Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth21.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.38] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 4675123 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:19:48 +0200 Received: (qmail 1907 invoked from network); 3 Apr 2012 19:20:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (76.254.61.90) by smtpauth21.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.38) with ESMTP; 03 Apr 2012 19:20:16 -0000 From: sus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: help with displacement Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 12:20:15 -0700 Message-Id: To: After Effects Mail List Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) I need to deform a surface with texture which is within moving video. = The deformation needs to look like memory foam and needs to be based on = text and/or illustrations (as if a title has been pushed into foam and = is slowly un-deforming back to a flat surface). =20 I made a displacement map for the text and have tried mesh warp, = displacement map, path distort and DE_FreeForm but none of the results = look like believable 3d z displacement. The pixels look like they are = displaced in x and y, but they do not look they move or are shaded in z. Any suggestions for either a specific technique or plugin? Cheers S