How to make glass crack effect??

gameboy12615 · Post by **gameboy12615** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:03 am

Sierra Lorna wrote:I just did mine with a bunch of masks using the pen tool in AE. I used Stroke on the masks with black and white, and changed the Position of some of the scenes to make displacement. Zarxrax's idea sounds cool though, I never thought of that.

Thanks for your help...I also thought pen before...but what a shame I never thought add a stroke...orz...this time it looks better>_<

gameboy12615 · Post by **gameboy12615** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:04 am

Ryko89 wrote:just take a picture of a shattered window, or download an image of a shattered window. Apply it to the footage, play with the transfer modes and color correct it, then mask out each glass shard's inside and move it a bit around to give it that uneven look for your video

yea i was building on his statement here.

ya...thanks again...as you said:

nice!!!I will try to make the 1st effect>_<

Emotive · Post by **Emotive** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:02 pm

I can see some wavf editors bookmarking this thread already :<i></i>|

The last picture seems pretty nicely done, but maybe a little too "dirty"? Unless that's what you're actually aiming for..

gameboy12615 · Post by **gameboy12615** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:20 pm

Cast to Stone wrote:I can see some wavf editors bookmarking this thread already :<i></i>|

The last picture seems pretty nicely done, but maybe a little too "dirty"? Unless that's what you're actually aiming for..

yea...a liittle dirty...I'm trying to find some "clean" crack effect burshes...^Q^

NS · Post by NS » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:21 pm

My favorite part of all this is that after all this effort you're putting in to learn this effect, you'll use it for like half a second in a video :O

gameboy12615 · Post by **gameboy12615** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:29 pm

NerdStrudel wrote:My favorite part of all this is that after all this effort you're putting in to learn this effect, you'll use it for like half a second in a video :O

500+ half seconds is a amv...many creators came through this way...hehe :Q

AaronAMV · Post by **AaronAMV** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:29 pm

http://media.imhb.cn/homepic/2008/6/20/ ... 358_s4.jpg

I actually like this one the most.

Zelenia · Post by **Zelenia** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:43 pm

gameboy12615 wrote: 500+ half seconds is a amv...many creators came through this way...hehe :Q

I like that attitude. More effort -> the better video... or so I think it works. :o

You're not really have to find "clean" crack brushes. Put them on a transparent layer and clean them with a lasso tool.

Meeeee trying desperately... -.-

Still not "shiny" enough. It doesn't even look like glass. *sigh*

gameboy12615 · Post by **gameboy12615** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:53 pm

You're not really have to find "clean" crack brushes. Put them on a transparent layer and clean them with a lasso tool.

I know...actually these cracks were putted on transparent layer in PS...but there are many "dirty" point and line distributing mussily...if "clean" them,this brush lose it's true meaning...

Still not "shiny" enough. It doesn't even look like glass. *sigh*

Vegas??sugeee!!!
I set all layers as 3D layer in AE...add a point light...and turn intensity to 120%...may be I need turn up each layer's reflection parameter...
Ummm...need a further "research"...>_<

NS · Post by NS » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:04 pm

I know that somebody jokingly suggested taking a picutre of broken glass and then using that and blending or whatever, but Why don't you actually find some broken glass and at least like.. study it in a way to get the real look.