Derek Boettcher
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I’ve got you covered Gigi.
explanation in the file:
8220_maskingprojectfiles.zipBest,
Derek Boettcher
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and if you don’t want to do the simple solution Michael stated, you could do the arduous task of making full opaque alpha masks and masking things. But that would be lame.
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Derek Boettcher
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Well, Gigi, this is what happens when someone promises more than what they are currently capable of. I don’t want to rag on you or bring you down, but just take this as a lesson for the next project. Remember to under-promise and over deliver.
Now, as for a few techniques: You can take your own footage of black ink in water, and the bring them in and try to composite it to look “brainlike.” This would take multiple layers and a lot of time to do (as well as a lot of effort and trial and error). Use the liquefy tool or the puppet tool to get the footage to sit correctly in a brain shape.
Another option, watch these tutorials from Video Copilot, they use a combination of techniques that can create something you are looking for, assuming you have proper footages etc: https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/playlist/vfx/the_portal/
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/green_smoke/
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/disintegration/I hope that helps.
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Derek Boettcher
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I’ll keep looking, but your best bet is to probably create a second mask and link the mask path of the Audio Spectrum to the new one. Just make sure you create the mask the size you want. If you are wanting a rounded border, and it doesn’t really matter if the mask is a perfect circle, just double clip the ellipse tool and a mask fitting the comp will be created.
If I find something else, I’ll let you know.
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Derek Boettcher
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I’m not sure what you mean by “bounding box.” Can you upload a screen grab and maybe a few more details so I can better help?
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Derek Boettcher
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The only thing I can suggest is to carefully observe how you are brining your files into AE. Try bringing it in as Footage or with non editable layer styles, etc. Hopefully that will help.
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Derek Boettcher
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BTH Media Group
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I actually had something similar happening, and it makes me think it has something to do with the masks in AE. I was masking around a particular object on a duplicated footage layer so that I could brighten the background but leave the object the same luminance. However, when I applied keyframes for the matte path, during the RAM preview and on output, the layer that the mask was on would flash back and forth on a scale property going from like 100% to 25% every 3 frames or so, but still staying within the mask. It was weird as heck.
I eventually deleted the footage file and brought it back in to the comp and it worked fine. Still, was completely strange.
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Derek Boettcher
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That effect is 1 of a few things. Most likely this is not greenscreened.
They probably did either: a “turbulent displace” effect and key framed the displacement distortion of the image, or keyframed a liquefy effect using the twist brush.
The liquefy effect will give you more control over what part of the image is affected or not, due to the fact that you use a brush to distort it.
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Derek Boettcher
Creative Management
BTH Media Group
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If I have time tonight I’ll whip something together, if not expect it around 1pm cat tomorrow
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Derek Boettcher
Creative Management
BTH Media Group
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My best advice for you to do is to make the wheel a 3D object and rotate it in z space. That way it stays circular, looks like it spins in 3D space (because it does) and then you don’t have to mess with what you are trying to do (which is most likely more work than you think it is).
Here is the reason why: If you are making a 2D circle shape rotate like it is rolling, and then change it to an oval, it will still continue to rotate wherever the anchor point is just like it did before, except this time, the edges will be all messed up (which is probably what happened here). There may be away to do it with some clever effects usage, but I think the better and easier way to pursue this is to make your 2D circle a 3D object and manipulate it to turn toward or away from the viewer, like it is turning.
Best,
Derek Boettcher
Creative Management
BTH Media Group
https://bthmedia.com