This tutorial shows you how to make a set of curtains that part in the middle, and reveal any footage you desire behind it. All is a few effects (mostly fractal noise) and some keyframes before you get a nice animation. If you render this out with an alpha channel, you will have a clip of these curtains that you can just drop into any composition and you won’t have to mess with the keyframes again. It could be a cool way to reveal a movie trailer or a demo reel.
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Nice tut
Thanks for that. The curtains I created were required to be lifted from the bottom, so I added a Wave Warp to help them flow a little more natural along the bottom edge.
Cool, good to know, thanks for the tip.
Hey Mike;
Thanks for the great tuttorial. I went as far as grabbing Panopticums curtains, but used this instead.
Cheers!
You’re welcome AJ, glad the tutorial helped you out, I appreciate the comment.
Mike,
I used your tutorial for a program I was working on. Glad I found it! Tutorial worked like a charm! I even added a spotlight effect from AE CS3 on it to spice it up even more.
Thanks.
Thanks Scott, glad my tutorial help you out, good call on the spotlight.