Re: Wavelike effect

[Kevin Camp] "he animation to use as a displacement map (within the effect displacement map) looks more like it was a particle generator, probably a 3d generator like trapcode's particular. you may be able to use ae's cc particle world too. particle generators can get pretty complex, and you won't be using them in quite the way they were designed, which will complicate things more."

I think that you might be able to generate good input for the displacement map if you can matte your subject and use a combination of the Echo effect and perhaps some fractal noise. Particles could also definitely help.

Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA