Tag Archives: Particular
Spring Reel 2012
This is a quick look at some of my current projects in Motion Graphics, Editing, and Color Correction.
Binary Tutorial, pt 5
In this, the final segment of the Binary Tutorial series, we will take a look at layer maps in Form and how they animate the binary text. We’ll also take a look at some of the finishing touches that went into the final animation, and we’ll even take a quick look at the toComp expression and how it can be used to position 2D layers in 3D space.
Binary Tutorial, pt 4
In part 4 of this After Effects tutorial series, we are going to create the binary particles and place them in 3D space using Particular.
Binary, revised
Recently, I decided to do a comprehensive video training series on one of my past After Effects animations, Binary. This new animation is the result of that training series.
The training series itself is over 2 hours long, and covers a wide range of topics: masking and compositing 2D elements in 3D space, creating and using custom Luma Mattes, and working the Particular and Form particle systems. The whole thing is done in After Effects, and there are a lot of tips and tricks that discuss along the way.
I’ll be posting the first 20 minute segment shortly.
The first 4 parts are up!
wire2wire Animated Intro
This is a motion graphics piece for wire2wire, a shipping consultant specializing in the Hawaiian supply chain. The animated text piece was created entirely in After Effects.
Binary
Journey into the heart of your computer and explore the binary universe. This animation takes you there, utilizing the Trapcode plug-ins Particular and Form to create a universe of binary particles flying through cyberspace.
You can click on the HD button and the Full Screen button in the video player to watch the video in full HD.
Meteor Reverse Shot
This is a shot I created for a short film set in Italy. The shot was created in After Effects using 2D still photos and 3D animated elements.
This is a PAL widescreen, standard definition composition, so it will look a little fuzzy if you choose to watch it in Full Screen mode.
Meteor Composite Breakdown
In this quick effect breakdown, I’ll take a look at how the “Meteor Reverse Shot” was constructed and composited. (Please note that I forgot to mention that the camera shake is created by using wiggle expressions for position and rotation on the Null Object which is attached the camera.)
You can click on the HD button and the Full Screen button in the video player to watch the video in full HD.
Summer Bumper
Summer is almost here, and it’s a great time to theme your show promos accordingly. This is a 5 second bumper that I designed and animated using After Effects and Trapcode’s Particular, 3D Stroke, and Shine plug-ins.
You can click on the HD button and the Full Screen button in the video player to watch the video in full HD.
Energy Drink
This is an older project from my early days using After Effects. I used two instances of the Mr. Mercury plug-in to create the can animation. I used Trapcode’s Particular plug-in to create the particle system and used the can as a layer emitter to generate the particles. I created a simple 3D environment using still images and added a camera with a wiggle expression to create a floating camera effect.
You can click on the HD button and the Full Screen button in the video player to watch the video in full HD.