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  • Shards of Glass Picture Effect

    Posted by Benjamin Daines on December 11, 2008 at 12:00 am

    Hello, I am trying to put together a credits sequence with pictures that are sliced up (already have this part done in photoshop saved as psd files) as if they were on pieces of broken glass. I would like them to quickly move into a central point (completing the picture), then have them slowly drift past over each other, then after a bit have them quickly break apart while spinning on their X and Y axis while moving back into the 3D space and fade away. Any idea on how to do this?

    –Thanks so much.

    David Bogie replied 17 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Benjamin Daines

    December 11, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    If this is not possible in Motion, could you recommend another application to use? After Effects?

  • Stephen Smith

    December 11, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    If you want 3D glass like in the Max Payne open you will need to go with a 3D program. If you don’t want to rotate your glass in 3D space it could be done in AE or Motion.

    Salt Lake Video

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  • Stephen Smith

    December 11, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    You may want to take a look at the glass on the Compositor’s ToolKit.

    Salt Lake Video

    Check out my DVD Money Making Graphics & Effects for Final Cut Studio 2

  • David Bogie

    December 13, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    AE has Shatter and there’s a preset for Glass. It’s wonderful and has surface reflectivity. But it has no refraction or transmission settings. For those, as Stephen says, you must have a 3D modeler.

    But setting up your idea in Shatter won’t be easy as it is designed to run all of its physics simulations forward from a static state. Making thing assemble instead of blow up is almost impossible. The parameters just aren’t designed that way.

    Never seen the movie you guys are referring to so I don’t know what those credits are supposed to look like.

    bogiesan

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