In this short promo I used Illustrator to recreate the logotype and logo as paths, then ProAnimator to model and animate (based on a look I found watching the trailer for the movie). The background is the Cosmic Power preset that ships with After Effects. It was perfect for what I was doing and didn’t require modification other than slowingdown the animation. I used the background as a reflection map for the ring around the logo (a torus primitive), the front face of the logo and the logotype. That way when the background moves it feels like the logo is in the same environment.
The light effect on the logo is a combination of the standard Glow effect and the new 32bit version of Trapcode Shine. Switching the project to 32bpc and using the Blend Colors using 1.0 Gamma setting really gave the look a boost. The transition is enhanced using the Displacement Map effect; I borrowed this idea from the trailer also.
21 Responses to this post
November 27, 2007 at 1:39 am |
all your videos crashed my browser and don’t work with QT. so please explaine me, how do you encode your videos?
November 27, 2007 at 6:28 am |
Sorry about the crashes. These are simple H264 videos, I have no problem with them on mac or pc here. What browser do you use?
November 27, 2007 at 8:37 am |
I use Firefox, but I think it’s a QT problem.
I use windows XP with QT 7.0.4, and of course I can play qt videos with h264, it should be downwardly compatible it think. strange…
November 28, 2007 at 3:11 am |
works fine here on both mac and pc as well
November 29, 2007 at 3:41 am |
No problem with your Quicktimes here either. QT is awesome!
November 28, 2007 at 5:02 pm |
QT videos can not crash a browser, but a corrupted browser(or corrupted browser plug-in)can crash.
To Quote JD “What browser are you running” either way I suggest downloading the QT player plug-in for your browser. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/. Now JD, That Fantastic Four Promo is “Awesome” Nice job as usual
November 28, 2007 at 5:08 pm |
I forgot to mention, if you already have QT player, go to “quicktime Preferences” then “Advanced Tab” and Check the option under “Video” “Safe Mode (GDI only)” see if that helps.
December 4, 2007 at 5:05 pm |
Check out this previous post also:
http://www.motionworks.com.au/?p=107
JD
December 4, 2007 at 3:26 am |
hey boss , i just love your work ur my biggest inspiration. Can u tell me how to make that wave effect.
December 4, 2007 at 8:57 pm |
THANX A MIL @ JD & VFXanomaly
ur been very helpful! You Guys are GREATTTTTTTTTT
December 4, 2007 at 1:01 pm |
InnerVision, I think JD already answered that question…(Quote from JD) “The light effect on the logo is a combination of the standard Glow effect and the new 32bit version of Trapcode Shine. Switching the project to 32bpc and using the Blend Colors using 1.0 Gamma setting really gave the look a boost.” And for the “Wave Effect” that is a displacement map. http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hodgetts_philip/displacement.php
December 4, 2007 at 1:43 pm |
InnerVision, here is an example of a displacement map, it is similar to a bump map for 3-d, but it uses the same white, grey, black.I believe white is the high, grey is medium, and black is the lowest height.
http://s5.largeimagehost.com/HL/UQhXXQt/Displacement_Map_Example.jpg I hope this helps, maybe search “Google” for a good AE tut on this subject, Good luck!
December 4, 2007 at 1:52 pm |
InnerVision, Here is another tut that may explain it better
http://forums.creativecow
.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/displacement1/index.htm & part 2 http://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/displacement2.php
These should clear things up for you!
December 6, 2007 at 7:10 am |
I updated QT to 7.3, now it works fine, but its strange aftertaste..
December 28, 2007 at 8:19 am |
How did you get the nice gradient in the logo. I struggle colorizing when using pro animator. Is that done in AE?
What is the difference between using a displacement map and just adding a rippple filter to the project?
December 28, 2007 at 8:41 am |
I created the gradient on the logo by mapping an actual gradient created in Illustrator to the front face (using the standard layer map technique). Displacement mapping uses a second layer (the map) to determine where to distort the layer it is applied to. This make is more flexible than a simple ripple effect.
December 28, 2007 at 12:31 pm |
I make the mapping image the same size (or bigger) as the face it will be mapped to. In this case I simply duplicated the 4 part of the logo and filed it with a gradient, then saved that as new document, imported it into AE, dropped it on the timeline, chose it as a layer map in the Effect Controls Panel, created a new material in the ProAnimator setup window and applied the layer map, then placed that texture on the front face of the logo. I used Illustrator because the original logo (which I recreated from a jpeg file) was in Illustrator.
Glad you like MILG 1, I’m working on MILG 2 now. It will blow you away.
December 28, 2007 at 11:20 am |
That makes sense. How do you determine how big to make the image that will be mapped? Why did you use Illustrator and not Photoshop? Thanks for your help. I bought your making it look great dvd and it is awesome! When is the next one coming out??!!!
January 12, 2008 at 4:24 am |
Awesome! John, how do you keep fractal noise from banding on you? Your backgrounds always look so clean!
February 6, 2008 at 2:28 pm |
you have strong grip in motion graphics man.@_@ can you upload its project files i will be thankful to you!. i mean same like creativecow.net i am learning after effects from there. i will not miss use this i am asking for this just for learning purpose. if i can do anything for you it will be cause of pleasure for me. thanks!
December 30, 2008 at 1:55 pm |
Thank you so much my frien Vfx Anomaly, thanks to you, I could fix my problem with the QT player.
You´re the man.
see ya
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