Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #52369
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Specific Text Effect
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:16:57 -0600
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Chris, I watched your tutorial, and I like how you made your gradient maps.  Clever.  Thanks for sharing.


On Jan 4, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Dave <aftereffects-list@gem3.com> wrote:

> 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 <aftereffects-list@gem3.com> 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
>>>
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