Re-creating the effect from a One Piece Opening

mckeed · Post by **mckeed** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:16 pm

I would like to try to recreate an effect that the one piece opening is using.

The character looks like it was turned to grayscale and half of the contrast data thrown out, and then it turns back to normal. I am in After Effects 6.0 doing a particular composition and would like to do this but am not sure how to transform the image.

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It seems like this would be simple but I am at a loss as to where to start. I know i need to convert to grayscale, but getting it so that its either gray or transparent is stumping me. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 1:59 pm

It's hard to tell exacltly whats happening, without seeing it in motion.
You want to have 2 layers probably... a layer with the grayscale image and a layer with the color image, and place the color image on top and animate the opacity of it. For turning it grayscale, you might want to try using the stencil luma or sillhouette luma transfer modes, in conjunction with the levels filter.

DrngdKreationz · Post by **DrngdKreationz** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 3:02 pm

yeah if you can link it to a video file it would probably be easier to find out how its done

mckeed · Post by **mckeed** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 3:10 pm

Ok

http://dwjxm.dyndns.org/files/journal/opening.avi

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 4:23 pm

It looks like the grayscale image is embossed as well.

mckeed · Post by **mckeed** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:07 pm

embossing automaically turns in grey so that does that, but what i don't have are the transparent parts. If i try the stencil luma it gets rid of most of the grey and doesn't give me the same look. Maybe if I try a difference matte first it will get rid of the transparent parts and only emboss whats left. Hmmm....

mckeed · Post by **mckeed** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:43 pm

Well, it looks like the emboss is one of the things that is happening here. The difference matte in conjunction worked so so, but not quite right. I think this is more going on here than that though. Something is happening before the emboss i think which makes it either one color or another. Is there something that would essentially turn every color either black or white depending on a luminence value or something? Then I could apply the diffence matte and then just emboss what is left. I guess i could take each image and make a mask for it myself, but i'm not entirely sure this would work either.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:50 pm

I know Magix has a quantization effect. I believe it works by reducing the number of bits the image in question has to work with. With a greyscale image, the result is completely black and white.

Premiere likely has something similar.

DrngdKreationz · Post by **DrngdKreationz** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:13 pm

after looking through the vid file, those are actually 2 different drawings. its not just some effect you can do by mixing filters. yes there is a slight bevel to the finished outline. but they are not the same image. the gray one is a re-drawn version of the outline with an bevel placed on the edges. reason i say this is because although the lines don't match its not consistent with any of the coloring like in the 8-9 seconds the dude with the had his hair is both solid and transparent depending on what would make the outline of it stand out more.

I see this could be done with a hand from photoshop though

CHAMELEON_D_H · Post by **CHAMELEON_D_H** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:35 pm

try applying both "black & white" and "find edges" effects together and then play w/ the luma key a little to complaete the proccess..... maybe add invert if u want ......i hope that helps ......