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mikejmurphy
mikejmurphy
Inspiring
March 11, 2018
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How Do I Re-Create This in After Effects?

  • March 11, 2018
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Hi there,

I am for advice or guidance on how to re-create this animation in AE from the video.

1. I have the vector files of waveforms/lines

2. I was able to re-create something similar using a trial version of Red Giant Trapcode Form, but had to create the waveform lines from scratch and then animate using Time Expression.

3. I was unable to taper the ends like in the sample video. Is there a good technique in AE to pinch the ends like in the sample?

Any help or confirmation that Trapcode Form is the best solution would be greatly appreciated.

Best,

Mike

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    Correct answer mikejmurphy

    Hi Mike,

    How did you eventually solve this issue? Please let us know for the benefit of helping others with the same problem.

    Thanks,
    Kevin


    Hi Kevin,

    My bad, I should have followed up. I was unable to re-create the effect the way I wanted using Wave Warp. I ended up creating the lines from scratch using a trial version of  Trapcode Form which came out great, but I was really hoping to figure it out using Wave Warp, but could not get the fluid movement. 

    Cheers,

    Mike.

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    mikejmurphy
    mikejmurphyAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 21, 2018

    Hi Kyle,

    I was was able to Wave Warp and grade the line just fine. The trouble I ran into was animating all of the lines to get the looping fluid oscillating effect. I could not seem to get the smooth forward motion and variation of all the lines that I was lookiing for.

    Best,

    Mike

    Omar.Fathy
    Omar.Fathy
    Inspiring
    March 11, 2018

    You don't need any of these.

    Just use the Wave Warp Effect from Distort.

    Like That and change the Pinning option to get what you need.

      mikejmurphy
      mikejmurphyAuthor
      Inspiring
      March 11, 2018

      Thank you for the quick response. Wave warp was what I initially tried but did not have good luck getting the smooth looping forward motion, but now that I know that is the right effect to use, I will go back in and see if I can get it.

      Best,

      Mike

        Mylenium
        Mylenium
        Braniac
        March 11, 2018

        In addition to the above you can also use additional distortion effects like Bulge to control the tapering effect near the edges.

        Mylenium

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