Broken Spine Tutorial

Using a dummy, a jumpsuit and some VFX magic we were able to re-create this fun effect from Deadpool 2.

We dropped the dummy from the top of the staircase a few times. When we had a fall we liked, we locked the camera down. We took a reference photo with a phone and then positioned Chris in roughly the same position as the dummy.

From there, it was a matter of transitioning from dummy to man with masks. We added some fake-pan with scale and position keyframes to give the camera a little movement during the transition.

Animated Hand Gestures

We have new animated hand-gestures, find them here

Pro Members can also download the easily customizable AE Template

These are perfect for Call-to-Actions, app videos, promotional videos, explainer videos and much more. These assets are all pre-matted and retain the alpha channel, so you can just drag and drop!

The phone screen asset is chroma-key green, so you can remove it and place in whatever video or image you would like. Motion track the phone easily and now you have a professional-level animation.

If you are an After Effects motion designer or motion graphics artist, download the AE Template, the hand gestures are easy to customize and the phone screen can be swapped with ease. Make sure to uncheck the ‘shy’ switch to see all the elements (such as the sleeve, hand, fingers) if you want to customize further!