Morph transformation effect

[Tudor “ted” jelescu]

In AE without using C4D or another 3d program to render the liquid mercury like transformation, you can use something like FreeForm Pro from Mettle to generate a similar surface. You can build a animated displacement map that approximates the shape of your subject to displace the surface in 3d space, then use the noise generator to animate the surface and create the watery/mercury flowing effect. A Reflection map and a animated texture will complete the process.
Below is an example of water done with FF Pro that can give you an idea of what the plugin can do if you’re not already familiar with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U0huO5UO7s

Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist

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[Soham Jani]

Oh man, Im lost. Could be you make a tutorial on that? Or point me to one?

\”It\’s all around us Neo, temporary constructs of time…..\”

[Tudor “ted” jelescu]

Here’s an older tutorial on displacement. It’s on a still image but principles are the same for video:

https://library.creativecow.net/jelescu_tudor/3D-from-2D-image_AE/1

Here’s a link to the tutorials on the Mettle site:

https://www.mettle.com/tutorials-freeform-pro/

You can use more techniques from there.

Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist