Create a Surprising Billowing Cloth Reveal

on Mar 2nd 2012 with 67 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: Just After Effects... enjoy
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Run Time: 52:30 min

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

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It’s amazing how much pseudo-3D you can do in After Effects today. This tutorial will focus on using a new plugin that brings 3D bicubic deformations to layers that allows you to truly bend and twist layers in 3D space. If you are familiar with 3D packages, this is true displacement as opposed to just bump mapping.

Republished Tutorial

Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in March of 2009.

Tutorial

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File size: 470 MB

Music and Sound Effects

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  • http://www.kreativeking.com Clemente Gomez – kreativeKing

    Is the tutorial missing?

    • http://aescripts.com Lloyd
      Author

      Tutorial is coming tomorrow. If you are not already following us on twitter, please do, as we will announce when the tutorial is posted via twitter @aetuts

      • Jamie

        Rude reply!

      • Richard

        But you’ll also post and announce your tutorial here, right?
        Because I don’t have an account in Twitter, so I can’t follow you there.
        Maybe it’s a good idea not to say “follow us on Twitter” because most of the readers/guest/viewers here think that, to be able to see or know that the tutorial is already posted you should go to Twitter…

        Just my opinion…. Anyway exciting tutorial Lloyd can’t wait for it.

  • Marvin

    Great tutorial, man!

    Hugs from Brazil!

  • http://vimeo.com/user1038693 ninjtso

    nice one i really like it ,,, :)

  • lich

    nice tut..~! thx~!

  • Modisana

    Oh c’mon… is that how things are going to be from now on!?… cause personally I think that sucks… we are used to getting tutorials on the spot… not this torturing that you guys are doing… and it just had to be with a tutorial that looks like it kicks tons of major booty.

    Anyway.. Ill say the same thing that I always say on Video Copilot…
    ” Aw man, that looks awesome, CANT WAIT FOR THE TUTORIAL, you are the best Andrew Kramer”…..

    except that the author here is Lloyd :-D

    • paco

      Agreed! :-(

  • http://www.abcanimation.org arlington cruz

    looks like it will be a great tut. I wonder if there is a plug in out there to create flowing cloth like a window curtain blown by the wind… still will wait for this tut to be released and get some insight…

    • http://aescripts.com Lloyd
      Author

      The plugin that I use to create the billowing in this tutorial is DigiEffects FreeForm which can be used to create flowing cloth like a window curtain blown in the wind.

  • caramel

    looks like something you can eat

  • William Cannavaro

    Vamos amigo, primero reune tus cosas y luego posteas lo que quieras.
    Es un suspenso absurdo.

  • Billy

    First off….Lloyd is THE Man. I generally love his stuff. He is the Maestro of all things AE. I can only hope to one day possess 1/2 his knowledge. However….however….this effect fails in my opinion. It doesn’t look like a “billowing” cloth. The entire layer is moving. I honestly cannot see a single use for this.

    And the twitter thing is strange to me. Why do I want to go to twitter….to find out what is happening here. Don’t see the point in going to twitter to find out when and if a new tutorial will be posted here. How about I just come here to find the new tutorial? Kinda the KISS principle, me thinks.

    Thanks for the tutorial, Lloyd. I anxiously anticipate all your stuff. Just don’t think this one is up to your usual brilliant standards.

    • http://aescripts.com Lloyd
      Author

      Agreed, upon second watching I probably should not have called it “billowing cloth” as it does feel more like paper. I even used a paper sfx, this is what happens when you choose names late at night. However, I would hope that there is some value in an effect like this. I know I’ve been expecting to be able to this in AE for a while.

      • Modisana

        Don’t worry dude.. I’m sure a lot of people will learn an awful lot from this tutorial… I know I will… so thanks for the tutorial, the out come looks brilliant. But I sesond Billy, this whole twitter thing is really NOT the way to go… sorry

        Please don’t do it again.. please….. pretty please with like a forest of cherries on top and a dash of whipped cream :-D

  • alex

    You can’t think of any uses for this? Seriously? Immediately I can see it being used for an Indiana Jones treasure map style opening credits sequence.

    PS – Chelsea is the only team worth caring about in London.

  • KuKo

    Why we have to wait ? and why we have to pay for the music ?
    just my answer-opinion
    saludos

  • Billy

    @ Alex….I’ve watched this preview probably 30 times now trying to get a feel for what it would be used for. I don’t get an Indiana Jones/Adventure feel from it at all, besides possibly the texture color. It “feels” like a sheet of metal moving. Hard to describe, I guess. That is my problem. Generally when I see something, I can immediately think of a use for it….even if it is not something I would personally do. I can’t get a feeling from this, even after having watched it 30 times.

    Just my opinion, I grant you.

    And….the only thing decent about Chelsea is John Terry. ;)

    • http://www.gutsblow.com/ Satya Meka

      You never know. Somethings don’t appear to be useful at that point but later on they may save you one day.

      • alex

        Yeah this is true, happened to me many times.

    • alex

      Fair play on taking the chelsea comment well ;)

      • Robbie Stewart

        you both fail. man utd ftw!

  • http://---- vijay

    ONCE AGAIN U STUNNED US WIT A AWESOME TUTORIALS

    GREETINGS FROM INDIA

  • shark vs octopus

    Looks great! I agree that it looks more like paper than cloth.
    Also, I can see a lot of use for this one. Maybe maps, election/wanted posters
    and whatever paper/cardboard stuff you can think about.
    thanks!

  • 江少

    真棒 作为过渡还是很不错

    • Modisana

      Aw man! :-( I wish I also had a Japanese keyboard so I can type stuff like this.

      • jose

        i dont believe that’s jap! :)
        mandarin perhaps?
        显然猪头!

  • Christian

    Can’t wait to watch this tomorrow. Looks excellent in my opinion… and as a full time editor, I can see many uses for an effect like this. I’m consistently being asked to come up with different title graphics and another tool is always a nice thing to have.

    Thanks Lloyd.

  • http://www.behance.net/mohdUmer Umer Zafar

    man thats torture.. i suggest you only post when tutorial is ready. otherwise the wait is killing me..

    great lookin tutorial btw.. awesome as always

    • http://aescripts.com Lloyd
      Author

      Tutorial is posted!

  • vasu

    gr8 work done again

  • Dirk

    you should create torrents for the old tuts as well, hurray for p2p

  • http://www.l4u.dk Lau

    Looks pretty nice.

  • Filmon H. Abraha

    እግዚኣብሄር ይባርከኩም ናብ ናቱ መገዱ ምእንት ክትበፅሑ ኣምላክ ይሃግዘኩም, Amen.

    God Bless and greetings From Asmara, Eritrean ur brothers overseas. Luv the tut keep it up.

  • Rev65

    Thanks, Lloyd! This is a great look under the hood at the new DigiEffects FreeForm plug-in even if the end result is more papery than cloth. Having seen several other examples of this plug-in in use, it can produce quite convincing cloth like deformations. I do think the price tag is a bit steep for what appears at first to be a one trick pony, but with the demo version in hand I hope to discover much more! Blessings!

  • Adam Everett Miller

    Lloyd, dude well done! this looks incredible!

  • sellen

    well,Can you tell me what format the output video can be even smaller, more clearly. What decoder. thanks…

  • johanngrunt

    wow, it’s huge!
    can understand why we had to wait.

    thanks!

  • http://www.behance.net/mohdumer umerzafar

    super… worth the wait

  • MT

    Very good that those videos are avaible throue torrents… it takes not more than just 45 s to finesh 245MB :D

  • http://www.baidu.com nirvana

    GOOD Man~~Nice tutorial~~

  • alex

    Great tutorial. Thank you for exposing this plugin for us.

  • LC

    Great tutorial. I actually saw abc doing something like this during the NBA finals on a flag. Check it out tomorrow i am sure they will use it again.

  • http://tuts.cgbaran.com CgBaran Tuts

    Great tutorial thanks

  • REHMAT HADI.PAKISTAN …PESHAWAR

    VERY GREAT TUTORIAL
    I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK

  • http://www.Moviecrew.nl Stijn Jasper

    Where do you get that music from? I like it, can someone please email me to tell me: stijnjasper@gmail.com

    Thanks

    • http://aescripts.com Lloyd
      Author

      It’s available from audio jungle, there is a link in the post above. Here it is again: http://is.gd/10MZI

  • Roger

    HEY ITS A NICE TUT BUT I THINK U TALK SO MUCH, MAYBE IT CAN BE FASTER IF ONLY DID THE STUFFS

  • Ann

    I am over these tutorials that use costly plugins. i am a broke student.
    I know that the cost for the plugins is deserved but when I can’t make a final piece without the trial watermark all over something it kind of ruins it for me.

  • Ianh

    Where’s the texture link ?

  • http://max atifqureshi

    Where’s the texture link ?

  • lala

    its great tutorial
    can u help me little bit
    frm where i get the plugin file??

  • Lyndon Alvarez

    lip sync off, anyone?

    • oscand

      Yes it’s sync off !
      Too bad

  • Andrak

    This is an old tutorial that’s been regurgitated. Normally AEtuts mentions when it’s going to post a tutorial that’s already been posted, clearly not this time.

    • Andrak

      Oops, just spotted it, so they have mentioned it’s an old tutorial.

      • Strut

        Old tut yes, but try it with FreeForm V2 or FreeForm Pro. They will both knock your socks off :-) The products have come a really long way since this tutorial was posted.

        I own both + ShapeShifter AE. Mettle Rocks!

        Strut

  • Andrew

    Great, I’ll have 100s of uses for this. I really appreciate you taking the time to make the tut. Thanks

  • Hola

    24 fps.. Are people in film really using these tuts? I am in broadcast which is a much smaller audience.. I guess I assumed people in film were a bit more educated…

    • Hola

      Also, Mr. tutorial maker, I love how your VO doesn’t match what is happening in the video. Real pro.

  • David

    I appreciate what you guys do, but please fix the syncing issues with this or pull it off the site. It’s a massive headache trying to keep up when the audio just isn’t even close. It seems like the video has had chunks cut out – probably where the author started to wander – but the audio somehow wasn’t trimmed to match.

  • attic

    Thanks for the tut, but it’s too tedious with the sync off ! Useless… So bad from AeTuts

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  • josh

    the audio goes ahead of the video. so make its hard to follow

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  • BakuraGh

    where do I get this plugin ?? plzzz :3