After Effects Day 5
So the watermelon project continues.
The cutout feature I was looking for in my last post, is called masking! Which just quietly, is the coolest effect ever. Making layers and text appear and disappear is I’m sure only the tip of the iceberg.
I finished watching Mac Square’s video on Type on Text Effect to add the definition. I decided not to include the blinker, next time perhaps.
I should probably give you the background on the vegan business. My brother’s lovely girlfriend Steph has a Youtube channel called justanothervegan. I’m such a huge fan, she talks openly about her lifestyle, the foods she eats and is generally not afraid to share her opinion with the world. For that I really respect her and what she stands for. She has got quite a following on Youtube, and posts videos daily. However, she doesn’t have an intro!
So I decided to create her one. I haven’t told her yet, in case it goes horribly wrong or she feels obliged to use it, it needs to be perfection.
So as you can see, I’ve added some text, and also added the first 2-3 seconds of one of her videos just to see how it could look. I think it’s a bit long.
Also, it’s bothering me that my watermelon isn’t perfectly 90 degrees, now that I’ve precomposed the semi circles I have no idea how to edit the individual layers. A question for Dan perhaps, aside from Google he’s my go to guy.










