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Fun with Crumbling

Okay, this is based on Darren's question here: Motion Text Crumble which asks about achieving the effect in thisAfter Effects tutorial. This project is an update to the original. I made it more efficient by using a replicator instead of a particle emitter to generate the particles. This one gets about 11 fps on my system, unrendered (but with Movement Blur turned off).


I've still not come up with a good way to have the crumble travel along - maybe a moving attractor? Solved points to anyone who does.


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Here's the project. It does a couple of interesting things, One of them is that it uses a random shape generator for the particles by applying a Randomize Shape behavior to a bezier shape, cloning it to allow the particle emitter to see it as a movie and using Random Start Frame. It also puts a Wriggle on the particle's "bounciness" so when they hit the bottom they rebound differently.


It uses a clone layer to create the particle's shadows. Oh - and it uses the "Underwater" filter (with a speed of zero) to give some "graininess" to the type edges...


Also, it's a good idea to turn off the Movement Blur filter while you play around. It adds a lot of overhead.


Put what you want to write (or be revealed) in the Title Holder group.


Have fun...


Patrick


Posted on Apr 30, 2011 1:49 PM

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Jun 26, 2011 10:34 PM in response to coocooforcocoapuffs

Yes, Apple removed some filters, sadly, in Mo5. Movement Blur, Edge Work, and Vectorize. All of which I liked. As I mentioned elsewhere, things don't line up properly after translation to Mo5, and I'm not sure why.


If I get some time, I'll try from scratch in Mo5 and see if I can get it to work properly.


best,


Patrick

Jun 27, 2011 12:55 AM in response to Patrick Sheffield

thx Patrick for that valuable info...I too use those filters alot. Is that the complete list of missings? Any more info on things not lining up, or is it random at this point. I have an external test drive with all the FCPX stuff on it, but not enough time right now to immerse myself...waiting for Lion to come, then I will make that drive internal on a shiny new iMac. I guess folks are too busy complaining about FCPX to rag on Motion yet, but it sure looks cool here. However, it will not run well on old iron like FCPX does I've noticed, it's dog slow on an older - ha - 2009 iMac. Anyway, keep up the good work, that crumble has potential!

Fun with Crumbling

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