Return-Path: Received: from gem3.com ([69.167.163.77] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5336988 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 02:57:07 +0100 Received: from 76-250-64-177.lightspeed.hstntx.sbcglobal.net ([76.250.64.177]:55736 helo=[192.168.1.64]) by puma.websiteinc.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzd12-0040Ow-Kp for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:00:36 -0600 Message-ID: <52C8BCC3.2090508@gem3.com> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:00:35 -0600 From: Dave User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] Specific Text Effect References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - puma.websiteinc.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gem3.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: puma.websiteinc.com: authenticated_id: aftereffects-list@gem3.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Hello Chris, Although you were late to the party, your arrival is most appreciated and the gifts you bring are wholeheartedly welcomed. This is a most unexpected help. I have continue to work on various techniques ever since I posed the question. I sincerely appreciate your knowledge and contribution, this is going to really help. Much Thanks, Dave On 1/4/14, 4:57 PM, Chris Zwar wrote: > I am late to the party, catching up to a few weeks of emails… > > The effect in the trailer is probably a write-on that has the matte grunged up or the edge roughened. > It looks effective because in the trailer the letters are revealed in a natural order, and also because it has been composited onto the paper BG and so everything feels integrated. > If you want to play around with something more complex than a simple gradient wipe, there's a project template linked somewhere here: > > http://provideocoalition.com/czwar/video/creating-a-watercolour-wipe-in-after-effects > > And plenty of video of me waffling on about how it all works and so on. > You could download the project file, use the text as your source, an old paper texture for your background, and have something rendered in a few minutes that would look comparable to the video you have linked to. > > > > -Chris > > On 31/12/2013, at 2:04 AM, Dave wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> From about 7 seconds to 8 second into the trailer below this text appears on a document “Follow a trail of secret letters…” >> >> ————————————————————— >> The Room Two Trailer >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGaddIZzVs >> ————————————————————— >> >> QUESTION: My question is does any one know how or can suggest an approach that would achieve a very similar look and feel as text appears on a document? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dave >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to