ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 71 MORPHING OBJECTS
From: "Paulo Gambale" (maka@no-spam)
Subject: "Morphing objects"
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:25:34 -0700


Hi. I wonder if anyone know how I could "morph" two 2D objects, for example - want to morph between an black star to a black circle, using afterfx 5.5 PB. Actually, i need to morph from a siluete man (vector illustration) to a silouete dog, and so on...

Thanks,
Paulo Maka






















From: "Steven Mullins" (smullins@no-spam)
Subject: Re: "Morphing objects"
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:33:23 -0700

I know this isn't what you wanted to hear but...Flash's shape tweening does this quite well, with a little practice.


-steven

From: "Christian Hervieux" (kryss88@no-spam)
Subject: Re: "Morphing objects"
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:22:58 -0700

For the morphing stuff, i found a very usefull "freeware" that can be downloaded at:

www.stoik.com
Very simple to use and does the job quite well if it is not a heavy-complicated morphing to do. It's a stand-alone apps (could also be used with Premiere)and you can import as AVI file.


Enjoy Kryss

From: "anna greve" (annalena@no-spam)
Subject: Re: "Morphing objects"
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:03:35 -0700

well you use "reshape" to morph in after effects- here's a tutorial on it:

<http://www.creativecow.net/articles/zwar_chris/morph/index.html>

but for what you're doing it could be as simple as animating a mask using smart mask interpolation. rehspae might be a bit overkill as you've just got black silhouettes.



From: "Chris Gannon" (chrisg@no-spam)
Subject: Re: "Morphing objects"
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 01:56:53 -0700

try the Reshape Mask filter (Effect>Distort>Reshape) - it morphs one mask to another - tricky but can be cool

From: "Chris Gannon" (chrisg@no-spam)
Subject: Re: "Morphing objects"
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:05:14 -0700

To embellish a little, if you can output a path of the man and the dog from Illustrator you can use this filter to morph from one to another with ideo - or you can just cut and paste paths as masks onto one layer and simply go from one to another

From: "roman fisher" (roman@no-spam)
Subject: Re: "Morphing objects"
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:37:13 -0700

Try this tuturial on the Cow.

<http://www.creativecow.net/index.php?forumid=1>


From: "Paulo Gambale" (maka@no-spam)
Subject: Re: "Morphing objects"
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:11:58 -0700

Thanks guys...
I'll try the reshape first...than I'll find some freeware that makes it easier...

sometimes when I import an illustrator curve to AE mask, it turns into more than one mask and with the reshape I can only morph from one single mask to another...

Anyway, you've been very helpfull,
thanks a lot!
Paulo Gambale Brasil - SP

From: "Chris Gannon" (chrisg@no-spam)
Subject: Re: "Morphing objects"
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 06:46:50 -0700

Completely off topic so sorry all....Paulo, I am considering moving to Brasil with my girlfriend (she's from Uberlandia, Mina Gerais). I posted a general enquiry here a while ago about job possibilities and nobody replied.
Would you have any advice or pointers on how to organise some employment in SP or Rio (or anywhere)?

Muito obrigado :O)