| | | | Aerosol Effect (Please Help) by Gregory Hand on Aug 31, 2008 at 11:45:07 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum Hello Everyone. I'm looking for some urgent help. Does anyone have a preset or method for creating an aerosol spray effect ? Perhaps something using Trapcode Particular or Particle Playground or something else..... Please help. I am not quite getting ... | | | | |
| | | | fluid dynamycs and water ripple? by dai oinuma on Aug 30, 2008 at 5:23:47 pm in the Trapcode Forum is it possible to create water ripple effects / fluid dynamics using Trapcode Particular or CC particle world in After Effects? i want it to be 3D not just a circle expanding. Thanks. | | | | |
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Creating Advanced Glitter using Expressions with Trapcode Particular
In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader, Michael Park, demonstrates another, more advanced method for creating shimmering glitter particles using Trapcodes Particular. The main advancement is the implementation of 3d rotation of the glitter particles, as well as using expressions to convert the rotation of the particles in all 3 axis to drive a greyscale map, which in turn is used to color the particle using colorama and create the shimmer effect when the particles face the camera.
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| | | | News: Red Giant Software Ships Radium Glow by Cow News Droid on Jun 23, 2008 at 6:25:32 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum built-in masking, and output controls in Radium Glow let you mimic real light behavior. The three plug-ins can be used to add neon-shaped glows to text, or be combined with Trapcode Particular or other plug-ins to create dazzling sparkle and ... | | | | |
| | | | Star field & alpha channel by Steve Nield on Aug 22, 2008 at 11:06:06 am in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum I thought I had got this concept done but there is somthing that I am not doing right. I have started with an empty comp then added a solid to which I apply the trapcode particular plug-in to create a ... | | | | |
| | | | Creating a squiggly line by Thabo Mhlatshwa on Aug 10, 2008 at 7:07:19 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum Hi guys, I'm trying to create a line that starts off straight, but animates to music - I've watched Andrew Krammers project where he does something similar to what I need - however I don't have Trapcode Particular and don't ... | | | | |
| | | | Mutilply by Jameson Schultz on May 1, 2006 at 9:37:03 pm in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum Brandon has good start and one way of completing this project. Another way is to use a plug-in called Trapcode Particular. You will key out your actor, then create a new solid apply the Particular effect, then set the Particular ... | | | | |
| | | | problems with 3D particle system by Mike Park on Jul 13, 2008 at 2:44:43 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum Sure, if you have Trapcode Particular as your particle system. All you need to do is keyframe your physics time from 1.0 to 0, which will stop your particles and effectively freeze time. Then fly through the particles. When you ... | | | | |
| | | | Procesing Problem by Sebastian Ballek on Aug 1, 2008 at 6:14:54 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum Im working on a animation of falling bubbles. Made them with trapcode particular and made the particle with transparent image of a window with CC Sphere efect. So, I put my in and out ("b" and "n" keys) to export ... | | | | |
| | | | Making windy grass? by Ben Trahair on Jul 26, 2008 at 8:55:04 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum If you have access to trapcode particular you could make a particle based grass field. You could create a simple custom particle (keep it really small or your render hit will be huge - say 200x50 pixels) and animate it ... | | | | |
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Particular - Frequently Asked Effects
Ever since Trapcode Particular was released one year ago, many people have developed a keen interest in this tool. However, even after this time many people find themselves confronted with problems. Regular questions on the Trapcode forum here at the COW clearly prove this. This tutorial is meant to explain some of the commonly asked questions and make your life easier by giving a few tips and tricks as well as some simple expressions.
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| | | | Pierre's Cloud Carpet by Peder Norrby on Jun 10, 2007 at 1:58:17 pm in the Trapcode Forum looking at Pierre's clip I think you are right, the carpet is a huge still (or a spherical environment map that includes the sky) and then Trapcode Particular is used to add some extra spice and feeling of 3D depth. ... | | | | |
| | | | CC Particle World Time Freezing by Nelson Row on May 7, 2008 at 9:26:37 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum CC Particle World lacks a world time parameter. However, Trapcode Particular has precisely what you are looking for. A parameter called "Physics Time Factor", which allows you to freeze or reverse the calculations of the simulation. You may also move ... | | | | |
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Building Up Particles
This tutorial by animator James Lee demonstrates a building up of particles to simulate a disintegrating hot air balloon using Trapcode Particular and Adobe After Effects.
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Creating a Logo Assembling Animation
Joe Chao was once required to create an animation in which a flock of fireflies assemble into an insect shaped logo. In this tutorial, Joe demonstrates a quick method to duplicate the effect using Trapcode Particlular.
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Creating Paper Ribbons and Confetti
Often for festivals and celebrations, we are asked to create animations involving colorful ribbons and confetti. In this tutorial, Joe Chao creates the ribbons and confetti and then demonstrates a couple of ways to shoot them out of a cannon. This animation would be useful, not just for Christmas, but for any festival.
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Cycore Effects HD 1.0 Review
This article by Barend Onneweer investigates the improvements and new additions in Cycore Effects HD and tries to evaluate whether the new additions and improvements are worth the price. Although Cycore seems to aim for After Effects users at this point in time, the article might be of interest for Discreet Combustion users, too.
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Podcasts | | | | adobe after effects tutorials podcast Creating a Skybox In this week's podcast Creative Cow Leader Jerzy Drozda shows you how to create a Skybox, the illusion of distant or even infinite 3D surroundings - in this case, a star field. | | | | |
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