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Pixar UP balloons
Hello everyone,
Im trying to achieve a balloon rising effect like the one seen in Disney’s Up. Its for a title sequence for a wedding and I want it to be a 2D effect as opposed to 3D balloons. I want the movement to be realistic as opposed to achieving a photo-real look. If anything I want the effect to have a flat textured look. Balloons to ‘lift’ the words Amy & Dominic into frame and float out of frame.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ben
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8 Replies
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You might find some good reference materials here:
Bear in mind that some of them are 3D and some are real footage – you’ll have to sort through them to find what looks right to you.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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Thanks very much. I was wondering if there was an expression I may use so the string attached to the balloons has a naturalistic feel.
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i read an article that said that even particular’s wind stuff is not organic enough and you can use ae’s sketch to move your mouse like a balloon while ae is recording. also, if you have example footage, you can do a simple x,y track of a balloon to keyframes.
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there might be a more exact example on here but this is what I found.
https://www.motionscript.com/design-guide/elastic.htmlhttps://forums.creativecow.net/thread/227/16780#16782
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/227/14249#14266
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Here’s a project I made quite some time ago that I used to simulate a postcard falling, that uses sin waves to moved things back and forth gently. You might find it useful for a making a balloon float upwards.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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Thanks ever so much John. Im sure this will come in handy.
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To really get the look you want, I think you need a physics engine.
A lot of 3d animation software has physics built into it. You could use a 2d shader to give it a more 2d look.
If you want to do it in AE, and can afford to buy the script, Newton2 is great for such things.
I actually have done a good balloon with a string in it. The string was composed of many tiny rectangles.Check out 9 Slice Scale.
A way to scale graphics while preserving the border and corners.
An FxFactory Plugin for AE, Premiere, Motion and FCP.
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Thanks Matt. I have limited knowledge of 3D apps; I use cinema 4D a bit but have to watch my time on this project. I will take a look at Newton.
Cheers
Ben
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