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how to make particular’s emitter fit the shape of a roto?
I have a piece of footage where the client wants a person to ‘appear’ in a sudden burst of particles, i have trapcode particular & form, so i want to create a few second long burst of particles that match the shape of the guy in the frame. I have created a nice clean plate so all i really need to nail is how to get a really good apparition using particular.
so how would i go about having particular only emit where the body is, i tried masking it but that just limits visibility. i need a body shhaped emmiter.. do i have to build multiples for each body part? or is there a function im not aware, of,
thanks for any assistance, and sorry for the stupid questions.
Josh
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I think you could probably use something like the “text to sand” technique but in reverse. Check out these tutorials:
https://allbetsareoff.com/tutorials/rgtv-ep-21-creating-a-text-to-sand-transition/
https://lesterbanks.com/2010/10/after-effects-text-to-sand-effect-using-particular/
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you could also use CC Sphere to explode/implode the roto-ed shape into particles and mix with Particular.
For using Form, look for a tutorial that uses the plugin to replicate the look from a Radiohead music video.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
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