How to get this effect ( Water Splash )

patricia3d · Post by **patricia3d** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:08 pm

How to create this type of effect in Anime studio Pro
Water splash

Rhoel · Post by **Rhoel** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:47 pm

That looks a lot like 3D water physics - they have in Blender now and its pretty cool.

To do that in 2D would need knowledge of where the horizontal plane was. It could be scripted but not easy.

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:49 am

This is done fastest frame-by-frame. Just draw it.

Manu · Post by **Manu** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:47 am

That's definitely hand drawn animation. Frame-by-frame like Slowtiger said.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:28 am

I'm reading a book called "Elemental Magic", by Joseph Gilland. It's about how to special effects. It's an easy to follow book and understand the basics, but the effects requires work.
I haven't finished it, so I can't make you a recommendation or critic yet, but the book is very good so far and, of course, covers a lot of water effects.

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:32 am

I could think of a solution in 3D requiring a distorted torus and an image map moving over it - but the result will look poor in the context of drawn animation.

Rhoel · Post by **Rhoel** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:46 am

Can I clarify my point:

Yes this is hand drawn. But from work I was looking at last month, there might/could be a way of using some of the newer physics routines to achieve this. It's a little like the buffalo stampede sequence in the Lion King - Disney saw the potential of the then new flocking algorithms and used CGI to great effect.

CGI might be overkill if its just a small water effect but if its more complex or in perspective, then there might be potential for computer assist.