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How to get this effect ( Water Splash )

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How to create this type of effect in Anime studio Pro
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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.
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This is done fastest frame-by-frame. Just draw it.
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That's definitely hand drawn animation. Frame-by-frame like Slowtiger said.
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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.
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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.
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Post by Rhoel »

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.
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