Ray Apokal
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hey mrling,
check out https://trapcode.com/products_lux.html it’s straight from the horses mouth.
if you’re looking for more of a random generation of light fog check out this great tutorial using fractal noise as dust particles https://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=29571
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Hey sjohnson,
Double-check the z position on the png file, just to be sure it’s pulled far enough away from the background.
Other than that I’m baffled, I did a quick test like yikes, with an ai to png w/transparency and it works fine. -
Hey sam.mltn,
Great example.
Rotoscoping was used in the JC Penney example too, to get rid of the puppeteer rigs.
Maybe I misunderstood the OP; but to achieve the JC Penney reference, clothes coming to life and dancing while retaining the inner lining, it’s not creating a “Living Clothes” effect in AE per se. You’d be painting frame by frame (roto) to take something out (the rig).
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Hello Wing,
I don’t see the possibility of creating realisticly moving clothes in AE. I’m all for seeing the 2.5 dimension pushed in AE, but this would be beyond the capabilities of AE.
3d apps have a lot of possibilites with cloth that would come closer to the desired vision of your clients commercial.
Though, regarding the Penney’s commercial you linked, that looks like good old fashioned puppet/marionette work (at least the compressed youtube version does). -
Hey James,
(I’m so sorry I’m a little confused by your response to Steve)
are you using a 3d application to create this scene? if so there are good DOF options within the 3d applications themselves.
If that doesn’t work try rendering them in separate passes and applying DOF options in AE. You can try Steve’s suggestion, or what I sometimes do for a quick DOF, add the ‘Lens Blur’ to the background layer.
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Hey Kevin,
I don’t know a lot about that technique with real cameras but I’m sure what you are trying to do can be done, AE cameras are very complex.Ultimately, are you trying to manipulate the depth of field?