I think at some point everybody has enjoyed trying to point out shapes of animals or other random things while looking up at the clouds. Well today you get to decide what that cloud shape will be! Without using any 3rd Party Plug-ins, I'm going to show you guys a simple way create clouds from shapes, text, a logo... anything you want! In this tutorial the main focus will be on track mattes and working with masks.
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( ADD YOURS )Steve Mullen November 2nd
That’s pretty slick! Nicely done, thanks.
( )IANH - BR November 2nd
Wow! Pretty Good man!
Nice Work!
( )Topher Welsh November 2nd
Good deal dude, I really enjoyed the tutorial, you are a really well spoken presenter. Super simple techniques, but a great end result.
( )Remington McElhaney November 2nd
Thanks, I appreciate it!
( )makproductions06 November 2nd
I agree with topher that you are a good presenter. aka not an annoying voice. but I think this was alittle to basic for this site…
( )Splasz November 2nd
Great result man. thanx.
( )Guilherme Rambo November 2nd
Just a quick little tip: when you want to change the feather amount of a lot of masks at once, select them all and press F, this way only the feather property shows up.
Great tutorial o/
( )Remington McElhaney November 4th
Oh, good catch! Thats a very usefull shortcut especially for this tutorial.
( )v Ralle v November 2nd
That’s so simple, but I never thought of it. And like the other people said: nice presentation! Good job, I really enjoyed it.
( )Roy42 November 2nd
Definitely not too much of my time; probably one of the shortest and still useful tutorials I’ve seen.
It was a very well presented tutorial, and even the parts where you were copy/pasting the mask settings over and over didn’t get boring. I would probably attribute it to the nice cloud scenario.
Shame for me that all of the cloudy days that have occupied the last 5 months of my life are gone now and it’s Summertime where I live. Still, it’s a good tut to keep in mind for when I can get a picture of clouds.
Regards,
≈Roy
( )Remington McElhaney November 2nd
Thanks, Roy I’m glad you found it usefull. Just so you know I got my picture for the sky at cgtextures.com if you want to follow along with that.
( )Roy42 November 3rd
Thanks, but I have a specific view in mind that looks fantastic when clouds are over it in my city. It’s nice to have a more personal touch, I find. It might be awhile before I get the picture I want, but to me, taking a stock image from a website in cases like these are like using a cheat code to avoid actually playing the game.
Regards,
≈Roy
eric November 5th
Thanks for sharing. Totally agree – youre a great presenter. Takes som skills and practice to get videotuts just right.
( )Remington McElhaney November 7th
Thanks eric, this was my first tutorial of any kind so I’m glad it was recieved so well.
( )Musiqal November 6th
Much appreciated. This effect is nice and the tutorial is easy to follow along. One of the best I’ve seen in a long while
( )Keep up the good work.
Remington McElhaney November 6th
Thanks, I appreciate is Musiqal! This wont be the last one you’ll see from me I guarantee that. I’m working on an idea now that will blow this one out of the water:)
( )David W. November 9th
That was incredibly simple. Now don’t take this as negative but I’m surprised the tuts network actually uploaded it. LOL! Congrats on the first tutorial and may many more be on the way!
( )Remington McElhaney November 10th
I don’t take it as negative at all:) It is an extremely simple method, but I think since the end result looks like it does, it makes up for it. That was definitely a main concern when making the tutorial between me and the editor Adam, because we weren’t sure how it would be recieved:) Thats also why I tried to put a lot of effort into making sure it was presented as well as possibe. But I do understand and appreciate your feedback, and in my next tutorial I’m going to see how far I can stretch the limits of After Effects, and maybe turn a few heads
( )Ron Ronson November 11th
its kind of like this advert on UK tv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC4YJcgfRq0
nice smooth effect
( )designfollow November 15th
great tutorial
thank you
( )Anil November 17th
Great tutorial dude.Keep up the good work.
Thank you.
( )Nhat Phan November 18th
Really love it!
( )Rey November 18th
this is beyond awesome
( )i truly wanna thank you for this
Remington M November 18th
Haha, anytime. I’m glad that you were all able to enjoy it
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