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It can be done, but I would say it will take intermediate level project. Take a look at this Tutorial or this oneand see if it gives you some ideas about what you may have to do and if you think you can pull it off.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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.”
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If you press the “.” button, AE will do a audio only preview. Also, if you select your audio layer and press “LL” quickly you will get an audio waveform, that can be a bit helpful.
If I have to work with audio in AE, I’ll generally turn off all the layers except the one I’m trying to sync to the audio. For instance If I’m trying to get words to come in with narration I’ll turn off everything but the words and preview just the area I need.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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.”
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If available, it probably would be easier in a 3d application like cinema 4d, but it’s probably doable in AE. I would use the same techniques, but use shape layers in CS6 and turn them into 3D layers. If you did that you could even extrude the body some(I don’t think you will get a better result if you go this route).
If you had Mettle.com Shapeshifter or Freeform you might even get a better round body shape as you could control the displacement a little easier that way you could taper the front and back a little.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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.”
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Here’s a Tutorial creates a pretty nice butterfly animation. Check it out and if you need more help, feel free to ask.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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. -
In case Darby doesn’t see this or doesn’t have a CS5.5 version, here you go.(figure I owe you, cause I wouldn’t have that awesome text animator from Darby had you not asked)
4679_linefadeuprandomcharacter.ffx.zip
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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. -
Are you painting with black paint over a black background? If that’s the case change push the checkboard icon below the comp window.
Only Tutorial I know of using the paint filter/effect.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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.”
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Was going to come back and expand on my answer, but it seems pretty well answered now. The answer is, this technique can be achieved a few different ways.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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. -
There are a few different techniques used to create the black lines. A few look like the edge wipe effect in Avid with borders turned on.
A few places it looks like a black solid or line was placed over the video and then wiped off.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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. -
Now that’s an elegant solution Darby. Kudos.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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. -
No need to delete the post.
Someone else at some time will likely have the same problem, perhaps use the search function and find the solution to the problem you provided.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“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.