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Radar Screen with Approaching Storm
Hey folks,
I am looking to make a radar screen (I’ve found how to do that on some different threads) but I would also like it to track the weather. As if it was a Doppler radar you might see on the weather channel, with dynamic or shifting rain/storm. Essentially so that I could have a radar screen with geometric shapes representing ‘the enemy’, encroaching on the main base, and then a storm mounting and wiping out the enemy… Is there any way to do this? Particle effects maybe? Thanks! -
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I would suggest using the Noise effect, with the size settings fairly high, so that your seeing areas of color rather than small dots. A good way to get something you like quickly is to use the Brainstorm button to quickly get results you like:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-after-effects-cs6/brainstorming/
If you need to control the color in your screen “doppler” display (say, different from the standard red/yellow/blue), you could bring the saturation down so you have greyscale splotches, then use Tritone to color them the way you want them (white/midtones/black settings). To show the enemy base being wiped out, you might have to create a custom graphic for the display, so that when the storm passes, there is nothing there.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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i’ve done doppler animation using fractal noise, mr mercury, mosaic and colorama…
if you don’t want the movement of the storm system to move much, you can dump mr mercury and use a mask.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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