Daniel Gauthier
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here’s the link I meant to include:
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/earth_zoom/
Hope it works out for you
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Divide your image up in photoshop so that instead of working with one large image, you’re working with a series of smaller images parented to one another to look as if they’re one image. An example of this technique is used in Andrew Kramer’s Earth Zoom tutorial.
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One way to recreate this effect without getting into a 3D application like Maya, would be to use Trapcode’s FORM plugin for After Effects. search the creativecow tutorials for more information on form. Depending on how much control you want over the look of the final render, you would probably have to separate each of the elements into different layers, and create displacement maps (or use the plugin’s physics parameters) for how you want the particles to dissipate.
https://www.trapcode.com/products_form.html
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I agree – shoot it live and composite it in. Can you provide any more information about the shot? There are other options depending on what style and level of realism you’re going for.
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andrew kramer’s video tutorials are easy to comprehend, witty, and useful. Many of the tutorials have links to download the AE project file also, which is great for people like me who learn through reverse engineering and taking things apart.
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for anyone trying to make video look worse I recommend the JPEG Damage filter included in GenArts Sapphire. It does the trick very quickly, the filters are expensive to buy however.
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In addition to fractal noise and displacement maps, Cycore’s “CC Glass” filter would give you some nice popping in the specular highlights. Also, check out the PSUNAMI plugin: it wil generate exactly what you’re looking for – but beware, it’s very processor-intensive (will bog down even very fast systems) https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/featured/psunami/
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Fixed it through Compressor – converted the 1080i footage using frame options set to progressive and exported as 720p60
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Be Careful about using Mr. Kramer’s footage. This is from his website:
All content is copyrighted by Video Copilot and Final Image Inc. The techniques and projects may be used for commercial broadcast projects or your own personal ones. However you may not sell, license or distribute any media content. Publishing any content for training or reference material without written consent is also forbidden.
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Personally, I would be very interested in a nature elements DVD.
At the risk of discouraging you, it is only be worth me paying money for it (and I’m probably not alone here) if the elements are very high resolution and do not make use of stock / preset / tutorial imagery (e.g., using the “grass” photoshop brush on a transparent comp without any modifications, using stock particle emitters from motion, etc. – most of us have seen these all before on bad local spots)
I love your idea of having them grow over time and/or blow in the wind.