Tudor "ted" jelescu
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Maybe these can give you some ideas:
https://cgi.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-make-an-awesome-electric-shock-effect–ae-26175
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/energy_wipe/
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Use Match Grain instead of adding grain and use a clip from your footage as reference. This way you’ll get the same type of grain like in your footage. You will need to tweak the controls of the effect to get the best results.
Use the following as a starting point:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/noise-grain-effects.html
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
It’s worth mentioning that this is all Mettle stuff (including the background) – am I right Chris?
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
Try Geo Layers- much better control and it downloads for you only the map data you need from servers.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
Google Earth Pro is free to use now – that’s one choice you have- read the fine print for attribution.
Geo Layers would be my choice though, as it is a plugin that works directly in AE and uses map servers to create map animations. At 99 bucks is a good deal.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
Shooting something like this will give you a slight wobble almost always. Stabilizing that is almost impossible – why not take a good picture, cut the wheel out and animate in AE – you’ll get a perfect spin. If you need some sort of light modeling you can always use FreeForm Pro or ShapeShifter AE from Mettle to displace the wheel in true 3d space and add lights.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
My point was not to use white, but to have some color (does not matter what color) in the elements you want the Match Grain effect applied to. In simple terms: do not use white, use an off white (light gray, or any other color) for titles or graphics that need to be white. If your titles are colored, then there are no issues there. It can be applied to any layer that can take effects.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
As Tero mentioned, a slight blur (I would use Camera Lens Blur)will soften the edges. I would add a Match Grain effect to better blend in the text. The reason titles look sharp and clean is partly because they lack the grain that video has. Also making sure that you have some color in the title (light pink like the example or whatever other color matches your footage)will help – applying Match Grain to a white title will not do much.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
Here’s a tutorial that explains how to get a camera solve from Boujou exported to AE:
https://cgi.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-mograph-urban-jungle-day-1–ae-442Camera Tracker from The Foundry is also a good option to get a camera solve.
One you get a good camera solve you can then position your elements to match the perspective of the shot and use Radial Shadow to add shadows to them
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist -
YES- Premiere Pro is the way to go. You can assign a similar workspace and even final cut shortcuts to make it all more familiar. As far as AE integration, it’s by far the best solution.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist