The rings and rays were just simple black and white images. The rays were lines from a central point, which I then random erased. The rings were the same, I just drew a ring, and then randomly used the erase tool to make gaps. The distortions in the rings were done with a plugin.
Nice job. Been working on my own leaping effect in After Effects. How did you do the rays and the rings? I've pretty much got the rest of it figured out.
This is very good. I couldn't do better. The circle in the background could be a little smaller, or be animated, but you know what you're doing. Bravo!
Yeah, I do know just what you mean, and I agree. The reason I did it as I did was because I was only trying to see if I could reproduce the leap effect. So having a moving or still object was, academically speaking, a minor difference. I did think about a moving subject, although I didn't have a blue/green screen, so it would have meant doing lots of animations to trace the outline of the subject (which'd be me).
Took a while to build up. As I mentioned above, the process is very similar to doing light sabers. I started off with four very basis images, two types of diverging "rays" and two sets of broken rings. The other part is cutting the person out of the image, so that you can effectively slip the rays and rings inbetween the subject and the background (easier if you have a blue/green screen, which I didn't - so I used a still image to reduce the work time required).
BRILLIANT! you genius!
alansjaffacakes2009 2 years ago
That was cool! :D
DobbyJunior 2 years ago
The rings and rays were just simple black and white images. The rays were lines from a central point, which I then random erased. The rings were the same, I just drew a ring, and then randomly used the erase tool to make gaps. The distortions in the rings were done with a plugin.
DavidRGilson 3 years ago
@DavidRGilson I was wondering, what type of program did you use to create this fantastic special effect?
VoyagersOmni 1 year ago
Nice job. Been working on my own leaping effect in After Effects. How did you do the rays and the rings? I've pretty much got the rest of it figured out.
mwytrykus 3 years ago
This is very good. I couldn't do better. The circle in the background could be a little smaller, or be animated, but you know what you're doing. Bravo!
SubspaceBooger 3 years ago
Thank you :)
DavidRGilson 3 years ago
You need to create a tutorial man! Hook it up!
o0Rulz0o 3 years ago
what program do you use for this and is it free?
RandomVideoDepot 3 years ago
pleeeeease make a tutorial for this leap effect :(
chrisxhorizon 3 years ago
Mate, that's ace!!!
MrGlyn 5 years ago
o my days that was sick but seriously can u do it on final cut and the music to bro ur big dont know who u r but u big. another quantum leap fan!!!
ereynihc 5 years ago
that was awesome lol i love QL
AceripXF 3 years ago
Not bad...it would be cooler if you were moving and then leaping...it just doesn't look right with just a picture...know what I mean??
gwagwa23 5 years ago
Yeah, I do know just what you mean, and I agree. The reason I did it as I did was because I was only trying to see if I could reproduce the leap effect. So having a moving or still object was, academically speaking, a minor difference. I did think about a moving subject, although I didn't have a blue/green screen, so it would have meant doing lots of animations to trace the outline of the subject (which'd be me).
DavidRGilson 5 years ago
it does look good though!
gwagwa23 5 years ago
Well thank you for saying :)
DavidRGilson 5 years ago
hey thats cool how can you show me how to do that ?
Sneakers00 5 years ago
Took a while to build up. As I mentioned above, the process is very similar to doing light sabers. I started off with four very basis images, two types of diverging "rays" and two sets of broken rings. The other part is cutting the person out of the image, so that you can effectively slip the rays and rings inbetween the subject and the background (easier if you have a blue/green screen, which I didn't - so I used a still image to reduce the work time required).
DavidRGilson 5 years ago
Is there any way we might be able to convince you to share your secret of doing this?? Perhaps on Final Cut Pro?
Ryan109b1981 5 years ago
I'm not familiar with that program I'm affraid. If you'd like to chat in detail about how I did do it, PM me details on how I can IM you.
DavidRGilson 5 years ago
How'd you do that?
solesl 5 years ago
It was very complicated, although if you know how to do lightsabers, it helps for doing this ;-)
DavidRGilson 5 years ago
Believe it or not, it's very similar to doing light sabers.
DavidRGilson 5 years ago
Coming from a Quantum nut like me, I gotta say I loved it!!
dermotdevlin 5 years ago
Glad you liked it :)
DavidRGilson 5 years ago
Not bad, either, but try to do a bit more here, like executing the entire leap sequence: you know, leap-out, just what you did, but also leap-in.
Good effects you got, by the way.
goldenglove66 5 years ago
Thanks again for the feedback :)
DavidRGilson 5 years ago