Yes, very nicely done.

Some things to make it a wee bit more naturalistic:

1] As the Page flicks over, how about a shadow growing on the "closing-page"? Your "shadow" on the desk implies a light source from Right to Left. Not having the same on the Book's pages, as they are turned, is jarring.

2] Closure at 2:07 needs to be tidied-up. The Cover comes over and I am represented with an Open page again?

3] I'd zoom-in the WHOLE book after the opening establish is done, maybe employ a vignette to confirm nostalgia or focus of the viewer on times-past.

But yes, great work!

Cheers

Grazie

The biggest issue I've seen with page turning effects is that they're to stiff. Any way you can "loosen" it up and have the page bend a little more? Perhaps from a corner?

Grazie,

Thanks for the input. I plan on fading off as the last page folds over. The shadow is a bit trickier. I will play with that some as well.

And you read my mind about the zooming-in. Needs a little more movement for sure.

Thanks
Dave T2

HappyFriar,

There is a bit of bend in the page, but I am using After Effects and when I started adding more bend, the center spine shifted on me a bit. If I knew more about AE, it would help.

Thanks for watching and for your input.

Dave T2

Bob,

Unfortunately, no sound. This video will be playing on a screen during the reunion and they are having a DJ playing songs from the era.

Thanks for watching.

Dave T2

Like this?



Around $25 from Revostock. Even if it's not exactly what you want for $25 you can get past the "writers block" and customise it to what you want. That's all standard AE, no extra plugins needed.

I also found this:



the author isn't saying how he did it but I think the drawings are done in Illustrator and then stroked in AE. I had a play around with something similar ages ago just using some of the many free illustrator files you can get off the web.


Bob.

Bob,

Okay, now I feel inadequate. :)

I have to keep moving forward and actually start editing the stills, but if I have time, I will revisit the effect and play more with the bendy stuff.


That effect is $50 according to their site. Can't spend that with my financial situation right now. But I would like to see the structure of it.


Dave T2

Don't feel inadequate, what you did, totally worked out in your own head, was an excellent effort. The guy who did that does it for a living and has probably spent years doing nothing else.
I'll never forget one AE tut I was watching and it was by a full time pro. At the start he says "By the way, I should point out, this took me a week to build, not the 30 minutes I'll spend showing you how to do it. The project file was a free download.

That's what I like about AE, so many people using it and much the same comraderie as here.

If you want to try adding shadows as Grazie suggested, just look into adding some lights. Make your page layers 3D and then they can caste shadows.

Bob.

I am constantly amazed at the breadth of AE and Photoshop. I always wonder how do these people discover these seemingly undocumented effx and approaches to achieving the effects.

Thanks for the encouragement Bob. The hardest part was it took so long to render.

If I get a chance to improve it, I will post the results.

Dave T2

I like it Dave, just don't forget to "ease to ease" your key frames when the pan comes to a halt at the book. For some reason I think Andrew Kramer did a tutorial on this way back.
Good luck

Dominated,

Thanks. Yeah, that was just a quicky camera move, I will tweak to seem a bit more "real".

Dave T2

I think it looks fine. Though I would zoom in on each page and pan across the photos so people can actually see the images... or cut to individual stills one at a time. Enjoy the party.