I have received a few emails over the past few months from people asking questions about my Slitscan Factory After Effects project.

 

Recently, I got an email from a fellow who linked me to this video and asked if this kind of effect could be done with my project file.  I told him it could be done and described to him the procedure as best I could.  Ultimately, I was so blown away by the video he sent me that I decided to update the project file myself.

 

So, for those of you out there with After Effects and an interest in doing slit-scans then perhaps this could be helpful to you.  It really is quite an easy process.  Just make sure you read the ReadMe file before you begin.

 

Finally, you must understand that the render times are arduously slow.  Some effects are slower than others but you will be able to read more about that in the ReadMe file.

 

If you would like to download the project, click here.

 

UPDATE: One important note. I have had some feedback regarding my instructions in the ReadMe file. I wrote that if your footage is 1920X1080 you should precomp it and scale down within after effects. What you should actually do is convert your footage completely to 1280X720 using a tool like Quicktime Pro or MPEG Streamclip. My friend was saying that his 1920X1080 footage, when precomped in After Effects, was taking almost 9 minutes a frame. After he converted the footage to 1280X720 the render time changed to 1 minute a frame. That’s a big difference.

 

To end, I’ve uploaded my own experiment using this slit-scan technique.  The footage is from a shoot for the music video I’d been working on, which had a bit of a postponement due to some personal issues within the band.  The video is still on but I have not been working on it for the past two months or so.

 

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the test render!  The music is from an artist named Altitude Sickness.  The song is called “Lights”.  You can download more of his music from his bandcamp site here:  http://altitudesickness.bandcamp.com/