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How can i do this hi tech reveal?

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Hi, i'm trying to make something like this, specifically the part on the second 3 to 5, the honeycomb grid reveal.

Hi-Tech HUD Logo Reveal - YouTube

already got the hud part and all done, but i'm struggling with the later logo reveal, the part where the honeycomb comes out, and seems to reveal in some kind of randomized pattern, is there an expression that i can use or something similar to achieve this result' or is it a grid made out of one honeycomb line and the inner honeycomb, and animated 1 by 1?

thx.

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Correct answer Rick Gerard

You could do that with a track matte from a copy of the octagon pattern, fractal noise + colorama + glow.

Something like this:

There are about a million ways to do this. I created the honeycomb with a simple hexagon polyester and two repeaters. One copy had stroke only, the other copy fill only. I used the stroke only copy as a track matte for a solid with fractal noise and Colorama applied. On top of everything I added an adjustment layer with glow applied. The blend mode for the fractal noise layer was set to add to give it a bit more punch. Pretty simple really. Animating the evolution and the offset for fractal noice give me moving bright patterns.

You can use any kind of animated shapes to bring out the highlights, I just thought fractal noise would easily give me something to start with. Just for fun, here's the project file: Dropbox - honeycomb fractal.aep ​ (note: your browser may add a .txt extension to the .aep file. Just delete it and it should open just fine.

With a little more tweaking and and maybe a couple of other effects I could have exactly matched the look but this should give you a starting point.

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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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September 12, 2017

If you are talking about this then this:

Then all you have is some glow and radial blur applied to a logo that matches the background graphic with possibly some blend modes. There is no real morph, just a clever transition using color levels, blurs, and glows. Easily recreated in After Effects. There really isn't a honeycomb grid reveal, it's just opacity, levels and blend modes. If you have Trapcode Shine or Borris FX you can add some pretty good 3D lighting effects, but you can also fake those with the standard AE effects.

I would start by applying one of the glow effects available in After Effects and throwing in Radial blur. Then experiment with blend modes, opacity and levels. To get the maximum simulated lighting effects you should probably set your Project color space to 32 bit.

The background graphic on the other hand is a very complex multi layered project which could also be recreated in After Effects but it would take me a couple of hours to give you a step by step.

Show us your timeline and maybe we can help you figure it out a little faster.

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martinr14965582Author
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September 12, 2017

hi, im talking about the previous step to that one, the moment where all the octagons start to form themselves. and some light leaks through the lines.

thanks for your answer

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martinr14965582Author
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September 13, 2017

You could do that with a track matte from a copy of the octagon pattern, fractal noise + colorama + glow.

Something like this:

There are about a million ways to do this. I created the honeycomb with a simple hexagon polyester and two repeaters. One copy had stroke only, the other copy fill only. I used the stroke only copy as a track matte for a solid with fractal noise and Colorama applied. On top of everything I added an adjustment layer with glow applied. The blend mode for the fractal noise layer was set to add to give it a bit more punch. Pretty simple really. Animating the evolution and the offset for fractal noice give me moving bright patterns.

You can use any kind of animated shapes to bring out the highlights, I just thought fractal noise would easily give me something to start with. Just for fun, here's the project file: Dropbox - honeycomb fractal.aep ​ (note: your browser may add a .txt extension to the .aep file. Just delete it and it should open just fine.

With a little more tweaking and and maybe a couple of other effects I could have exactly matched the look but this should give you a starting point.


ok, thats awesome for getting a similar result. just one more question.

How would you do the reveal? because i'ts not a simple matte as i could see, it's more like an index opacity random expression or something like that. any way you'd aproach this?

again, thanks a lot for the advice and help.

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