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How to do a ripple effect from a still picture/photo ?

Hi there,


I have a close-up picture/photo of a swimming pool.


I put this still picture/photo on the timeline but how do a ripple effect ?


I want to make the water moves/ripple and look like some wave !


Any ideas ?


Thnaks & regards

15.4, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 27" iMac - 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 1GB ATI Radeon HD, i5 QuadCore

Posted on Feb 1, 2013 9:30 PM

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Posted on Feb 2, 2013 3:35 AM

Have you tried the Underwater or Wave effects in the Distortion section?


It will apply the effect to the whole image but you may be able to put another copy of the photo on the track above and mask off the bottom section so that only the wavy water from the underlying clip shows through.

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Feb 6, 2013 5:30 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Thanks, Ian. Exactly what I was looking for.


Cheers 🙂


Ian R. Brown wrote:


Have you tried the Underwater or Wave effects in the Distortion section?


It will apply the effect to the whole image but you may be able to put another copy of the photo on the track above and mask off the bottom section so that only the wavy water from the underlying clip shows through.

How to do a ripple effect from a still picture/photo ?

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