BSA227 - Week 8 | Saber

Create a black Solid and add a Saber effect. 


This effect does not have to be necessarily only a saber, under the Select Tab there are a lot of options (fire, lightning,  cool light effects) that can be used.
So the next thing is create a form, I created a circle.


Under Customize Type change the Core Type to Layer Masks to attach the effect to the form.


Then I deleted the circle and create a different form with the Pen Tool.


Duplicate the Saber effect and change the color on the second one. Then edit the End and Start Points to make it half and half. And then add keyframes so that the meet in the middle.


This works with text too. Change the Core Type to Text Layer instead and then select the text layer (the 2nd layer in this case).
To blend it with the background change the Composite Settings to Add and the Alpha Mode to Mask Glow.


The last thing we did is to make it look like an hologram. So create a square around the text and attach the effect like before. Then to add that inner glow increase the Distortion.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

BSA227 - Week 9 | Nuke: Green Screen

Image
Import all the files with Read nodes.  Add a Keylight node and on the right side click the color pipe and select the green screen. Change the view to Screen Matte to see the result in grayscale values. This way is easier to control the amount of green without altering the character too much. Add a Roto node and mask the character. Merge the mask and the background with a Merge node. Change the View to Final Result . The background is too big for the screen format. To fix this add a Reformat node. Lastly, I corrected the colour of the character to make her fit better in the background's lighting.
Read more

Gaming Art - Week 7 | Mudbox + LOD in Maya and Unity

Image
MUDBOX The first thing is import the the objects in Maya, in this case a low poly bridge. Delete the history and attributes and send it to Mudbox ( File > Send to Mudbox > Send as new scene ). Under the Select/Move Tools Tab click on the Scale tool and scale it 10x10x10, because the scale is different between Mudbox and Maya. Increase the Subdivision levels up to 5 with Shift+D . Create a new sculpt layer. Now we can start carving. Select the sculpt tool and some stamp, increase the Strength to 100 and make the size pretty small. Activate Invert Function and start carving the stones. After that I added a granulated texture with a very big brush and weak strength. Then import a rock texture for the stones and set it as a stencil or stamp. Under the Paint Tools tab select the Projection and start painting. Oh, and do this in a new diffuse Paint Layer . In a new Specular Paint Layer paint with the Paint Brush black where it is not shiny and whit...
Read more

Gaming Art - Week 1 | Game selection

Image
We got homework on our very first class. We have to do some research on three games that we like: an in NZ developed game, Indie and AAA. NZ Game: Extinction Squad Pik Pok games:  http://pikpok.com/ Join daredevil scientist Chuck Darwin's elite team of zoological defenders and embark on a globe-trotting adventure to rescue endangered animals from extinction. Dodos, gorillas, pandas, lions and more are GOING TO DIE unless you catch them with your official Extinction Squad trampoline and bounce them to safety. Miss and they will be nothing but bloody smears on the ground...and footnotes in the natural history books. Indie Game: Super Hot I found out about this game watching this reaction/gameplay video . I think the concept is very smart and it takes a bit of strategy to play. Also, although the visuals are really minimalistic, they're still very effective.  Here's the trailer:  A first-person virtual reality shooter in which time moves only when ...
Read more