how to create this effect?

[Justin Productions]

Well, it was a simple Coke bottle (maybe 3D, maybe not) and they made the word Coke turn around.

If I wanted to do this, I’d use Zaxwerks Invigorator. I’d search a similar bottle on the net, or simply create one in Blender, in Zax’, I would put a red color on it, maybe a cartoon red color, and then make a 3D primitive cylinder, so it’s around the middle of the bottle, very close to it too, apply the word Coke on it and make it turn.

Now if I didn’t had Zaxwerks Invigorator, I’d apply Bulge on it, and by animating it, with a mask so it gives the illusion it goes behind the bottle, it would propably just look o.k.

Good luck.

Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
Adobe After Effects 6.0 Professional

[Sean Corcoran]

The bottle doesn’t appear to be 3D at all, but a flat 2D object. Only the Coca-Cola logo on the bottle spins, creating the illusion that the bottle is cylindrical.

[Steve Roberts]

Indeed. If you were to apply CC Cylinder to a Coke logo, then add a bit of bulge, you’d have the rotating logo. If that was within a tall comp (540 pix wide for NTSC), using a coke bottle as a track matte, you’d have your bottle and rotatinglogo. Now if that was within a 3D comp, you could slide it back in Z-space or move a camera back in Z-space to get the move.

Comp nesting:

-main 3D comp with pullback move
– tall bottle comp
– logo with CC cylinder applied, then bulge

That’s one way.

[Justin Productions]

Or course it’s not in 3D. But it would have been a lot easier to do it with a 3D shape.

Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
Adobe After Effects 6.0 Professional

[Sean Corcoran]

[Justin Productions] “Or course it’s not in 3D. But it would have been a lot easier to do it with a 3D shape.”

I have to disagree. All you’d have to do is make a red bottle shape in Illustrator, complete with faux reflections, then wrap the logo and animate it as Steve mentioned. How would doing it in 3D be any easier than that?

[Justin Productions]

I was going to write down my arguments, but I don’t see the point.

You’re right.

Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
Adobe After Effects 6.0 Professional

[Dotan Baytman]

Well guys u confused me
i know how to create the bubble effect
but not sure how make the animation of the camera zoom out from the bottle
i thought the bubble effect was on a red solid layer and then somehow zoom out to a bottle shape with the exact color
if that’s the way so i put my bubble effect on the solid layer
make an animation of the camera zoom out
now what?
how i make it zoom to the bottle and still keep seeing the bubbles?
can u be more specific?
any chance of a project file of just the zoom to the bottle effect?
thanx

[Justin Productions]

…

You should of told us before.

You can zoom and unzoom the bubbles with the Foam effect.

For the bottle, simply scale-keyframe it.

Isn’t that right Sean? 😉

Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
Adobe After Effects 6.0 Professional

[Dotan Baytman]

Justin
for the bubbles i use particlular on a solid layer
i dont know how to zoom to the coke bottle
do i add the bubbles effect on top of the coke bottle or on a solid layer
what are the steps on the timeline i driving me crazy not knowing how to do it and it look so simple

[Justin Productions]

Hey,

What version of AE are you working on? I have some spare time these days and I would be glad to see your AE Project File if you don’t mind.

To do the zooming effect, simply keyframe the scale.

Oh, by the way, you always have to apply the Trapcode Particular effect on a separeted layer, and not on the red layer.

What I’d do if I were you:

1. Composition > New Composition
2. Layer > New > Solid
3. Make the Solid red
4. Select layer in the timeline, Duplicate the Solid (CTRL+D)
5. Layer > Solid Settings of the duplicated layer
6. Make the Solid any color your want. (You can skip this)
7. Apply to that last Solid Trapcode > Trapcode Particular
8. Let that for now, import your Coke bottle in the timeline
9. Bring it in the timeline, untwirl the little triangle to its left, Transform – Scale.
10. Make sure the indicator in the timeline is at 0. Click on the stopwatch to the left of Scale, and change the 100,0 , 100,0 to 200,0 , 200,0 *or as you like.*
11. Go to 0.15 seconds further in your timeline. Bring down the scale down to 25,0 , 25,0 *or as you like. Depends on the size of the original bottle.*
12. In the timeline always, check the little “M” next to the Draft Resolution bar, and also click on the “M” button (always in the timeline) up top of the Parent column. This will add a nice Motion Blur. You could make your Keyframes Easy In and Easy Out too to add realism. (You can skip this step too)
13. Go back to 0.
15. Import, if you didn’t, your Bubble layer in the timeline.
16. Select your Trapcode Particular Solid, and press F3.
17. Go in Particle, make the Particle Type > Custom.
18. In Custom, choose Layer > *Your bubble’s name*
19. Bring the Emitter Position to the bottom of your Composition Window.
20. In the Trapcode Particlar Effect Window, go in Physics, bring the Gravity down to your taste.
21. Now always in the Trapcode Particlar Effect Window, go into Particle – Size.
22. Click on the Stopwatch left to Size.
23. Go in your timeline and bring the time indicator (or the timeline cursor, whatever) up to 0.15 seconds.
24. Now, bring the Size up *to your taste.*
* Note that you could always keyframe the Emitter Position by clicking on its stopwatch and by dragging the emitter point so it looks like it would follow the Coke bottle.
25. Put the Solid in front or behind the Coke bottle layer, *it’s your choice.*

And that’s suppose to be it!

I explained it to you this way thinking you did not know how to scale an object. If you knew all of those steps, good for you! I changed the title so that if anyones is searching a “Trapcode” subject in the COW Archives one day, I hope this thread will be useful.

Maybe I forgot some steps but I hope you got the idea.

Now if you still have questions, let me know and I’ll be happy to help. You can still send me your Project File if you still have problems at Tangerin01@hotmail.com

Really hope that helped.

Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
Adobe After Effects 6.0 Professional