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piercing an arrow in After Effects
hi everyone,
I am working on a period project, where I need to have n arrow pierced through a character.
– A arrow is shot
– The arrow hits the character
– pierces through his body
– and we can see the arrow head coming out of his back.Can we do this in After Effects? If so, how?
First of all, let me thank everyone for the wonderful tutorials. I took an AE class last semester, but I did not even learn half of what I have learned here.
Ok, now getting to my question. I am not very savvy with Mac. I just saw the Building a Cube World tutorial and purchased the Pano Cube software. I also downloaded the PanoTools, but I am just not able to install it. Does anyone know of a video tutorial that can help me? I looked at the directions and added the’pano12.lib’ to the Systems Extension folder and dropped the Ptools to Photoshop>Plugins> Filters folder, but its not working. Please help. -
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Yes, you will need to be absolutely confident using Motion Tracking.
That’s just where you will start.Arrow impacts and exits are far easier to do as a practical rigs and costume effects while shooting. It is also done on stage in theatres. Any basic movie stunt or stage effects book will have several possible solutions.
bogiesan
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Here is a popular way of doing this type of shot:
Shot 1) Character fires an arrow off camera
Shot 2) Comp shot of an arrow flying over a blurred background (Motion tile and directional blur can get you this effect)
Shot 3) Cut to victim reacting to being shot in the head (arrow is already attached as a prosthetic)Shot 2 is the only one that would require AE VFX work.
You only need to show the arrow actually hitting the person in Shot 3 if you are doing it in slow-motion.
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