<p>Those paint splats are often done with stock footage or filmed footage. Get a black or green surface, throw some paint at it and film it. Bring it in to AE and extract the alpha from the luma or with chroma-key and then re-colour the paint however you like using your colour correction tools of choice.</p>

<p>To make liquid effects in AE without footage, here's the technique I've been using since forever. I worked it out myself years ago, but so did a lot of other people, so I won't claim to have invented it</p>

<p>Take your source layer, eg. text, footage whatever. Apply the <strong>turbulent displace</strong> filter to it, starting with 0% strength and ramping up. Muck around with the settings and animate the evolution setting until it looks like you want it. Then apply a blur, again, starting at 0 then ramping up. Then use the <strong>extract</strong> filter to harden the edges of the blurred outlines. Lastly use the <strong>fill</strong> filter to fill in the layer with a solid colour. The effect will be something dissolving into blobs of liquid. Works best with line art and text, or high contrast footage.</p>

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2016-02-09T14:04:15.807Z
Nice Effect, but I don't think that its the effect used in here
Marten Zander
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2016-02-08T22:50:08.343Z
2016-02-08T22:50:08.343Z
stib
<p>Looks like no fancy plug-ins or effects are used. It is simply a case of keyframming shape paths/masks.</p>

<p>(thats how the people who make the stock footage do it)</p>

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2016-02-09T16:46:25.050Z
2016-02-09T16:46:25.050Z
rj_uk
<p>I just wondered what Plugins are neceassary to create such a liquid looking effect like in this video:</p>

<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/136832449" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://vimeo.com/136832449</a></p>

<p>Screenshot:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/gg0XH.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/gg0XH.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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How Do I create this liquid like animation?
Marten Zander
# How Do I create this liquid like animation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-08)

I just wondered what Plugins are neceassary to create such a liquid looking effect like in this video:

<https://vimeo.com/136832449>

Screenshot:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/gg0XH.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/gg0XH.png)

**Tags:** after-effects, animation, workflow, plugins


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-08. Score: 2

Those paint splats are often done with stock footage or filmed footage. Get a black or green surface, throw some paint at it and film it. Bring it in to AE and extract the alpha from the luma or with chroma-key and then re-colour the paint however you like using your colour correction tools of choice.

To make liquid effects in AE without footage, here's the technique I've been using since forever. I worked it out myself years ago, but so did a lot of other people, so I won't claim to have invented it

Take your source layer, eg. text, footage whatever. Apply the **turbulent displace** filter to it, starting with 0% strength and ramping up. Muck around with the settings and animate the evolution setting until it looks like you want it. Then apply a blur, again, starting at 0 then ramping up. Then use the **extract** filter to harden the edges of the blurred outlines. Lastly use the **fill** filter to fill in the layer with a solid colour. The effect will be something dissolving into blobs of liquid. Works best with line art and text, or high contrast footage.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Nice Effect, but I don't think that its the effect used in here  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-02-09. Score: 0

Looks like no fancy plug-ins or effects are used. It is simply a case of keyframming shape paths/masks.

(thats how the people who make the stock footage do it)


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