warping & stretching layers

[Boosta]

Hi.

Can anyone give me some pointers on how to create the effect used in this video?

http://www.jumpcut.com/fullscreen?id=834D1D4C407F11DCAE9B000423CF381C&type=clip

I can do some of this stuff with a live app like the scratching for exanple and I know how to position and pan layers, but I dont know how to warp & stretch layers around so they become distorted like this.

Please could someone tell me the propper way to do this, I've been searching tutorials for ages but I can't seem to find anything that quite works like this in After Effects.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[maruyama]

It's created with DISPLACEMENT MAPPING.

Check it out on the ADOBE Live Docs page here:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/

Ko Maruyama
Free Tutorials

http://homepage.mac.com/komaruyama/Tutorials

 

[Boosta]

Hi muryama.

I've done a bit more research since I posted this question, it turns out Eboman uses jitter, a max msp app in which he designs his own custom effects.

I've tried displacement mapping over a 2d suraface but this is a 3d surface, how do I generate this kind of 3D shape?

The layer warping and bending effect's will not generate geometric shapes as far as I know.

Any ideas?

 

[maruyama]

Unfortunately - - 3D requires a third party plugin - ZAXWERKS. There are many different uses for the plugin tho. You might be able to get a simulation that works in 2D, then warped.

Let me play around with this one tonight.

Ko Maruyama
Free Tutorials

http://homepage.mac.com/komaruyama/Tutorials

 

[Boosta]

Thanks muryama.

I really apreciate any time you can spare on this.

 

[maruyama]

You didn't figure it out?

Or do you have more difficult video to displace?

Also note: this video isn't just about a single layer, there are many different layers composited together with masks. This is no simple animation - but cut together with multiple sources.

Ko Maruyama
Free Tutorials

http://homepage.mac.com/komaruyama/Tutorials

 

[Boosta]

HI

I had a play around with the zaxwerks 3D warp plugins, but didn't relly get any where, to be honnest I found them a little counter intuative.

So am still stuck.