Return-Path: Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4815863 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:59:15 +0200 Received: by pbbro12 with SMTP id ro12so2921512pbb.28 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:59:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=/4KKzu0nPwGZowAHDapGYnJMuwgewQ5uz79VevhGNAk=; b=tc4SlWnIl+cCfAFob+R1bCs5/G27CZwvoh9+liCKO1rI92iiJ2U1GPYPh+7mD9S3/p wKxT8aYFqio7ViK7TzPJVqNXUg9XwFv6Bn9qKdZdV153eIhYJWNj83IKTGyOkMqyqTB1 UD+JD15JUvCfMgI0rFMN9z9otQ4fMz8lrPGuYxXGmlqLPgdfQM93GCsVkSfWZkTPoB/G 0yc3E67odnezixVQjiatH9Af8KSCGuj8LaBVmP31vaCYbupysVWYAjDYjwH+RF/ck5Eg QhyKg5YWT0/9Zd/QLHozzg29ozfE3G4YwSpAajbJbjUx36/aI26WK2HwxxIc+CXMt/3f Vuug== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.238.166 with SMTP id vl6mr9521630pbc.96.1345193978736; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:59:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.194.34 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:59:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:59:38 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT]: tips for shooting watercolor elements? From: Jim Lang To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 . . . although I personally think that wet on wet would have been more attractive than the technique in the video. For me the clouds are just a bit much. On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Jim Lang wrote: > 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 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 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 >> >>