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  • Color Spread Effect

    Posted by Scott Keith on May 14, 2009 at 4:37 am

    I’ve been trying to figure out a way for a colored subject to touch a grayscale surface and color spreads from their finger tip across the surface in a random ink bleeding fashion. But so far I’ve had subpar results. Any tips would be helpful. Thanks.

    Chris Wright replied 17 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Justin Productions

    May 14, 2009 at 5:40 am

    Hey,

    If it were to me, I’d make a mask (alpha matte mode) and animate it. Then, I’d add the “Roughen edges” effect and play around with the settings and colors. That’s a basic manipulation, but I think you could come up with an interesting result by just playing around with the “Roughen edges'” settings.

    Good luck.

    Justin Productions
    Adobe After Effects CS3

  • Chris Wright

    May 14, 2009 at 6:27 am

    Halfway down is a free AE project called Paint on Color. It’s 80% the same as yours. The b/w face gets painted with finger color.

    https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?from=2&o=desc&cat=235&event=productHome&s=5&l=3&exc=21

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