Denting a Car

[Robbie Comeau]

I have a shot of a car parking, and the camera is in front, so we can see the front end coming to a stop.

I want to add a couple dents to it, using just AE.

Is this possible? And If so, how would I do this.

The puppet tool? It's really finicky because I would have to draw a mask around the part I want to dent, then somehow 3D track that, then mesh it with the puppet tool.

Let me know!

Thanks,

Robbie

[boke]

try this, it has some simliar effects when the truck hits Sam

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/advanced_car_hit/

[grahamdunn]

You might be able to track a displacement map to the bumper to make it look lumpy etc., but that's going to be tough to get it to look real. You might almost want to shoot a dented bumper and track that on to get it to look more real?

[grinner]

unless you can tack on some painted stills, you are best off just denting the cheapest parts of the car. Weigh a fender cost vs your hours toward faking it and I bet you'll find it's much cheaper to swap a 90 dollar fender.