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Paint Splatter to Reveal Image
Hello,
I have a .PNG of a paint splatter graphic. I want to have various instances of this paint splatter to reveal the image underneath. I have tried creating a mask of the splatter using auto trace, then applying that mask to the image and using the expansion property to animate the mask but I CANNOT get it to work.
What am I doing wrong? Is there another way to do this?
Thanks in Advance.
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5 Replies
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Does the Png have alpha built in? If so build your animation of the splatter(s) to fill the screen or whatever amt you want to eventually reveal. Precompose that. Beneath that place the layer to be revealed. Change it’s mode to alpha matte. There you go.
Now if you need it to be revealed FROM another image like a wipe, then just add that layer to the bottom.
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Use the image as a track matte. The image doesn’t need to have an alpha channel; you can use the luminance values and use the image as a luma matte. If you want to animate the expansion (splattering), then apply the Simple Choker effect to the matte layer and animate the Choke Matte property. You can scale the matte layer at the same time, so the splat grows.
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Thanks Guys. Both these methods worked.
TODD,
The simple choke method worked however it had limitations. I wanted the splatter to animate from nothing on screen to revealing the whole splatter but I couldn’t push the value far enough to have it start from nothing. (I hope that made sense) Is there anyway around that?
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No. I just used one instance.
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Got It!
Thanks
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