Return-Path: Received: from eatspam.slcc.edu ([144.35.15.69] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4951163 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:10:29 +0100 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1358273741-0439c35bc429590001-edO5QZ Received: from vCAS2.slcc.int (vcas2.slcc.int [10.1.11.53]) by eatspam.slcc.edu with ESMTP id 0f2UgsRPP27mde3O for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:15:41 -0700 (MST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: John.Morgan@slcc.edu Received: from EXCH.slcc.int ([127.0.0.1]) by vCAS2.slcc.int ([fe80::8031:551b:9a53:7716%11]) with mapi; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:15:41 -0700 From: John Morgan To: After Effects Mail List Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:15:40 -0700 Subject: RE: [AE] Animate object to path/Object flexes and bends as it follows path Thread-Topic: [AE] Animate object to path/Object flexes and bends as it follows path X-ASG-Orig-Subj: RE: [AE] Animate object to path/Object flexes and bends as it follows path Thread-Index: Ac3zR89NxekzkJwKQdKqK6WJFH5F4gAAeIFQ Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_EAE675A223415848A14AA69EBCDE9D0A6ACA1BE31AEXCHslccint_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Barracuda-Connect: vcas2.slcc.int[10.1.11.53] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1358273741 X-Barracuda-URL: http://eatspam.slcc.edu:8000/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at slcc.edu X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.2.119944 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.00 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message --_000_EAE675A223415848A14AA69EBCDE9D0A6ACA1BE31AEXCHslccint_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Brian, Scott and Jim, Thank You. I'm in an in-house college marketing shop, wearing many hats as videographe= r and all things related including motion graphics. Am not an Ae power user= ....yet. Still, I have 9 years of Ae use under my belt. A short stint with = Combustion before that. And a brief amount of Softimage 3D before that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DfqoJEtM4jX0 My boss had seen the above clip from Simon Faser University and had read a = report about it in some college-related national magazine. She wants me to = push my envelope and incorporate more motion graphics such as those used in= the clip. The story in the magazine was a write-up about how SFU had "pull= ed off this incredible thing in just two weeks." Ha! I thought. She handed = me the article and I read between the lines and interpreted the language of= the article. A marketing director and the college pres had written the scr= ipt, but "a Toronto-based graphics facilitator" had helped. Likely a boutiq= ue post house, unnamed in the article. Cost $10,000.00. Right. I informed m= y boss that the project hadn't been done in house at all!....other than scr= ipt. $10k for 4-mins of finished video is obviously heavy with AE and 3D an= imator time, not to mention the creative concepting and story boarding time= . Possible ad agency involvement, but not mentioned in the article. Motion graphics interspersed throughout the project. That very first scene where the SFU logo follows a spline is what I was try= ing to achieve in Ae. Much of the other red-white animation looked like it = could be done inside Ae, except for some of the objects that are 3D (maybe = models imported to Ae.) Towards the end, there's a train that's obviously n= ot 2D. I pulled the video off youtube and have been going through the animations a= frame at a time to see their progression.....as learning experience. The t= ext animations seem like they came from somewhere else, or 3rd party plugin= . Or, they're complex multi-comp projects with stroke animated. Not sure ho= w the cross-hatching was applied. Complex. Not that I'm trying to duplicate= , but I'd like to learn some of the steps so as to have the ability. Any thoughts about how some of these motion effects were created, or whethe= r within Ae or plugin would be appreciated. John From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of= Brian Maffitt Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:42 AM To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] Animate object to path/Object flexes and bends as it foll= ows path If you use Freeform Pro applied to a large precomp, you should be able to D= istort the layer/comp in any way you like, for example, following an s-shap= ed path. Then if you animate your layer inside the precomp, it will follow = the distortions contained in the parent comp. Does this make sense? Brian 16 years ago I messed a bit with Softimage 3D. Animating objects to path an= d having their orientation follow the path was pretty easy. Applying a latt= ice so the object could bend and flex as it follows the path was not too di= fficult either. Now in Ae I'm trying to relearn that technique. I have a solid layer (a rec= tangle box) following a path with 'auto-orient' turned on, so the path anim= ation is done. What is the trick to making the layer flex as it rounds the= corners? The path is an s-curve shape where the S elongates on Z axis. Ca= n Mesh Warp be applied in a way that it will interact with the curves in a = path? Trying to expand my knowledge. Any links to tutorials are appreciated. John This message, and any attachments, is intended only for the use of the addr= essee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential or ot= herwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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Brian, Sc= ott and Jim, Thank You.

I&= #8217;m in an in-house college marketing shop, wearing many hats as videogr= apher and all things related including motion graphics. Am not an Ae power = user….yet. Still, I have 9 years of Ae use under my belt. A short sti= nt with Combustion before that. And a brief amount of Softimage 3D before t= hat.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DfqoJEtM4jX0

 

My boss had seen the above clip from Simon Faser University and h= ad read a report about it in some college-related national magazine. She wa= nts me to push my envelope and incorporate more motion graphics such as tho= se used in the clip. The story in the magazine was a write-up about how SFU= had “pulled off this incredible thing in just two weeks.” Ha! = I thought. She handed me the article and I read between the lines and inter= preted the language of the article. A marketing director and the college pr= es had written the script, but “a Toronto-based graphics facilitator&= #8221; had helped. Likely a boutique post house, unnamed in the article. Co= st $10,000.00. Right. I informed my boss that the project hadn’t been= done in house at all!....other than script. $10k for 4-mins of finished vi= deo is obviously heavy with AE and 3D animator time, not to mention the cre= ative concepting and story boarding time. Possible ad agency involvement, b= ut not mentioned in the article.

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Motion graph= ics interspersed throughout the project.

 

That= very first scene where the SFU logo follows a spline is what I was trying = to achieve in Ae. Much of the other red-white animation looked like it coul= d be done inside Ae, except for some of the objects that are 3D (maybe mode= ls imported to Ae.) Towards the end, there’s a train that’s obv= iously not 2D.

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I pulled the video off youtube= and have been going through the animations a frame at a time to see their = progression…..as learning experience. The text animations seem like t= hey came from somewhere else, or 3rd party plugin. Or, they̵= 7;re complex multi-comp projects with stroke animated. Not sure how the cro= ss-hatching was applied. Complex. Not that I’m trying to duplicate, b= ut I’d like to learn some of the steps so as to have the ability.

 

<= p class=3DMsoNormal>Any thoughts about how some of these motion effe= cts were created, or whether within Ae or plugin would be appreciated.=

 

John

 

From:= Aft= er Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of B= rian Maffitt
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:42 AM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] Animate object to pa= th/Object flexes and bends as it follows path

 

If you u= se Freeform Pro applied to a large precomp, you should be able to Distort t= he layer/comp in any way you like, for example, following an s-shaped path.= Then if you animate your layer inside the precomp, it will follow the dist= ortions contained in the parent comp. Does this make sense?

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Brian

 

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16 years ago I messed a bit with Softimage 3D. Ani= mating objects to path and having their orientation follow the path was pre= tty easy. Applying a lattice so the object could bend and flex as it follow= s the path was not too difficult either.

 

Now in Ae I’m trying to relearn that technique. I= have a solid layer (a rectangle box) following a path with ‘auto-ori= ent’ turned on, so the path animation is done.  What is the tric= k to making the layer flex as it rounds the corners? The path is an s-curve= shape where the S elongates on Z axis.  Can Mesh Warp be applied in a= way that it will interact with the curves in a path?

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Trying to expand my knowledge. Any links to = tutorials are appreciated.

 

John


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