Shatter tutorial

[EdwardMartinIII]

ANyone know a good shatter tutorial?

I have a series of alpha-channeled images, each their own layer and I want to successively make them shatter and get blown away from the center of the frame.

I'm thinking shatter's the tool for this.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[johnnytheboy]

http://www.creativecow.net/articles/unguren_ben/shatter/

quite basic but may help.

what I think you'll need to do is apply this filter to each alpha-channeled image with each image on a layer taking up the whole timeline. you'll then go through and using the layers in and out handlesselect which frame you want from each layer (e.g. layer one will use frame one, layer two will use frame two.

Alternatively, build the sequence as an uncompressed avi with alph and then apply the shatter effect.

Or better still, move all of the alpha-channeled images into their own folder, then make sure you can see the folder on the desktop and see afterects' project window. Drag the folder into the project window and it should appear as a sequence footage file. you should then be able to drop it into the timeline as though it were an avi and apply the shatter filter as per usual. Make sure you out put it with some kind of alpha if you intend to somposite it in anopther app.

hope that helps, Ed

John

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Hm, I will dig into this after the foley's done. Thanks for three new ideas!

I ended up using successive layers of lens flare to simulate the "burning away" of each of the images. The entire sequence happens in about two seconds and reminds me of watching flash paper burn, so it seems to do the trick.

I can see there are oodles more I have to learn about AE... But I knew that.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[johnnytheboy]

You're welcome!
What I love most about programs like AE is that such an endless variety of ways to do things, and you always discover new and funky things by accident!!

Happy playing!
John