Watercolour on paper is a popular motion graphics style and I’ve turned to stock footage on more than one occasion for that look. It is possible though to create this look in After Effects, and for my latest experiment while playing with the Foam and Turbulent Displace effects I started zeroing in on a watercolour look, that while still rough is pretty convincing.
So for Experiment 11 we’re going to concentrate on watercolour looks and this time I’m going to offer my project file as a starting point if you need it. See if you can improve on mine or start from scratch using your own selection of effects. The object here is to make convincing watercolour looks using only standard After Effects tools. Post a JPG or a link to a movie in the comments. We may even collect the best and make them available as a download. Download Project
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8 Responses to this post
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Joe M
November 11, 2013 at 1:56 pm | Reply
Used with CC Glue Gun, Roughen Edges, Turbulent Displace and CC Vector Blur.
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John Dickinson
November 12, 2013 at 8:29 am | Reply
Looking good Joe. What might make this even better is if you can get more blend between the colours, with areas of semi-transparency. That might not be possible with a single layer but if you duplicate and combine with blend modes that could do it. Best, John.
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- Jack Sewell
November 12, 2013 at 5:47 am | Reply
Love it! Wonderful job John. Perfect for getting my AE feet wet again. Or at least inky…..
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- John Dickinson
November 12, 2013 at 12:39 pm | Reply
Good stuff Cendrick, it would be nice to see it a little more faded and on a lighter texture too.
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- John Dickinson
November 14, 2013 at 9:03 am | Reply
Looks good Misi, especially on the textured background. How did you get the edges to be brighter in the blue areas?
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- Misi
November 14, 2013 at 11:17 am | Reply
Hello John,
Great to hear that! Thank you!
It is the nature of the Foam Fx render, Orange and soda, plus it is applied with overlay transparency on the blueish background with a really extreme curve setting that crushed the too orange and purple vivid, vibrant colours into something less saturated and toned.
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