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Subject: Re: [AE] help with displacement
From: Chris Bobotis <chris@mettle.com>
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Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 17:34:38 -0400
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Thanks Chris. Will check it out right away and please post part 2 when =
it is ready. Can you please add a link to the FreeForm V2 page. Same =
features as the bundled version but much faster. =
http://mettle.com/Products/FreeForm-V2.php

We are working on something else for AE that may help with projections =
(amongst other things) as well.

Please get in touch with me at chris@mettle.com

Would like to get you in on the beta for that one.

Cheers,
Chris
mettle.com
On 2012-04-03, at 5:25 PM, Chris Zwar wrote:

> 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/
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> 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...
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> In addition to recommending those lighting plugins and CC Glass, ditto =
for Brian's Caustics suggestion.  I love that plugin...
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> On 04/04/2012, at 7:11 AM, Chris Bobotis wrote:
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>> 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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>> 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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Cheers,
Chris
Mettle.com
Skype: Mettlecom