Tips to add depth to the laser beam using a layer mask

It seems that there is no demand

 

It is an animation that attacks "future spaceship Yamat" using the latest "future laser cannon"

1)

Prepare a new illustration 1140px × 720px 72dpi

 

Draw a single horizontal line and draw the sea

Floating the boat over the sea

Place clouds behind battleships

Draw the latest secret weapon aiming at it in the foreground

 

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Laser beam

2)

Sea, sky and ship layers are put together in a folder called "Background"

 

Create a "vector layer" on top of the laser cannon layer

 

On the vector layer

Draw a parabola with the "Shape" sub tool of the "Figure" tool in yellow

Fire from a laser cannon so that it falls to the sea surface

 

Select the sub tool "Control Point" of "Line Correction Tool"

Change the "Processing content" pull-down to "Line width correction"

Increase the control point on the laser cannon side

 

This is the "laser beam"

Mask for displaying laser beam

3)

Create a strange selection in the selection on the laser beam layer

This shape is important

Since the figure is troublesome, I used "Polyline selection"

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`` Create layer mask '' on the laser beam layer

Timeline

4)

Show the timeline

Create a new timeline

 

Frame rate is 8, playback time is 3 seconds + 0 frames

5)

Select "Object" of sub tool

 

In the layer palette

Move the “Laser Beam” layer below the “Laser Cannon”

 

Select the “Laser Beam” layer in the timeline

Click on the "Enable keyframes for layer" icon

Click (+) next to the layer name of "Laser Beam" and select "Mask"

Select (second frame) on the timeline

Set "Keyframe interpolation" to "Smooth"

Make sure the layer mask next to the laser beam thumbnail is also selected in the layer palette

 

While checking the canvas

Hold down the shift key with the cursor keys on your keyboard and move the mask down

(You can shift it in other ways)

Move the laser beam so that it is no longer visible

A key frame has been added to the second frame of the mask on the timeline

 

Click in the middle of the timeline mask

(1 second + 4th frame)

This is where you end up shooting the beam

Similarly, shift the mask up while holding down the shift key with the cursor key on the keyboard

Stagger until the laser beam fires from the laser cannon and disappears into the sea

 

"Play" here for confirmation

Function curve edit mode

6)

Check that "Mask" on the timeline is selected

Click the "Function curve edit mode" icon on the timeline

 

Since only the "position" of "Y" is edited

Click "Y", then click "Mask Position"

Turn the handle at the beginning of the key frame downward

 

This will increase the beam's firing speed

I think you will feel more depth

 

Click the "Function curve edit mode" icon again

I will go back

What is the original mode?

Draw beam firing effect and water column

7)

"Play" once

Since the beam alone is not powerful

Add a fire effect and a water column with the feel of "Bee, Dodone"

 

On the timeline

Create a "New Animation Folder" on the "Laser Cannon" layer

 

Select the second frame and add "animation cell"

 

Select "Create folder and insert layer" in the animation menu

The cell layer is inserted into the folder and the folder has the same number as the cell

8)

Draw beam firing effect

 

Draw a water column

The water column ripples and spreads over the sea surface

Working with keyframes

9)

After drawing, select the object tool

 

Express the ripples gradually disappearing using key frames

 

Select the animation folder and "Enable layer keyframes"

Click (+) next to the animation folder name to open it

Click "Opacity"

Select where the water column in the timeline has changed to ripples (2 seconds + 4th frame)

 

Change the "Opacity" slider in the tool property palette

(100), but once again, select another value and choose (100) again.

A keyframe has been added to "Opacity" on the timeline (2 seconds + 4th frame)

 

 

Choose the last piece

Set the value of "Opacity" on the tool property palette to (0)

A keyframe has been added to the "opacity" of the last frame on the timeline

This will remove the ripples

Ten)

Because the beam is inconspicuous

Put the beam layer in the layer palette into the folder

 

Click "Boundary effect" of "Effect" in the layer property palette

Set the value of “Border thickness” to (2)

Add color to the edge of the beam to make it stand out

 

The color of the water column has also been modified to make it stand out a bit

 

This is completed

carry out

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