cartoon lemon explosions

[Jim Kanter]

Have you tried the Shatter effect?

Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com

[Aharon Rabinowitz]

Howabout a combo of shatter (for the peel), and CC Mr. Murcury (for the juice)?

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[Criis Daw]

thanks you both for your input…
i have been trying the shatter thing but cant make soft edges and i am not really suceeding with a cartoon stlye very well with it..
cc mercury ? never heard of it..

more reseach needed

thanks

Chris

[Aharon Rabinowitz]

CC= cycore effects. Comes with any non-educational version of AE 6? and 6.5. I think it comes will all versions of AE 7. Seperate installer on the CD/DVD.

Try using a glass shape setting for the shatter shape, and then as soon as the shatter starts, use the effects called Roughen edges and/or simple choker (with negative choke values) to soften or make the edges look more organic.

Also, consider looking a t a program like wondertouch particleIllusion or maybe Trapcode Particular if this is a paid job fo improving the look.

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http://www.allbetsareoff.com
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Creative Cow Master Series DVD
particleIllusion Fusion Volume 1
available @ http://www.pIllusionFusion.com

[Criis Daw]

Thanks very much…
i’ll look into it

By the way I am loving the pod casts tutorials

[Rhett Robinson]

Hi Chris,
I also recommend using shatter, with some other goodies to add zip to it. Check out this tutorial from Ayato’s site

https://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/ae19_e.html

I started using this custom shatter map technique quite a few times, once I understood it – with a little effort, you can give the fruit a little bit of realistic thickness by choosing a color for the depth. I like the above mentioned idea about a little “juice”, as that’s part of the zip that really sells the animation.

Good Luck!
Rhett

[Criis Daw]

Cheers Rhett,
I am starting to see now how i might acheive the look i want with that tutorial….
But still … It doesnt have the comic/cartoon 2d feel i want .. perhaps a combination of shater and animated mask shapes to get the splats at the end……
Looks like a long day ahead of me

Thanks for the help

Chris

[Criis Daw]

Cheers Rhett,
I am starting to see now how i might acheive the look i want with that tutorial….
But still … It doesnt have the comic/cartoon 2d feel i want .. perhaps a combination of shater and animated mask shapes to get the splats at the end……
Looks like a long day ahead of me

Thanks for the help

Chris

[Legendzm]

Thanks for linking that site! Definitely helpful!

[Criis Daw]

again thanks…
the job has been postponed so i have a couple of weeks to sort these exploding cartoon lemons..

Have been using the shater thing with custom shapes which is usefull, but does anyone know any tricks to get these custom shapes to change when the eplosion is in motion. I have tried using masks and animating their shape but to no avail.
If i can find a way to do this I will have it cracked (famous last words).

Chin Chin

Long live the cow