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Making and inflating a balloon
Hi there. I am new to AE and am looking to accomplish something specific: a 3D balloon with the word SURPRISE written on it, inflating with each sound effect of air.
I’d be OK even if I couldn’t get an image of a balloon, but at least had the text acting as if it was on a balloon (swelling larger, pushing outward, etc.).
Any thoughts on how a beginner might approach this? Thanks!
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There’s no 3D filter I could use, like in Photoshop? Wrap a solid color layer around a sphere, and perhaps use keyframes to change the diameter of the sphere? Or how about an effect to shape the text (arcs, fisheyes, etc.) and warp it like a balloon? Or even create a static image of a balloon with the words and then just animate it closer and closer to the camera?
I don’t have rigs and back drops. Not to mention filming a balloon inflating without the interference of a person inflating it…know what I mean?
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You will probably want to do this in a 3D program. Have you checked out Cinema 4D? If you don’t have the funds, you can probably do it in Blender.
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there’s also the bulge effect
Kevin Camp
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I see this is an old post but in After Effects create a balloon like shape and put a radial gradient on it. Then you will want to keyframe Scale, Position, and a wave warp.
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