vapor trails

[skipudude Profile Private message]

Is there a way to create a vapor trail of some sort for when pictures or pictures inside objects zoom in?

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

Alien Skin Software has a number of cool effects including one they call "Motion Trail" --
http://www.alienskin.com/eyecandy/examp ... trail.aspx
I have also seen it done in Photoshop, but I don't remember just where I saw it (I think it was a Lynda.com tutorial for CS2). You might also want to check out the new transition effects Photodex has - there was one there this morning I saw in their add on pack that sort of did what you were asking - check out the "Dual Array Push" in their new transition pack -- http://www.photodex.com/products/transitions/v1 (watch the video demo).

mikey

[skipudude Profile Private message]

I want to do something along the lines of Tinkerbell when she taps her wand and the Disney castle appears along with the sparkles.

[Bart_B Profile Private message]

Go to http://choicebackgroundsserver.com/index.php then enter "sparkles" into the search box. I suspect one of the sparkle effects applied properly will do what you're looking for.

Bart

[heckydog Profile Private message]

I want to do something along the lines of Tinkerbell when she taps her wand and the Disney castle appears along with the sparkles.

can you link to an example? what would have the vapor trail, the wand?

Joe

[skipudude Profile Private message]

Yes, the wand would be the vapor trail with an explosion of stars after which, a picture could appear from within the trail.

[heckydog Profile Private message]

Something like this, maybe?

wmv file, 1MB, about 6 seconds long

Wand and Sparkles

Joe

[VidQueen Profile Private messageWebsite]

The Sparkles that I created for Choice Backgrounds were done with Adobe After Effects and the Trapcode Particular Plug in. I wouldn't recommend running out and buying them if you're only wanting one animation. However, I believe that Highlighter Pro can do what you want at a much lower price!

Jennifer

[skipudude Profile Private message]

It looks like highlighter pro would work. Thanks for everyone's suggestions.