Andrew Kramer style raindrops

Hi Everyone,

maybe you know this nice tutorial from Andrew Kramer showing how to create realistic raindrops in After Effects:

I rebuild it in AE and it looks very well like in this video. So far so easy. But to raise the fun I tried to recreate it in Fusion. And...well... there are two things to deal with. First the "Raindrop Matte" and second the emulation of the AE "CC Glass Effect". This Effect seems to be a combination of a bumpmatte and a displacement. And i never get it congruent. Between the spot where the bump happens and the spot where the displacement happens is always a remarkable offset.

EDIT: The offset occured because of the distance of the camera, now it's ok. I've updated the comp.

So here is my comp: (lowest node is an image you can get here: http://wallpapersinsider.com/wp-content ... papers.jpg)

Maybe we can improve it.

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Hi Sebastian,

I'm not sure how to improve your comp but I just wanted to share a link with you. Vito has done a very similar window rain technique in Fusion 8 free. Check the link for a preview and more info.

Wow! I will look at it. Thank you.