George Goodman
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I know it’s not quite the answer you’re looking for, but one thing that really sells this stuff is sound design. I’ll buy it without seeing it if you get that right. I always think of the leg amputation scene in Gone With The Wind as a great example of this. I was viscerally disturbed without seeing a thing.
Aside from that, you’ll need a retractable prop knife and probably some sort of packet of red corn syrup. That’s pretty much a standard for blood in movies. Just find a clever way to make it pop when the person is stabbed. There are probably kits you can buy online for this.
I don’t really recommend doing a long shot if you want to sell it. Without really good gore fx people, it’s difficult to keep it from looking cheap. I would do it in a couple of shots with a fast frame rate and some camera shake. It gives it a good action vibe and by breaking the shots up you could avoid the tough stuff (for example show the persons eyes when the knife is “entering them”).
Just my two cents.
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Sincerely,
George
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If it is the same besides the character, you can use a difference matte to separate the character:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxoTLRcjdw
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Sincerely,
George
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I think this is what you’re looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCZ3MqXOfYQ
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Sincerely,
George
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I think this is what you’re looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCZ3MqXOfYQ
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Sincerely,
George
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Found the answer:
https://ianhaigh.com/easeandwizz/
“I’m unable to edit a mask path after applying Ease and Wizz with Curvaceous. What gives?
This seems to be a limitation with After Effects, and occurs when any expression is applied to the Mask Shape property. Temporarily disabling the expression with the “=” button will allow editing of the path.”“|_ (°_0) _|”
Sincerely,
George
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Read that last post I made, but I think you should use this expression instead, it would be cooler. Add two slider controls to that null object and name them opacityMIN and opacityMAX. To start set opacity min at 25 and opacity max to 100. If you use this expression instead, you don’t have to update every shape layer expression if you decide to change the values. Instead, you just change the numbers on the slider controls on the null object and all the expressions will auto update.
That junx would be tight.
distance = Math.abs(thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[0] - transform.position[0])
linear(distance, 0, 1920, thisComp.layer("Null 1").effect("OpacityMAX")("Slider"), thisComp.layer("Null 1").effect("OpacityMIN")("Slider"))“|_ (°_0) _|”
Sincerely,
George
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This should work. Put it in the opacity property of each shape layer. Make sure that the anchor point is in the center of the shape layers. It’s assuming you’re calculating the distance based on x value and using the entire width of a 1920 comp. It’s taking the absolute value of the difference between the x position of the null object and the x position of the shape layer and basing it’s opacity on that. So when the position difference is 0 – it’s 100% opacity, when the position difference is 1920, the opacity is 25. You may want to play with the values, but that should be the basic idea.
distance = Math.abs(thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[0] - transform.position[0])
linear(distance, 0, 1920, 100, 25)“|_ (°_0) _|”
Sincerely,
George
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Easiest thing to do would probably be to just split the layer (cmd-shft-d or ctrl-shft-d on pc) and unparent the second half. If you really wanted to do it via expression this might work:
Rather than parent the entire layer, just parent the position property and add an if/else parameter
On the position property of the child layer add this expression:
if (time<1) (thisComp.layer(“Purple Solid 1”).transform.position – [100,100]) else transform.position
Change the value of time to the time you want it to stop following the the parent layer. Change the part in quotations to the appropriate name of the parent layer. Change the [100,50] to the difference in value.
You’ll want to place the child layer where it should be at the time you want it to stop following. This expression is saying “be the same as the parent layer position minus 100px on the x value and minus 50px on the y value” also “only work before time is 1 second, otherwise reference whatever keyframes are in the child layer position property.”
There is probably a better expression than this, but it would work.
Anyway, just split the layer, ha, it’s better.
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Sincerely,
George
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I’m not really sure what’s causing your issue, but why not just use a shape layer for the stroke and add trim paths?
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Sincerely,
George
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This might help:
If that’s not what you’re looking for, try to provide an example for better direction.
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Sincerely,
George