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Subject: Re: [AE] help with displacement
From: Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com>
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Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:25:59 +1000
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I posted a new video here:

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http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/motiongraphicsvizfx/story/an_a_to_z=
_of_building_projections_-_part_1/

I have to apologise though, this is the first time I've staggered the =
release of a multi-part series so it's only part 1.  Part 2 will look =
extensively at Freeform and Z-Born Toy.  I'm hoping to finish it and =
upload it over the weekend.  I'm not sure Freeform is even mentioned in =
part 1, even though we used it for everything...

In addition to recommending those lighting plugins and CC Glass, ditto =
for Brian's Caustics suggestion.  I love that plugin...


-Chris

On 04/04/2012, at 7:11 AM, Chris Bobotis wrote:

> Chris. Tanks for chiming in. Must have missed your post on the =
building projections - what is the link for that please?
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> Chris
> On 2012-04-03, at 5:02 PM, Chris Zwar wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> It sounds like the problem is not the displacement - Free=46rom can =
handle this - but the fact you need the lighting and shading to go along =
with the distortion.
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>> This is actually the problem we faced when doing the building =
projections for Melbourne (see my earlier post).  We used a combination =
of FreeForm to do the distortion, and the plugin Z-Born Toy to get the =
lights and shadows.  Both plugins used the same displacement map, and =
the result worked well.
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>> Z-Born toy is not free, but you can download the demo to see if it =
works for you.  You will definitely need to read the help files though!
>> http://www.frischluft.com/zborntoy/index.php
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>> Normality is a free plugin that does some similar things, but last =
time I checked it didn't generate shadows from light sources.  But it is =
free, and again it might help you out:
>> http://www.3dcg.net/software/normality/
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>> Otherwise you could try experimenting with the CC Glass plugin, which =
comes with After Effects, and is OK for simple bump maps.
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>> Cheers,
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>> -Chris
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>> On 04/04/2012, at 5:20 AM, sus wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>> 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.
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>>> Any suggestions for either a specific technique or plugin?
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>>> Cheers
>>> S
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> Cheers,
> Chris
> Mettle.com
> Skype: Mettlecom
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