[Mathew Fuller]

This is the closet thing I have. It’s not exactly what you want… but it could be tweaked to do so.

This generates perfect circular motion centered around the original position of the layer. I recommend that you map the radius and
cycle inputs to Expression Control sliders, and the phase input to an Expression Control angle.
Apply this expression to the position of the layer.

radius = 75; // the radius of the circle
cycle = 1; // number of seconds to complete a circle; higher value = slower
if(cycle ==0){cycle = 0.001;} //avoids a “divide by zero” error
phase = 27; // initial angle in degrees from bottom
reverse = 1; // 1 for ccw, -1 for cw
x = Math.sin( reverse * degrees_to_radians(time * 360 / cycle + phase));
y = Math.cos(degrees_to_radians(time * 360 / cycle + phase));
add(mul(radius, [x, y]), position)

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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[Mathew Fuller]

I’ve been a VFX artist for 10 years. PM me and I can get you off to a good start I promise.

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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[Mathew Fuller]

“by David Ghast
Its better to ask real VFX artists, AE is not a real VFX program.”

David… don’t be such an elitist a**hole. More feature films than you can imagine have composites done in AE. I know.. I’ve done them. Of course Nuke is far superior on the high end… but not all situations call for that.

To tell someone new that AE isn’t a real compositor tells me you are either not smart enough to figure out how to use it as such… or are repeating what others told you without putting any thought into how stupid it sounds… or how untrue it is.

You can accomplish many things with a 7D and After FX… maybe you can’t…. but many do.

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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[Mathew Fuller]

You will need 3D to do most of these convincingly. There are too many aspects behind shots like this to comment in any way. without reference.

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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[Mathew Fuller]

I wouldn’t suggest shooting a clear bottle filled with water on a green screen and hope for good results when keying.

You need to do a CG water bottle or use a still image and animate that… or film it against something neutral and roto it out in Mocha.

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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[Mathew Fuller]

Actually “720×480 (for NTSC TV)” is incorrect.

720 X 480 is DV resolution.

720X486 is Broadcast NTSC

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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[Mathew Fuller]

Flip the layer by using negative scale and precomp it. Then choose the precomp ans your background layer.

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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[Mathew Fuller]

If you don’t have any idea how to do that in After Effects… then you don’t know the basics of After FX.

I suggest to start at the beginning with a site like Lynda.com that has great intro tutorials… or like right here on CreativeCow where there are a bazillion tutorials on AE.

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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[Mathew Fuller]

What was it shot on?

Is it in the source footage or only in AE?

Is there any FX applied to the footage?

When you ask vague questions with little to no information it is impossible to answer.

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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[Mathew Fuller]

They may have used smoke as a Luma Matte.

Digitaljuice.com also has some ink bleed on paper type stuff. in their motion designers toolkit Volume 6, 7 or 8 I believe.

The higher they fly… the much.
My Reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olElCddRiBg

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