Creating a paintdrip

	Re: Creating a paintdrip by Mark Suszko on Nov 4, 2009 at 10:21:02 pm Convincingly, I think not. How I would attack it is to take the still into photoshop and use it to build a version where the drips are elongated, save those out as a layer. Now you can keyframe them such that the initial spray stands still for a beat, then the layer of the extended drips, suitably masked, slides down but looks like part of the original. This looks best I think for thin individual drop trails here and there, not so much an all-around ooze. That's still not great, but better, I think, than just applying a warp to the original. But even better is the real thing: you can buy paint "throws" from Digital Juice in their compositor's toolkit. Or for free... Back when I had to do blood dripping down a screen for a horror promo, I shot cholocate syrup manually squeezed onto a piece of foam core. Chocolate syrup smells and cleans up way better and easier than ink or paint, and is cheap and a good thickness. You adjust the flow speed by how much you tilt the foam core board off vertical. More vertical = faster flow. The hi-contrast matte thus generated can be colored any way you like, and unless the still graphic they supplied is very specifically required for some logo reason or such, I would prefer the chocolate live shot myself. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Creating a paintdrip by Stephen Smith on Nov 5, 2009 at 3:34:08 pm If you have Motion 4, take a look at the Splash template. It has what I think you want. Stephen Smith Utah Video Productions Check out the Graphics Demo Reel I did. Check out my Motion Tutorials Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Creating a paintdrip by Stephen Smith on Nov 5, 2009 at 5:52:27 pm Take a look at the template. If you like how they made theirs drip you can open up the template and see how it was created. And then re-create the concepts you like with your image. Best of luck. Stephen Smith Utah Video Productions Check out the Graphics Demo Reel I did. Check out my Motion Tutorials Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Creating a paintdrip by Dave LaRonde on Nov 6, 2009 at 6:01:21 pm You know what the EASIEST way is to animate a paint drip? Get a camera Get a black card Get some paint Point the camera at the black card Drip the paint on the card Repeat as necessary It will take you just as long to do it that way as it will to try and fake it. And it will be REAL. Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index