Jordan Montreuil
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I tried that right after I posted and it fixed a lot but I still don’t get the nice crisp lines I am looking for.
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I figured it out. I had forgotten to duplicate the camera also for the precomp. Thanks for your help anyways.
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I did. I even tried precomping it with the light I am using as an emitter and the null object that I have parented the light to. The moment it precomps, it goes blank. The particles disappear.
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The Videocopilot tut is not a dummy. Its comped footage of someone faking getting hit by a car.
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I did this in about a minute using just the Bulge Effect and looping the change. Should be pretty easy to do with that. You could also do some worth with Mesh Warp if you want to go more detailed and controlled.
https://www.jordanmontreuil.com/Files/Video/Breath.mov
I hope that helps in some way.
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thanks
🙂
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You can’t really do a good version of that just in AE. You need something else. Be it a fluid simulator or an effect. I would suggest the Action Movie Essentials from Video Copilot.net. They have some good blood spatters on there that you can try.
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One thing I have done on a few occasions such as this is duplicating the footage and applying the Threshold effect to the duplicate. Fiddle with it until only the background is white and then apply that as a luma matte for your original footage. I often have to add a blur to the matte to smoothen the edges because the Threshold effect often makes it pixelated.
It could work. /shrug
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Dan, I love you.
PS. This is the part that I couldn’t figure out: [0,0,0]
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Also one thing to keep in mind (and this is experience from something I did along the same lines) is that if you are removing the head, you might have to put something behind it, ie the back of the shirt and collar that would be behind his head. It really depends on what movement you plan on your actor doing.