invisible wall FX in 3D space

[Tudor “ted” jelescu]

Use free form
https://toolfarm.com/plugins/index.php/Digieffects_FreeForm_AE
This gives you true 3D displacement.

Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro

[Michael Szalapski]

Are you saying that picture is what it currently looks like and you want it to be more 3d or are you saying that’s what you want your thing to look like?

If that’s how you want yours to look, check out this tutorial.
Then think about turning your displacement layer in 3d space in a precomp (ignore the basic 3d effect; rotate the layer on its y axis).

If you’re saying you want a more 3d effect, you will have to wait for CS5 which comes with Freeform. (Or you can buy it for CS4).
Or you can use an actual 3d program.

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[Scott Robert]

Thanks, Ted. I have that plug in and couldn’t figure it out last year. I’ll give it a play and see if I can figure it out this time.

[Scott Robert]

What I have posted is close. I was able to turn it on the y axis which is applied to the video layer – cheating it. The video is turned as well. Then that one is on top another video layer.

I don’t want to rotate the video layer. If I put the ripple on an adjustable layer, You can’t turn the effect on the Y axis. Nothing happens using Basic 3D.

I watched “the pusher” yesterday and the rings are facing front when I need it in an angle.

[Tudor “ted” jelescu]

If you animate a pond ripple like gradient white on black and use that as a displacement map in free form you’ll get what you’re looking for.

Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro