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How do I create a dripping ink effect?
I’m working on a project and I want to create a somewhat realistic dripping ink effect. I’ve tried using vector paint and animating masks while experimenting with different velocities, but they still end up looking cheesy. If you guys have ever seen the Kill Bill vol 1 DVD intro, that’s the effect I’m looking for. If anyone can give me some advice I would be eternally grateful. Thanks.
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I think everyone will respond that it’s done using real white ink or paint splattered on a black surface and keyed, or poured into an aquarium full of water.
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Yeah, I figured that was one of the obvious ways to do it, but I’ve seen the effect on a few occasions where it is definitely not real ink being keyed. Thanks anyway.
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I was going to respond by saying, “You could pour real ink…” but I won’t.
Instead I shall point you towards Wondertouch’s ParticleIllusion where you can achieve many things! In ParticleIllusion 3 you can set your particles to “don’t erase” – download the demo and check it out. (I believe the default library has some de emitters in it.) With a bit of magic I’m sure you could come up with some sort of dripping ink look.
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I worked on the Kill Bill Vol.1 DVD menus with 2 other guys at Technicolor CS in Burbank and we ended up combining footage of paint drips along with animated masks to reveal them as they moved down the comp. We shot black paint on white paper. Took about 2 weeks to get it right.
We had originally put together 3-4 different DVD menu ideas for QT to look at and he picked the anime style…it was a lot of fun working on those menus.
I left TCS soon after we finished it and didn’t get to work on the Vol. 2 DVD…oh well.
Christian Remde
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Ok. This forum and the people here are awesome. Where else can you get a direct response from the guy who actually worked on the Kill Bill DVD? Very kind of you Christian, and nice job!
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My pleasure Jim…and thanks for the kind words. I’ve got a lot out of this board and these forums so it’s always nice when I can give something back…
Christian Remde
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Thanks a lot, that was what I was looking for. You guys rock!
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there is actually a haul ass fast way to do that. make your ink strokes in AI and copy the masks to AE where you can animate the masks going down, and just follow them with a camera. add effects as fit for glow or reflections.
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