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  • making the ground look like it cracking open

    Posted by Tony on May 2, 2005 at 7:52 pm

    i am trying to make the ground look is if its staring to crack open or make line run of the ground move ………thanks

    Tony replied 21 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Jonathan Decker

    May 4, 2005 at 4:20 am

    Never easy as a 2D stunt, however, if you design an emitter (using the blank one available on the wondertouch site) that is a dark shard-shape with solid trail, it should be possible to make it branch off from the main stem while retaining its opacity.

    If you’re doing real life shooting for this, try to stay as smooth and straight as possible to simplify the overlay a bit. Add your camera wiggle later in affter effects.

    Might be a good Idea to also use several dust emitters in tandem with the crack to add a bit more realism.

    Hope that helps.

    P.S.
    If you don’t already have it, I really recommend the Fusion DVD for tricks on using PI and AE together. Stunning.

    gesamtkunstzwerk

  • Tony

    May 5, 2005 at 1:54 am

    WOW!!!!!!! thats what i needed thank you!!!!!
    that worked out well
    thanks so much for your help

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