Jeremy Fabiano
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I dunno about plugins for this, but for techniques I can kind of point you in the right direction based on things i’ve done/seen…
Now before I go into detail please remember a few things: 1. I’m a noob at this stuff. 2. I’m sure some of the regulars can (and might) correct me a few times with this. 3. I’m going to go off the top of my head – not basing it on anything. All in all, I’m hoping to point you in the right direction at least, but also hope it helps.. here goes..
i’m only going to explain for 1 layer (just duplicate and change as necessary for the rest) so please bear with me.
You’re gonna want a new comp size solid – create a motion path and close the loop (make it a circle – shift i think?).
Make a null object. Copy the mask shape i believe it was and paste it to the null object’s position parameter. Now it should follow that same path and go in circles (not sure wether you need it to face camera – if so turn on auto-orient for the null). Then make it a 3d layer and rotate on the X axis till its flat (90* i believe).
Next part might be tricky… one of two things will have to be done – first the easier way:
position thenull at the top of the “tornado” and set a keyframe. move forward however long it would take to “suck” the layer to the bottom of the tornado and then move the null there.
i THINK this affects the Z axis… if i’m wrong then this wont work and you’ll have to do this instead:
make a 2nd null object and parent the first to it.
position the 2nd null at the top of the “tornado” and set a keyframe. move forward however long it would take to “suck” the layer to the bottom of the tornado and then move the null there.Repeat with scale as well going from 100% to 0% (on the same keyframes.
After all this, parent the layer you want to spin to the 1st null (maybe add some random rotation to the layer with the wiggle statement).
Now preview it (and pray it works hehehe).
I’m really hoping this works for you, it’s completely theoretical as far as I’m concerned, I’ve never tried anything like this before. Good luck, lemme know if it works 🙂
-Jeremy
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While on the topic of “if you can get the rights” born to be wild or bad to the bone always = motorcycles 😉
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check out andrew kramers dvd on https://videocopilot.net its got all sorts of cool stuff and if you dont like it you can use the clips to make your own..
It’s not free… but it sure helps things move along..
Hope this helps 🙂
-Jeremy
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I don’t see a “precise” way of doing it, but there is the “BIRTH SIZE” and “DEATH SIZE” which if combined with the “SIZE VARIATION” percentage, should create an almost identical effect.
This is found under the “PARTICLE” toggle down in CC Particle World.
Hope this helps 🙂
-Jeremy
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just posted a very very similar regarding a bullet going through a demon…
i told him to try a displacement map.. for more info click Aharon’s head up top – he’s got 3 tutorials on displacement maps 🙂
hope this helps
-jeremy
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If you have access to a 3d modeling program you might be better off using that.. (if not blender3d is free and not TOO hard to learn)
I’ve been using AEcs3 for a year now, but the thought of animating a tree scares the crap out of me.. I’d hate to have to do that for a client…
Welcome to AE 🙂
Good luck.
-Jeremy
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HEHEHE I figured that’s what happened…
Nah I have no clue, maybe one of the moderators would be so kind?
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My main guess is the focal length, focal distance, and depth of field settings aren’t set right.. without actually seeing it I couldn’t tell for sure, but one of those is probably making the text out of focus..
did you try moving along the Z axis and see if it gets better / worse?
Hope this helps a bit..
-Jeremy
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If you have a little bit of money to spend, Trapcodes’ LUX plugin is perfect for that shot, although personally, I’d probably go with the Day /night conversion myself as well – as its FREE lol
Hope this was helpful..
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Another solution: https://www.videocopilot.net/twitch/