Return-Path: Received: from omr3.networksolutionsemail.com ([205.178.146.53] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4815685 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:32:54 +0200 Received: from cm-omr8 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by omr3.networksolutionsemail.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7H3XJuU011641 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:33:19 -0400 X-Authenticated-IP: 205.178.146.50 Received: from [205.178.146.50] ([205.178.146.50:39048] helo=webmail18) by cm-omr8 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.41 r(31179/31189)) with ESMTP id 93/5E-11452-E7BBD205; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:33:18 -0400 Received: from 59.167.240.84 (chris@chriszwar.com [59.167.240.84]) by webmail18 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 16660; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:33:18 +0000 From: "Chris Zwar" To: "After Effects Mail List" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Network Solutions Webmail, Build 11.2.30 X-Originating-IP: [59.167.240.84] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:33:18 +0000 Subject: Re: [AE] [OT]: tips for shooting watercolor elements? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Sorry for being a bit dim but are you shooting real-life elements that yo= u want to make look water coloury? Or are you shooting genuine watercolo= urs? I have a watercolour-style transition on my website: http://chriszwar.com/wordpress/2009/02/watercolour-wipe-revised-updated/ I made it so long ago it would take me a few minutes to decipher it, but = the basic approach was to have a few layers distorted with vector blur, a= nd then texturise the whole lot so it feels as though the image is part o= f the paper, and not just stuck on top with a blending mode. Have a play with vector blur that uses slowly animating fractal noise as = the source. Is that what you're after? -Chris -----Original Message----- From: scott.aelist [mailto:scott.aelist@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 11:53 AM To: 'After Effects Mail List' Subject: [AE] [OT]: tips for shooting watercolor elements? we have to shoot some elements for a watercolory-looking spot. I imagine I'll be using a bunch of stills and scanned textures, but it would be nic= e to get some footage as well. Does anyone have any tips on how to get the ink to 'move.' I remember trying this myself in the past, and i couldn't really get the ink to do much of anything.