From: "Phil Bearman" Received: from mail-ed1-f53.google.com ([209.85.208.53] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7210419 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 07 Dec 2018 23:20:44 +0100 Received: by mail-ed1-f53.google.com with SMTP id h50so4928408ede.5 for ; Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:28:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=philbearman-co-uk.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=3w1iwUE3Qo/0JBAlqsRk5QAw/0Ykqhsjs06TYcfngFs=; b=RoYYhIGra1m4l7GqeX54orjuuameoUyRHThOjqyNqvKIg+qzPvhh1/BC0+jG2gFtEV rKyRCnY1vXKv6TmgshYiPjIzWkswi3Vwcsf6sqHte0vuWktb11IVGZH+LBferLCLgyQN 2ENVmhhiCBhzi2IZED+p5wohNLHMQlAgeTWgIGiZuihNXUqLJT+qg+T6dAatbk0pwZau fFE6NWTR+0kRv/R9yjcwcjSMlfn4NXdaOzJFL+OkIgVzbUdDltlq/zEvE9BsIYZ9pf4I r6gmRDpaw+cQgPa7B5gZaUHkzG6J5tj5wl4mFhPmnGk7NcQG4epTbVSFzmV51OLt7zpZ 5Gyw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=3w1iwUE3Qo/0JBAlqsRk5QAw/0Ykqhsjs06TYcfngFs=; b=NNK48d9WnG+WFnL/0a0YriVZswjpoCInb5gSCc2g7EHQyCZZi1rqgM6fe/1L08kbzn km/c2EAHArEfQ0G92+0PM0tAU7os2o02feNGuOs9CIt1jSWyHpg/YyyLi1OI9rKWTcsx GjkWW9oBSX25EQ8J8CvWTtwP94Lm4/UPsQ7AsX6FHTCRssGfHEO3e4C4rz1dPHng3Kn6 6FHeViernUVaree/Wz6Giv/C04cfkmvUASTwonoVhceGvz8s6EL2J7GL7F9K4IcjjTtZ f3R48O45O6KqII6NFRdOOdcolh3CGrnr2U0OaYVUgFlYhvSMWw7cpqep7q1rsHYIeCOv z8Mw== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWbFys5VT5M3ijdyMS/FFYGVprGhZZpEZc7RyDtCyMbZrj706w5s sBf4qvXAp8kUrQuMegVdZj9Xo2/8ddCXxFs/dEX9MwPg X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/UFveOd1FbGe5mHt4qoYwBdHlXzbKRcW17HySJk9usjFXLn5hr4BVn9Hgods13CMdMNqxAChJ8OAB5l8OU+MS8= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:6dcb:: with SMTP id j11-v6mr3128023ejt.162.1544221728837; Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:28:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 22:28:38 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Recreating this abstract image To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000009a28ee057c762370" --0000000000009a28ee057c762370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Thanks so much for all the suggestions guys! I forgot all about Freeform Pro Chris! (I was too focused on the effects in the Distort menu). I had played around with bezier warp earlier, but the quality was looking a bit poor in the heavily distorted areas and it was going to need a number of layers which seemed a bit messy - I was sure there must be neater solution, but perhaps there's not! I could always make an oversized comp and scale it down to get around the quality issues. I'll have another play with this and let you know how I get on :-) Cheers, and have a good weekend! Phil -- *Phil Bearman* *Phil Bearman Creative Media Solutions* Motion Graphics Design PhilBearman.co.uk 0161 236 2581 - 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this E-Mail. Please notify the sender immediately by E-Mail if you have received this E-Mail by mistake and delete the E-Mail from your system. E-Mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message or attached documents or for any damage suffered by your computer system caused by any errors or viruses contained in the E-Mail message or any attached documents. On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 20:22, Nathan Shipley wrote: > Ha - thanks for sharing that old one, Roland. That's basically the > fleshed out version of what I'm suggesting. I looked at that tutorial back > in 2004-ish (back before Youtube and when tutorials were mostly text!) to > create some jumbotron graphics. > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:08 PM Roland Kahlenberg > wrote: > >> Here are two very old, very useful tutorials that are also very close to >> what you're looking for - >> >> https://library.creativecow.net/articles/oneil_bill/light_storm.php >> https://library.creativecow.net/articles/oneil_bill/bezier_warp.php >> >> >> Cheers >> - Roland Kahlenberg >> Intensive mocha & AE Training in Singapore and Other Dangerous Locations >> BorisFX/Imagineer Systems (mocha) Certified Instructor & Adobe After >> Effects ACE/ACI/ACP >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "After Effects Mail List" >> To: "After Effects Mail List" >> Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2018 1:31:18 AM >> Subject: [AE] Recreating this abstract image >> >> Hi all, >> >> A client has asked me to recreate this shutterstock image as an animation >> such that the streaks of light are flying out from the point where they >> converge. >> >> I'm using fractal noise to create horizontal lines, but I'm really >> struggling to come up with a way of warping those lines into that shape. >> >> >> https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/acceleration-speed-motion-on-night-road-772713379 >> >> I've played around with all the warping effects but don't seem to be >> getting close to what I'm after in any kind of neat way. >> >> I feel like I'm missing something really obvious as I don't usually >> struggle to recreate abstract imagery like this in AE, but it has been a >> long day! >> >> Any help much appreciated! >> >> Cheers, >> Phil >> -- >> >> *Phil Bearman* >> >> *Phil Bearman Creative Media Solutions* >> Motion Graphics Design >> >> PhilBearman.co.uk >> >> >> 0161 236 2581 - 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday >> >> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for >> the >> individual named. 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Thanks so much for all the suggestions guys!

I forgot all about Freeform Pro Chris! (I was too focused on the effe= cts in the Distort menu).

I had played around with= bezier warp earlier, but the quality was looking a bit poor in the heavily= distorted areas and it was going to need a number of layers which seemed a= bit messy - I was sure there must be neater solution, but perhaps there= 9;s not!=C2=A0 I could always make an oversized comp and scale it down to g= et around the quality issues.

I'll have anothe= r play with this and let you know how I get on :-)

Cheers, and have a good weekend!
Phil
--=C2=A0

Ph= il Bearman

Phi= l Bearman Creative Media Solutions=20
Motion Graphics Design

Phil= Bearman.co.uk


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On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 20:22, Nathan Shipley <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrot= e:
Ha - thanks for= sharing that old one, Roland.=C2=A0 That's basically the fleshed out v= ersion of what I'm suggesting.=C2=A0 I looked at that tutorial back in = 2004-ish (back before Youtube and when tutorials were mostly text!) to crea= te some jumbotron graphics.

On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:08 PM Roland Kahlenberg <AE-List@media-motion.tv&g= t; wrote:
Here a= re two very old, very useful tutorials that are also very close to what you= 're looking for -

https://library.creativecow.net/a= rticles/oneil_bill/light_storm.php
https://library.creativecow.net/a= rticles/oneil_bill/bezier_warp.php


Cheers
- Roland Kahlenberg
Intensive mocha & AE Training in Singapore and Other Dangerous Location= s
BorisFX/Imagineer Systems (mocha) Certified Instructor & Adobe After Ef= fects ACE/ACI/ACP

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From: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Subject: [AE] Recreating this abstract image

Hi all,

A client has asked me to recreate this shutterstock image as an animation such that the streaks of light are flying out from the point where they
converge.

I'm using fractal noise to create horizontal lines, but I'm really<= br> struggling to come up with a way of warping those lines into that shape.
htt= ps://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/acceleration-speed-motion-on-n= ight-road-772713379

I've played around with all the warping effects but don't seem to b= e
getting close to what I'm after in any kind of neat way.

I feel like I'm missing something really obvious as I don't usually=
struggle to recreate abstract imagery like this in AE, but it has been a long day!

Any help much appreciated!

Cheers,
Phil
--

*Phil Bearman*

*Phil Bearman Creative Media Solutions*
Motion Graphics Design

P= hilBearman.co.uk <http://www.PhilBearman.co.uk>


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