Return-Path: Received: from toroondcbmts05-srv.bellnexxia.net ([207.236.237.39] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4675126 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:27:02 +0200 Received: from toip40-bus.srvr.bell.ca ([67.69.240.41]) by toroondcbmts05-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20120403192731.KMDL23159.toroondcbmts05-srv.bellnexxia.net@toip40-bus.srvr.bell.ca> for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:27:31 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApIBALpFe09GMUo0/2dsb2JhbAANNrsqAQEBAwE6FDALCw05MRURBggLHQSHY7cPkANjBJVjgRGFAY0h Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.2.12]) ([70.49.74.52]) by toip40-bus.srvr.bell.ca with ESMTP; 03 Apr 2012 15:27:19 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Subject: Re: [AE] help with displacement From: Chris Bobotis In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:27:18 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <10E703A3-A4EB-4056-B93D-F72D450DD48C@mettle.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) FreeForm should do this. Did you add an AE light and camera when trying = FreeForm? Check out the tutorial section of our website. You should find some on = FreeForm and 3D displacement mapping. Cheers, Chris Mettle.com On 2012-04-03, at 3:20 PM, sus wrote: > 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 >=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. >=20 > Any suggestions for either a specific technique or plugin? >=20 > Cheers > S >=20 >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to