I recently edited a TV special on the Australian National Junior Motocross Competition. In the program they interviewed the current world champion in the 85cc class. While were promised a series of photos showing him with his winning bike and trophy… they never arrived.
So at the eleventh hour I had to quickly make a graphic to end the segment with him. With only about 45 minutes to make something from scratch this is what i came up with…
So you can see its fairly basic and very orange! Jay Wilson rides for KTM… which are orange bikes!!
In this Pro Juice tutorial i’m going to take you through the steps in producing this graphic.
Firstly, I exported to video clips of Jay riding from my editing software.
I wanted to composite the two videos together at various speeds and mesh them together to create one background element with some dynamism. I have created a brownish background on the bottom of the comp in case there are any transparent areas in my layers that i create. So I laid the video layers into the composition and masked out the top layer to reveal the layer beneath. I feathered the edges of the mask and scaled the layer up about 20%. Both layers have time remapping enabled and are slowed down. You can experiment with this as you like and come up with something that you like.
I then colour corrected the two images using the CC Toner and the Curve filters to give them the KTM orange look.
To create some depth to the graphic i created a grid layer in a new composition. Play around with the grid settings to get the size you are after. I then checked the 3D checkbox to enable 3D and re-positioned the grid to give a sense of depth.
Subcomp the grid layer and duplicate it. I have then inverted one of the grids and repositioned it to the top right. I have masked out the edges and feathered the mask. Lastly, I have applied an overlay blend mode.
Lastly, I have applied an overlay blend mode.
To create some more visual intrigue i have created a number of line elements. Just create a single new solid in a new composition. Scale it down to size, duplicate and reposition as desired.
Sumcomp the lines and drag the new ‘Lines’ Comp into the main composition. I have then used the scale tool to slowly scale the lines subcomps from 370% down to 90% and then back up to 100%. I have used an Overlay blend mode as well.
For the text I have created to text layers and placed them in the centre of the image. Using the position parameters i have animated the two layers to come from either side of the image and then scale up and out towards the viewers. Remember the lines are scaling behind the text at a different rate which will add to the dynamic of the finished graphic.
Next i have used the CC Light Sweep to animate a flash of light across the two text layers.
I have then created a new black layer and masked out an oval shape and sat it under the text to help bring it out from the background image.
As a final touch I have used the CC Light Rays to warp the image in time with the music and the landing of the two text layers. It’s a fun effect that you can play around with to get the look you are after.
And that’s it. What will really make the graphic sing is when it is all animated in time with the music.
So next time you get promised a graphic that doesn’t turn up and you have a deadline to meet, don’t stress. Get busy designing and look at it as a chance to make something better than you were expecting to get anyway! Happy animating.
Nick
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