mk12 “cut in pieces” effect

[Mike Clasby]

There are a couple of ways they use “cut in pieces” effect. And Dave is right, MK12 is doing Advanced stuff here, but to cut them up, use whatever program your most comfortable with; PhotoShop has many more Selection Tools and if that’s what you know, cutup duplicate layers there then Import as a composition, or use the good old Pen Tool in AE on Duplicate layers.

But, if you want to throw yourself into the deep end of the pool, strap on your water wings, here goes.

1) I especially like the bands of background scenery that slides by at different rates (near the beginning), probably using Posterize Time to get different fps on duplicates of the same/similar footage, very nice.

2) Here is a nifty expression setup from Dan to displace pieces of a cutup frame, like in your MK12 example, where the pieces are scattered then assemble into a whole.

First you need to start with the whole, and with a camera move, disassemble it.

For Dan’s nifty setup, See this thread:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/892532

And Dan’s answer, specifically, the 5th one down. Follow his instructions to the letter and you’ll have that magical MK12 effect of a cutup picture appearing as one piece from a specific spot, then fracturing when you move the camera.

First you need to cutup you picture. as many layers as pieces. PhotoShop and Import, or in AE.

If you don’t know how to add a slider set at 100 for all layers, select one layer, Effects>Expression Controls< Slider control, set the slider to 100, then in the Effect's Palette Window, select and copy the slider, and then paste onto the other layers. For adding expressions, do it to one layer first. Reveal the property you want to apply the expression to (P for position, S for scale), Copy the expression (one at a time) Alt-Click the stopwatch (let's say Position), then Paste. To give the expression to many layers at once, select that expression on the one layer, Edit>Copy Expression Only, then Paste that onto as many other layers as you want.

This is a very powerful expression, and to make things easier in the future you can save the setup as a preset. First select one layer, UU reveals anything changed in that layer. Select the Slider Control, the Position expression and the Scale expression, then, Animation>Save Animation Preset. name it something like “DansAmazingMK12cutout”.

So for any new project, select all the layers that are cutout, and Animation Apply Animation Preset (select ” “DansAmazingMK12cutout”). Done. Well. all the cutout layers you applied it to will have the same slider value, so E on all layers and change the sliders to taste.

OK, to finish the effect like in the MK12 example you showed, set a camera keyframe at the beginning, then down the timeline, change the camera position (I’m thing the Orbit Camera Tool, “C” on a selected camera, cycles thru the Camera Tools) so you get a radical change and the pieces of the cutup whole fly apart. Ok, to reverse the effect, parts coming into a Whole, just grab that first Camera position keyframe and drag it to the right, to the otherside of that 2nd keyframe you set, and now the object will start in pieces and reassemble itself into a whole picture.

Magic, methinks.

There is other stuff going on, that MK12 knows their way around an AE Camera in AE 3D land, but this should keep you busy.

[Steven Perry]

Link in first article is dead for the original video.
MK12 Infinity
https://vimeo.com/4599310
You’ll find it there.

Secondly. AEScripts have a script that makes this much much easier.
Look for PT_Multiplane. Super nice – Easy to use program.

Sorry I know this is an old thread, but I thought this might help people who are searching the old forums.

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[Eric Santiago]

[Dave LaRonde] “That MK12 animation is a VERY complicated piece of work.”

I couldn’t find the one in question but saw the WatchDogs one.
A goal to reach but require a lot of experience to achieve.

[Eric Santiago]

Found this https://forums.creativecow.net/archivethread/2/328103#328103