Wait, I thought there was a freebie plugin that let you do this all
automatically, wasn't there?
I had something like this laying around for years now, haven't used it
yet, but figured some day I might need it for something LOL
It was either a plugin or a script of some sort?
I'll have to dig around and find it.
Maybe it was something in the Post imaging panels or something like that?
Hmm... have to check and see, I'll try and get back here with an answer
either way.
Nice to actually see real humans here, and not just crap like those I
currently also see with a bunch of scribbling crap spam.
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David McCall wrote:
> "Matthew" <mall33@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:4876faaf$2$13947$afc38c87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Does anyone know of a quick way to replicate the look of recording LEDs
>> like
>> the ones found on mixing desks and audio equipment?
>> I want them to light up from bottom to top like they do when using
>> recording
>> equipment.
>>
>> I am sure there must be a quick way and I am just not thinking of it
right
>> now.
>>
>> cheers for any help....
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Mallon
>> JellyFirm Animation
>> www.jellyfirm.com
>> 3D Animated Fun And Educational DVDs For Children
>>
>>
> There has to be a cool way to do it with gradients but I haven't
> gotten into them that much yet.
>
> I would make an image in Photoshop that was
> black on one half and white on the other half.
> I would also make an image that was green for the bottom 2/3rds
> of the image and then a small section of yellow followed by a
> red section at the top.
>
> I would model the the LED meter as a stack of rectangular blocks.
> There skould be a small bordrer of black plastis around the LEDs.
> There should be a very small black space between the LEDs too.
>
> Give the leds a litt bit of specular and very little diffuse.
> Use your color image for the colors of the LEDs.
> You then use the the black and white image as a luminance map.
> By jiggling the position of the image you will be able to move the
> map up and down.
>
> Another approach would be to build a movie in Aftereffects
> that gave you the movement in the luminance channel instead of
> wiggling the image. Aftereffects has a filter that can take an
> audio track and turn it into motion on the screen so the wiggle
> could be automated.
>
> Those are my best guesses of how to do it.
>
> David
>
>
>
>
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