user9154: I just wondered what Plugins are neceassary to create such a liquid looking effect like in this video:
https://vimeo.com/136832449
Screenshot:


user1950: 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.

9154: <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.stack.imgur.com/gg0XH.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/gg0XH.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
 1950: <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>
