Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #45356
From: Jim Lang <james.c.lang@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] [OT]: tips for shooting watercolor elements?
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:59:38 -0400
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
. . . 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 <james.c.lang@gmail.com> 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 <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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
 
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