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| that effect looks like an ink substance dropped into liquid, then composited. The plumes wouldn't continue to grow that much with wet on wet watercolor. On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 2:23 AM, scott.aelist <scott.aelist@gmail.com> wrote: > I suppose i'm looking for a more behind the scenes version of this article: > http://www.fxguide.com/featured/Stardust_Provides_Watercolor_Beauty_for_Shell/ > But this project looks pretty cool Chris. Thanks! > > - Also thank you Brian and Nathan for the comments =) > > > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Sorry for being a bit dim but are you shooting real-life elements that you >> want to make look water coloury? Or are you shooting genuine watercolours? >> >> 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, and >> then texturise the whole lot so it feels as though the image is part of 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 nice >> 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. >> >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> > > |
