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Backlighting
Hey there-
Yesterday, I went to visit a traditional animation house using AE for compositing, and I was asked if it’s possible to create a backlighting effect on a layer – like a cartoon character lit from behind with most of thew character dark, but the outer edges bright.
My first reaction was sure, of course you can. The thing is, I’ve found no “simple” way to do it that I can think of. Right now I’ve got multiple copies of a layer, one with matte choker as an inverted matte for the “lit” layer, and I;ve darkened the bottom layer, which is the full layer, but this is just way to complex. There has to be an easier way…
but i just can’t see how.Thanks.
Aharon
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Aharon Rabinowitz
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http://www.allbetsareoff.com
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I think there is another way to do that.
create two light layers for your scene. one is an ambient light, the other is the “dark light” whose type can be “parallet”,”spot”, or “point”.Set the intensity of the ambient light to “100” or any number biger than 0.Set the intensity of the other light (for example, a spot light) to a number smaller than 0.(for example “-100”),than U will be able to see the dark light.BTW remember the convert your layers to 3D layers. -
As you mentioned, Aharon, the method you described may be the only way to go.
I’m in the 2D animation industry myself and I had to do that in several occasions. Using the matte choker is actually a great idea because you can control/animate the thickness of the rimlighting and the softness or hardness between the dark and the light. It may seem a little complex, but it’s nothing heavy IMO.
Best.
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sorry, I misunderstanded “backlighting” as “blacklighting”.For this problem, I agree with Y.D. In my opinion,the key point of this effect is to get the out lines of the Alpha channel.So “glow”,”vegas”might be helpful too.
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Thanks! These have been very helpful.
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Aharon Rabinowitz
aharon(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
http://www.allbetsareoff.com
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Creative Cow Master Series DVD
particleIllusion Fusion Volume 1
available @ http://www.pIllusionFusion.com
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