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  • Ink Blot Text

    Posted by Dan Newton on December 20, 2012 at 10:10 am

    Hi

    Could you let me know on the following on how to do it:

    I have a some text but would like it to appear like an ink blot — here is an example of what I mean… when you look at the images in the video I like to have text appear like that:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdPTgd46dbQ

    Hope someone can help

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    John Cuevas replied 13 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • John Cuevas

    December 20, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    You know on that particular effect, it looks like they used a couple of track mattes to make the ink appear and disappear.

    The text looks like it was brought on with a simple mask circle mask around the text with the expansion parameter quickly keyframed and with the feather property turned up pretty high.

    Here are a couple of tutorials that you might find interesting in trying to create this effect:

    Beginner Level:Let Your Logo Bleed Through Like An Ink Spill

    Intermediate Level:Recreate the Sherlock Holmes End Credits Effect

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    Thinkck.com

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