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SOS with Brief Animation
I’ve been trying to specifically animate a flourish that was created in Photoshop.
The idea is that there is a person onscreen, holding an object, and the flourish is supposed to sprout out of the object as the person turns around. In addition to the growth of the flourish, I have to create a 3D effect, using the camera (I believe). The entire sequence will be 10 seconds maximum.Does anyone have any suggestions?
Should I use a null object in this case to enable the camera? What might be the more effective way?Thank you
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3 Replies
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David,
Here’s one possible approach:
You need to track your footage – either with AE’s tracker, or a 3rd party tracker (whatever you can afford!)
Once that’s done, apply the tracking data to a null object – you can now parent all other layers to that null object and have them follow the rotation etc.
Create a new composition for your flourish – create it from vector art from Illustrator (or other program) or use one of Andrew Kramer’s Evolution pieces (http://www.videocopilot.net). These things are awesome and totally worth the money!!
As for camera movements, it’s easiest to use null objects (again, see Andrew Kramer for help Tutorial #54)
Those should be some good places to start.
Good luck,
Jacob -
Thanks for your help Jacob!
I appreciate it.-David
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Hi Dave,
Your tutorial using the ‘write-on’ effect has been very helpful so far.
Thanks a lot for your posting!
-David
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