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  • How to make image gradually appear through paper

    Posted by Declan Smith on February 5, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    The effect I am trying to achieve is to have an object gradually appear through a piece of old paper, almost like a ghost coming through a wall (or something rising up from water). I have a 2D image that I would like to have extruded so that I can place it in 3D space and alter the paper through Z space. Or is there another way?

    At the moment, it’s either behind or in front. I want certain parts of the image to come through first, then gradually all the image comes through. I’ve tried animating masks / scale but it’s a bit crude. Is there another way or any other suggestions?

    Declan Smith
    https://www.madpanic.tv
    FCPX / Adobe CS6/ FCS3 / Canon XLH1 / Canon 7D / Reason / Cubase

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    Declan Smith replied 8 years, 6 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  • Declan Smith

    February 5, 2018 at 9:59 pm

    So are you suggesting that animated masks is the way to do this effect, and just make sure it’s paced to “cover the joins” so to speak? I did search on here before and came across a thread about walking through a wall, but the podcast isn’t available, but I’m guessing it’s similar.

    If I could create a ….. ooh I’ve just thought of something. Maybe convert the image (as it has alpha layers) into a black and white image and blobberise it, then use that as mask to the original.

    Yep! Just tried it and it works, bit of scale as well, looks like it’s rising up through the paper.

    Thanks Dave, always good to bounce ideas 🙂

    Declan Smith
    https://www.madpanic.tv
    FCPX / Adobe CS6/ FCS3 / Canon XLH1 / Canon 7D / Reason / Cubase

    \”it\’s either binary or it\’s not\”

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