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  • I want to create a flowing chocolate effect but don’t want to animate vectors. Or do I?

    Posted by Ian Dillon on March 29, 2012 at 8:02 am

    I want to create a flowing chocolate effect but don’t want to animate vectors. Or do I?
    I shot a girl sitting outside and the camera tilts up. I want the sky to become flowing chocolate. Then I shot chocolate bars against green screen which I want tilt down from the sky with the flowing chocolate as background. Any ideas?
    I first thought of animating swirling chocolate vectors, but it’s time consuming and I’m not that skilled at that. Any plugs that might be good? or maybe a tip or link on animating vectors like that? I’ve used the Paint On effect before, and have seen the tutorial for that, but certainly there’s got to be a better way!

    Thanks in advance,
    Ian.

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    Ian Dillon replied 14 years, 5 months ago 1 Member · 3 Replies
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  • Ian Dillon

    March 30, 2012 at 7:10 pm

    I actually have enough experience to know ahead of time that I will come up with something that will look good for the background. I guess I was just hoping someone would say, “You should check out this plug-in”, or “instead of using the “paint/write on effect for your spinning chocolate vector swirls, try this…” . I was being broad with my explanation because I wanted the community to look at my idea broadly. The client is expecting some sort of chocolate background to replace the green screen background I shot the chocolate bar product shot against. I’ve done some cool stuff with spinning vectors in the past, but it is sooooo time consuming. That is what I would like to avoid.

    Ian.

    Mac Pro 2×2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
    8 GB Ram
    Blackmagic Decklink Studio 2 Card

    Playroom Creative
    We are an Orange County Video Production and Marketing company.
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  • Ian Dillon

    March 31, 2012 at 12:04 am

    Thanks Dave. I’ll check them out!

    Mac Pro 2×2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
    8 GB Ram
    Blackmagic Decklink Studio 2 Card

    Playroom Creative
    We are an Orange County Video Production and Marketing company.
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  • Ian Dillon

    April 3, 2012 at 8:43 am

    This is what I came up with without spending too much time. I gave up on the swirling chocolate vectors.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GIHm2n78Ao

    Mac Pro 2×2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
    8 GB Ram
    Blackmagic Decklink Studio 2 Card

    Playroom Creative
    We are an Orange County Video Production and Marketing company.
    http://www.PlayroomCreative.com

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