clothes come to life, moving and dancing as they enter the dry cleaning shop. The question I have is if this is at all possible in AE? The only thing I know so far is that the background will be static; only the clothes will be moving. However, the problem I see is that the inside linings and such on the various clothing items have to be added in somehow. Is this effect at all possible in AE? If so, how would one actually set out to do something like this?
For reference, J.C. Penney’s has run a commercial with the effect the client is looking for: https://youtube.com/watch?v=aZKk-hfUB_o
Thanks everyone!
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Hello Wing,
I don’t see the possibility of creating realisticly moving clothes in AE. I’m all for seeing the 2.5 dimension pushed in AE, but this would be beyond the capabilities of AE.
3d apps have a lot of possibilites with cloth that would come closer to the desired vision of your clients commercial.
Though, regarding the Penney’s commercial you linked, that looks like good old fashioned puppet/marionette work (at least the compressed youtube version does). -
I don’t agree…
The process is called roto.Go to effectscorner dot com, look for the blog then click on rotoscoping part 1 and part 2. You’ll see exactly how to do this in AE. The example uses commotion (a great roto tool that’s not sold anymore) but you can do it in AE with no trouble.
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That’s a great tut/demo, I’d seen before but lost the reference. Thanks.
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Hey sam.mltn,
Great example.
Rotoscoping was used in the JC Penney example too, to get rid of the puppeteer rigs.
Maybe I misunderstood the OP; but to achieve the JC Penney reference, clothes coming to life and dancing while retaining the inner lining, it’s not creating a “Living Clothes” effect in AE per se. You’d be painting frame by frame (roto) to take something out (the rig).
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Thanks everyone for the help!
Sam: That link is awesome and the author even did a commercial based on the same concept the client is looking for! Thanks for the awesome link!
Apok: Yeah, I didn’t exactly know what the technique was called. My boss had referred to it as rotoscoping, but I wasn’t sure if he was right or not as he’s not very familiar with Visual FX.
Anyway, this is some great information and I want to thank you guys for speedy, helpful responses!
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Wing: Please let us know how this spot comes out.
One thing that has not been discussed at any length: budget. Does anyone on the production staff understand rotoscoping in order to provide a decent budget estimate?If you get to your next client meeting and they say, “It’s gonna cost HOW much?” you might want to have one or two other options ready to go. The new Puppet Tool comes to mind but that would require a new stylistic decision. As would conventional puppet animation in AE using individual elements for the limbs.
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