Simon Stutts
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Probably the easiest way to achieve that effect is to just hand-draw and then scan in your stuff. Its supposed to be wiggly so you dont have to be precise. Print out your logo, then throw some tracing paper over it. Trace logo 3-4 times. Scan in. Repeat those 3-4 frames over and over again. Done deal.
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I could be wrong, but can’t you set particles to be emitted by a layer (and make that layer have the shape you want?)
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Which setting do you keyframe to make the road move without it sliding off the bottom of the screen?
You would keyframe the position, and then use the 3d position gizmo (the three-pronged thing on the layer that appears when you click on it) to slide it backwards underneath the truck. Grab only the axis associated with horizontally moving the layer back and forth underneath the truck (I think in my case it was the x-axis). Essentially, you are sliding it off the edge of the screen – but in the example I posted, I had stretched the layer out so much that I could slide it back without too much noticeable movement of the ends.
In your example clip it appears like the back wall of the tire is moving too, it looks great, I was wondering how you achieved this? Possibly the same as the road?
Well – the short answer is that I didn’t. I think that what you are seeing on the back walls of the tires are just compression artifacts from the spinning tires (and maybe some from the moving road peeking through a badly done alpha around the truck – maybe the tires are a little see-through, and the motion of the road is coming through them a bit).
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OK…so try this.
First – take some sort of road-like texture. Bring it in to your comp. Make it a 3D layer. then, using the rotation tool (w), rotate it to 90 degrees (flat – should look like it disappeared). Then move that layer down and rotate its z-axis until it about matches up with the perspective of the truck.
Then twirl down your scale options on that layer (press “s”). Uncheck the little chain icon. Then mess with the scale so that your road layer becomes a very long, thin rectangle. You may need to re-match up the perspective on the road layer to fit the truck more.
Once you’ve got the perspective matched up, then its a simple matter of keyframing the position of the layer to make the road look like its moving. Turn on motion blur for a better result.
If you want to make the tires look like they are moving, you could: make a new composition. Make a tire in that composition – then make it 3d. Keyframe its rotation to make it look like its spinning fast – again, use motion blur for a better result.
Then take that comp into your truck composition, make it a 3D layer, and use position/rotation/scale to get it to match up to the size and perspective of the tires on the truck.
Here’s a quick example. I don’t think my perspective is 100% on this, but you get the idea.
https://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d4b0406c6368b458e7c82ed4b8f0c380e04e75f6e8ebb871
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It may require more $$$ and setup than you are looking to put into this, but I’d recommend Pro Video Player. (https://www.renewedvision.com/pvp.php)
You set up 1 machine with a copy of the software for every screen, and then slave all the computers to 1 master computer. It allows you to synchronize content across multiple screens, while at the same time letting you switch between videos on the fly. I work with a multi-state youth concert/speaking tour that uses a PVP setup to run synchronized content across as many as 5 screens, and this system has been great for us. (We also used it to run a 3-screen setup where the 3 large screens acted as a “live” digital set for on-stage actors.)
Maybe way more than what you are looking for in this circumstance, but wanted to recommend it just the same in case you or others come across a need for multi-screen operations on a later project.
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That’s generally something you’d want to take care of in flash – After Effects is strictly video-based. Very little in the way of interactivity.
HOWEVER!
Something like this might work:
https://www.studiodaily.com/main/training/6143.htmlYou can set a link to be invoked by a swf created by after effects. Set the time that the link will be invoked to the end of your video (or 1 second before). Throw an extra second of black (or whatever bg color) at the end. Should work.
Hope that does the trick for you.
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Not sure about the t-shirt spot, but it looks like the PS3 “Mural” spot had its vfx work done by the talented folks over at The Mill.
https://www.beam.tv/beamreel/themill/file/CGrgmQnrVs/page/1