3D line edge mapping
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    3D line edge mapping

    by hedgemunkees » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:50 pm

    I am experimenting with various 3D mapping installations...all good, BUT very much inspired by the possibilities of single line 3D edge mapping as demonstrated to great effect by iduun/Anomes (its all about the mapping video) & mowgli.tv (amongst others).
    I am trying to have various thin white lines race around the edges of 3D objects and I am really struggling to get the right effect and with no info I can find available I am pulling my hair out. I have had some success with the painter and winding the trace right the way up to leave a trail but this is really not accurate enough. Can anyone (or the gifted guys themselves) please help out with a helpful finger pointing the right direction I should be looking at?
    I know half the fun is discovering it for yourself but knowledge shared is knowledge gained.
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    by deepvisual » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:13 pm

    photoshop
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    by hedgemunkees » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:31 pm

    MMMMmmmmm good pointer. But how do I animate the effect of the lines moving smoothly around any 3D edges?
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    by pls » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:33 pm

    illustrator to after effects and then look for the write on effect..
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    by deepvisual » Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:52 am

    no need to go that far.
    just knock out the white lines, save as PNG+ or PSD
    then move some white shapes around underneath it in M8
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    by hedgemunkees » Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:47 am

    All great advice & help. Anyone else have other ideas as there are obviously several ways to achieve this effect?
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    by lamepantallas » Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:39 pm

    @deepvisual
    what do you mean for "knock out" white lines?
    draw them onto/or based on the mask?
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    by sigmasix » Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:41 pm

    you can either have a black image with "holes" for the lines and then move shapes underneath

    or

    have your image with white lines on a black background and then move black shapes over it

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