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Judging by the date of my last post, I really haven’t done much on here lately. I have been doing plenty of motion graphics work while I’m actually at work, so I haven’t been chomping at the bit to work on extra stuff for this site when I get home. I’ve been playing plenty of Grand Theft Auto IV instead.
A demo reel update is in order…soon.
Anyway… I recently did this in a commercial for a company that builds swimming pools. I used Trapcode Form and this preset by Harry Frank. I tweaked a few things and thought it came out pretty cool. Swimming Pool Commercial Clip from Michael Szabo on Vimeo
I added the ripple transition using the aptly named “Ripple” effect in After Effects. By masking on and off the titles along with animating the width, height, and radius of the Ripple, the water appears to wash the titles away.
I like the widescreen shape I made, the slight bend in it is something a little different, and the spark that traces along the edge adds a little something to it. Expect me to use this element entirely in too much of my work.
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May 23rd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Wow, that looks simple. I just started to learn AE. Could you make the .aep file available for download? It would be much appreciated.
May 24th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Here’s the direct link to download the After Effects Project from Harry Frank:
http://aefreemart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/formcausticsaep.zip
You also need Trapcode Form:
http://trapcode.com/products_form.html
It’s a really solid plugin, it can do tons of different things, I recommend it.