Possible to ripple water in AE?

[jonathand55242005]

I am showing a piano player and was wondering if its possible to create ripples with the notes he's playing (ie. Harsh notes large ripples etc)

Am planning on doing Ariel shot of him but also some low angle shots of water flowing at camera.

[Mylenium · Accepted solution]

Sure. Easy enough. That's what distortion effects are for.

Mylenium

[jonathand55242005]

Hey Jive,

Thanks for the advice. I'm rather a novice at AE.

If you can be bothered (and I understand if not) how would you apply this

to water?

Many, many thanks.

Warm Regards,

Jonathan Davidson

[P.M.B]

Greetings hungry man,

how to make a ripple effect in after effects

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Kind regards,

Your friendly neighborhood bait & tackle shop

[Rick Gerard]

The most efficient technique depends entirely on the shot and the kind of ripple you want to achieve. You have everything from displacement mapping to just creating a Radio Waves (that's an effect) layer and using blend modes. There is even a water simulation plug-in from Red Giant called Psunami | Download the free trial that can generate some extremely realistic water simulations with everything from little ripples created by the wind to big waves like this:

Some examples of what you are trying to achieve would help.

[jonathand55242005]

Made me laugh

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi Jonathan,

Ever get a solution to this issue, or do you still need help? Let us know.

Thanks,
Kevin

[jonathand55242005]

Hey Kevin,

Firstly sorry for the late reply. The project went under but no, none of the advice given was very clear.

Regards