[John Cuevas]

And that long explanation from Walter is why True Comp Duplicator rules!

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

In cases like this, I wouldn’t take the image out to photoshop because unless you plan to clean up every frame that the subject is in, if he moves or talks it will be pretty apparent the skin isn’t matching right. Also, even if you do clean up every frame in photoshop, they need to look 100% identical or it will be spotted pretty quickly.

What I’ve done in the past is to use an adjustment layer in AE, add a gaussian blur to it , mask the adjustment layer and then add feathering to the mask. From there you can keyframe & adjust the mask shape as needed, do some motion tracking, apply the result to a null and then parent the adjustment layer to the null. Or most likely a combination of the two.

Here’s my result just applying a mask and blur to your image.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

There is a 32 and 64-bit version, so make sure you are using the right one for your computer.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Without knowing your computer, settings… I would suggest exporting as an image sequence and then import that into your editor of choice for the final. Even if the render fails, you can just pick up with the last image that correctly rendered.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Number of tutorials using Trapcode Particular to create that type of effect.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Festivus!

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

It’s a Kaleidoscope effect, there are plugins for creating it(some free), but you can do it with shape layers also, like in this tutorial. If you google after effects and Kaleidoscope effect, you’ll get a lot of other recipes for creating it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKryqRm_fgE

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

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[John Cuevas]

You might want to give Screenlight a look.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

This should help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7nqOS6OGTk

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ThinkCK

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—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

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[John Cuevas]

Try creating a new project and import the ‘corrupt’ project into it.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.