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Something like a scatter brush
Hey CC –
New to AE, so this may be a simple solution. I’m trying to find something in AE that will replicate the kind of effect a scatter brush in Photoshop is giving me – randomized opacity, size, rotation, etc, with a custom shape.I’ve checked out the Shatter plugin and it seems to kind of be what I want, but I don’t think it’s exactly it.
Ideally, I want to explode a solid fill into bunches of pieces (in this case a custom leafy shape) that fly toward the camera in 3D space, with randomized opacity, size, etc.
Is this asking a lot?
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> New to AE, so this may be a simple solution. < We were all new at one time but this is not simple at all. > randomized opacity, size, rotation, etc, with a custom shape. < Shatter will probably do it for you but build ing your custom shatter map requires patience and research and leaning how to use Colorama on the map image upstream of the shatter comp. Random opacity is more complicated. Randomized size is complicated by the fact that the pieces must start at some size determined by the shatter map. Any piece that isn't part of the shatter map stays put unless, of course, you apply a second copy of Shatter. Shatter is one of my favorite go-to filters. If you just keep opening the twirlies, you'll see that it's huge. Running it to its full capacity, you must understand compound layers and that you can apply four different grayscale images or movies to a single object by using separate channels. bogiesan
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