How was this done? Flower petals opening

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April 16, 2019
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Hi there!

Does anyone know how this was done in After Effects? These flower petals seem to "curl" outwards. Is that possible without special plug ins?

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Correct answer P.M.B

CC Bend it or CC Cylinder or one from that group. A single png of a petal with a pivot at the bottom rotating out and the CC Bend It key framed from slightly curled in to curled out. Parent it to a null so you can move & scale it without worries. Duplicate for each petal. Arrange them all in 3D space using the nulls. Add a camera so you can rotate around and find a nice viewing angle.

That's one method that might work.

kirkeric

Inspiring

Another fantastic way to do this would be using FreeForm Pro for AE. It is made by Mettle and it is a purchase item but it is very powerful and would do great for this.

Eric

andrewdrawsAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks Kyle and kirkeric!

I asked the creator, a nice guy in India. He said he'd show me, but I haven't heard back from him.

I was hoping for a simple solution. All I need is some tiny 3-D flowers blooming on different locations on a map. So they'll be quite small.

Thanks again

kirkeric

Inspiring

Ok, best of luck!

P.M.BCorrect answer

Legend

CC Bend it or CC Cylinder or one from that group. A single png of a petal with a pivot at the bottom rotating out and the CC Bend It key framed from slightly curled in to curled out. Parent it to a null so you can move & scale it without worries. Duplicate for each petal. Arrange them all in 3D space using the nulls. Add a camera so you can rotate around and find a nice viewing angle.

That's one method that might work.

~Gutterfish