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layer emerging through water
I have a layer (water) and a second layer (actually a logo). I’d like to have the logo appear to rise through the water. Any way to achieve this without purchasing plug-ins? I have AE 6.5. I tried playing with 3d layers but that didn’t work. Any ideas? TIA.
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Well, imagine what would happen if you shot it for real from above:
– if the logo is very slightly convex, not flat-faced, it will break the surface of the water starting from the center of each text character.
To get that effect, you could consider animating the simple choker effect to start the text thin, enlarging to normal width. Maybe use a blurred copy of the text as a gradient map for the gradient wipe effect.– the breaking of the surface of the water would create ripples in the shape of the text. I think the Wave World effect could be used for that, but if you gradually reveal the text as above, you’ll have to consider that the ripples would be formed by the thin text before the normal text.
– as the text rises it will get apparently larger. A 3D layer could be used for that effect. If you want the text to have depth, you could try using shatter for that, but then it gets a little complicated.
That’s all I can think of …
Steve -
Man, had to dig WAYYYYY back into my archives to find this, but I did a fairly effective version of this just using the water layer as a displacement map in After Effect 3 (I think…maybe it was 4.) So no plugs needed.
Yes, it’s very simple, but I still think it still holds up when watching the actual animation, and not just stills.
I believe I just set the water layer as a displacement map and cranked up the displacement value, then animated that value down to zero to make the logo appear to emerge from the water. I might have animated the transparency from zero to 100 at first, can’t remember. It would take all of 2 minutes to see if it will work for you.
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
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Steve;
Thanks for the insight – I’ll try it but even if I can’t get it to work I think your thought process alone was worth the answer! Your answer is extremely insightful! Thanks!!! -
Johnathan;
Thanks for the tip! I’ll try this first. Between the two I’m sure I can get it to work. Learn something new every day! If I don’t learn anything then what’s the point, right?
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