Derek Boettcher
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Can you upload a sample of the footage so that I can take a look at it in more detail? Sometimes a hands on approach will allow me to figure out settings that will work.
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Derek Boettcher
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This is actually a relatively simple technique. Here is what I would do. Go to YouTube and find some stock footage of a flag waving, solid color would work the best. Download the video using keepvid.com then import the video to your project. If your logo is multiple layers precompse it, then drop the flag footage in. Go to your effects panel and search displacement map. Add that to your precomposed layer. For the reference layer choose your footage, make sure the footage is set to stretch to fit instead of center. Then use the color options at the top if the effect to decide what aspect of the footage would affect the logo layer, then adjust the numbered displacement values for a severe or mild effect. Lastly, turn off the footage layer and there you go. Same technique can be used for a glitch effect.
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Derek Boettcher
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The more cores the better. It will just make your life easier. 32gb ram is a good number. I personally would get an eight core. And makes a pretty good right core for about half the cost. Though I’m not sure the benchmark difference is between the two. I have yet to find an honest comparison between the two for after ever effects. I did find one for PhotoShop that showed the right core performed better though. The other side of the coin is the GHz it runs at. AMD has a 4.7 8 core that looks pretty stellar.
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Derek Boettcher
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I get what you are saying, I’m just not entirely sure that it is possible given the limitations of the software. However, I would ask the folks over in After Effects Expressions, they are really good at this type of thing.
One way you might be able to get a simulated effect is if you can keyframe the input frequencies in your sound keys plugin. If you can, try using a wiggle and select your frequency of events and the magnitude for the wiggle to randomize with. If that works, then you can try to do the same thing over a few tracks but change the values a bit for a more random look. Again, I’m not so familiar with the plugin, but if you can figure it out, that may start getting you closer to what you need.
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Derek Boettcher
Creative Management
BTH Media Group
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To my understanding of the plugin (I don’t own it, but I’ve seen it in use, the rest is based on the workflow I would typically do), you will most likely need to create multiple instances of it, with each instance accepting a different frequency range to develop keyframes. Then you will need to pair your selected frequency ranges with your adjustment layers (or effects directly) to control the effects. If you are using a glow effect, it will effect the luma properties of the entire image. So if you only want a certain selection to be used, you’ll need to keep a clean plate untouched, and then mask the sections you want the effects to have active. You can then feather them out to help blend sections in to one another.
Some glow effects allow you to specify highlights, midtones, etc. so be sure to look around in the effect settings to choose what you want to affect.
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Derek Boettcher
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use a solid instead of a mask and use the alpha channel of the solid to determine what you see of don’t.
How to: The order of the layers should be (top down): 1)Shape Layer (or solid), Element 3d layer. Select the element 3d layer, press F4 to cycle from through your modes, then when track matte is available twirl down the menu and select either alpha or alpha inverted. That will pull the alpha information from the layer just above the Element 3d layer.
If you want to graduate the entrance or exit, just add a blur to Layer 1 and then precompose. You could also use a color gradient (black-white or vise versa using the gradient ramp effect on a solid that is 2-3x the size of the comp. This way you can leave the gradient the height of the comp but then keyframe the position from a full black to a full white (or vise versa) then use a Luma or Luma inverted matte selection instead (this takes the information from the light vs. dark properties of Layer 1).
If I remember correctly, you can also keyframe Element 3D’s object opacity inside the plugin as well.
Hope that helps.
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Derek Boettcher
Creative Management
BTH Media Group
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Though I don’t do a lot of character animation myself, here was a good tutorial I saw a while ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myk-fchFvp4
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Derek Boettcher
Creative Management
BTH Media Group
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I would track your actress I mocha, using different shapes for different parts of her body. Then when you paste you information back into the ae scene, first duplicate your footage to create a background plate, then have your bullet holes and lastly your mocha mask on top. The mask will cover the holes when her body passes over them.
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Derek Boettcher
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BTH Media Group
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Take a still frame, cut it out using masks, key frame its position precompose, add echo effect, up the number of instances and its duration.
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Derek Boettcher
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BTH Media Group
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If you use or have access to premiere pro it has an effect called strobe. It basically allows you to keyframe thus type of effect, so that you don’t have to make all the cuts yourself.
Best,
Derek Boettcher
Creative Management
BTH Media Group
https://bthmedia.com