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  • How to reveal image this way?

    Posted by Sakke Lehtinen on May 5, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    I want that the whole image is transparent in the start, and then it starts to reveal from one corner with same speed to every direction.

    I need to know how to reveal this kind of image:

    https://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2879/c2ob7.jpg

    I can’t explain better, but think that you drop ink into one corner of “mold” shaped like that and how it spreads. So the image is like “route” for the reveal thing.

    Sorry my bad english.

    Alan Tonn replied 18 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Joey Burnham

    May 5, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    You could try a simple gradient wipe. Just create a new solid layer and create a ramp to use as a map. You can use any type of gradient you want. (you can make this in photoshop as well) Put the still of the ramp in your timeline, turn off the eyeball, and apply the gradient wipe to your logo layer. Pick whatever you called your ramp layer to be your map in the effect controls.
    my 2 cents anyway
    Joey

  • Sakke Lehtinen

    May 5, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    I didn’t really get that. I got an idea how it could work: in photoshop, use magic wand tool to select the black area, then using that selection I will paint the animation into different layers. Then save every layer to different .psd file so I can animate the whole thing in AE. Should work like that?

  • Joey Burnham

    May 5, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    Umm, not really. Way too much work for want you want.
    Check out the link for what the manual says. It should work for you.

    https://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/help.html?content=WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a9d3c597-7a42.html

  • Sakke Lehtinen

    May 6, 2008 at 12:27 am

    I tried with that last link but didnt understand what I should do. I tried to and gradient wipe to white solid and tried to track matte and parent it to that picture layer but when I move transition complet ammount the whole image just goes from transparent to black. I tried with ramp layer too and it worked like mask. uh this is too hard :p

  • Joey Burnham

    May 6, 2008 at 12:52 am

    Can someone else chime in here? I’m having a hard time as well. I was thinking that there might be someway to mask the graphic and have an effect play with the masks, but not sure.

    Sorry sakke 🙁

  • Darby Edelen

    May 6, 2008 at 1:34 am

    Transition > Gradient Wipe sounds like the right tool to me. You just need a layer that defines what disappears first (black) and what disappears last (white), if you’re making this layer in AE then be sure to pre-compose it and move all attributes before you set up the Gradient Wipe.

    Perhaps you should look in the AE help that came with your localized version (Press F1)? I’m pretty sure they have it in quite a few different languages, hopefully yours is one of them =)

    Darby Edelen
    Lead Designer
    Left Coast Digital
    Santa Cruz, CA

  • Alan Tonn

    May 6, 2008 at 1:59 am

    https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial.html?id=25

    https://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=208

    take the third link in the lessons table of contents, creating a blood effect.

    hope these help.

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