01/26/2013

5 YEARS! WOOHOO!

01/10/2013

I'm Dam Rado, come frome Cambodia. thanks you for your adding tutorial video.

12/17/2012

thanxxxxx buddy

12/07/2012

I'm stuck at Particles where you said "Custom" . I'm using CS6 but there isn't have "Custom" in Particles type .

01/08/2013

It's named "Sprite" in newer versions.

12/04/2012

I LOVE YOUR TUTORIALS THANKS SO MUCH.I am learning a lot from you guys .
I have CS3 and in CS3 so don't have " Trapcode's Particular ".

Cheers
Shahrzad

11/02/2012

@Imran
for AE CS 5/6 in the particle type option select textured polygon fill and from that under texture you select the particle_50 layer and then follow the other steps as shown in the tutorial

10/19/2012

hey i am working on light steaks but cs6 particular don't have particle type custom. tell me another way.

05/13/2013

in cs6 there is no Custom option, you can just select particle type as : TEXTURED OLYGON FILL, then in the Texture panel you just select layer : particle_50. it works.

10/20/2012

Why don't you just play around and try different types then? You know, you don't have to do it EXACTLY the way he tells you to do. However, the option "Sprite" is probably there. Try that one. Should do the same.

09/21/2012

Hi Andrew. Im only young and learning to use AE. I really enjoy these tutorials and here in england I saw this on BBC!!

09/20/2012

haloo that is vary good

09/06/2012

I am watching this 'five years from now'...

09/04/2012

awesome dude...

08/30/2012

I like the fact that, He explains the other things you can do.. and if you wanna change it and not JUST .. The tut hes trying to show us.

08/16/2012

How about writing your own words with that streak!
how can I do that

08/10/2012

Hey! I'm using CS4 and particular 2.1. Whenever I use sprite or textured polygon in particle type, I can't see the particle 50? What are the right settings for this? Can anyone help? Thanks!

08/16/2012

Expand the (Particle) tab, then select (textured polygon) as the particle type
after that on (Texture) --> layer --> choose particle 50

08/16/2012

Expand the "Particle" tab, then select (textured polygon) as the particle type
after that on "Texture" --> layer --> choose particle 50

08/10/2012

Hey! I'm using CS4 and particular 2.1. Whenever I use sprite or textured polygon in particle type, I can't see the particle 50? What are the right settings for this? Can anyone help? Thanks!

06/28/2012

how'd he know I'd be watching this exactly 5 years later ... Andrew Kramer = Prophet?

08/01/2012

No Andrea Kramer = Created guy

06/12/2012

incradable

06/01/2012

its awesome and m very grateful to you for this tutorial

05/07/2012

Great video, can't believe 5 years passed that fast :/

04/12/2012

One thing I found out: I had the problem that I could not see the lightstreak, despite I exactly followed Andrew's tutorial so I found out that you have to change the duration of "particle_50" to the duration of your "Nano_Ad", this works for me and I hope it may also helps somebody of you...

03/21/2012

i don't have custom on mine i using trial son cs5 and there is not custom

05/03/2012

particle type: texturized Polygon instead "custom", then texture/Layer: particle_50 and Time Sampling: Start at Birth - Loop

03/06/2012

Haha. Oh the irony of me watching this 5 years later...

05/02/2012

you're misusing the word, there is nothing ironic about that.

02/06/2012

Could you put this onto a shot and have it sort of come up and around an object? So some how make the background an alpha channel or what not and layer it ontop of a shot instead of having just a black background.

02/03/2012

Use keyLight to key away the red cross =)

05/05/2012

Thanks a lot jw

01/27/2012

Lol I'm watching this 5 years later

01/25/2012

this tutorial sucks

01/20/2012

Hi Andrew. Im only young and learning to use AE. I really enjoy these tutorials and here in england I saw this on BBC!!

01/12/2012

It's been 5 years later and the ipod commercial effect is still tight! GREAT JOB VIDEO COPILOT!!!

11/23/2011

Trapcode doesn't work... I get the 'Red X', and when i look it up it says i need to give a serial number, even whilst using the demo

12/21/2011

I'm using CS5 and trapcode 2 and when I play the video It's just a point moving around the screen... It doesn't have a "tail" like in your video. What's wrong? :/

11/21/2011

Here's a tip that stumped me for 15 minutes...MAKE SURE YOU CAPITALIZE THE E in Emitter! I had "emitter", and was getting squat in CS5. Also, as others suggest go down to TEXTURE to select your custom layer.

11/15/2011

I was thinking that the way they probably did it was to set a motion tracking point to the ipod nano. Also, I'm wondering if they just shot the dancers in low light used a color change effect. Just a though on how they could do it exactly like the commercial.

11/15/2011

im using trapcode particular 2.1.. and it doesnt allow me to use custom shape.. any alternatives?

03/06/2012

I had the same problem. I have chosen 'sprite' like Edward suggested but no sign of the custom controls further down in particle. Any suggestions?? When i play demo with it set to 'sprite' nothing shows up...?

03/05/2012

ah, in 2.1 (i have it) its pretty much the same as "sprite"

just use that, the custom controls are a little further down than this one

10/31/2011

Hey Andrew. Great tuts man! Really helpful.. On this one, just one question:

If I want my particles to move in paths that I make, and not just random wiggles, how can I do so?

Thanks. Much Appreciated.
Peace!
H

10/17/2011

i saw this yesterday and it was funny that you mentioned that 5 years from you may not know what i am talking about.
Its been 4 years and yes i didnt know what you were talking about.

10/13/2011

When I try this the hue/saturation adjustment layer does not change the color of the particle streaks.

Adobe CS5, Trapcode particular 2.0

Any Ideas?

02/07/2012

same problem, everything is fine but I cant change the color or put a glow on the color fx layer. nothing happends. Any ideas someone?

10/16/2011

Daniel-

I don't know how I got it to work, but eventually I did. It took me 15 min to get it working, the last thing I did before it started working was I shuffled Color FX layer down to just above the particle_50 layer, which I had as the dead last layer under the BG layer. I turned off all the layers but those two, turned off and on 'colorize', not much effect. Then I put everything back where it was and turned all the layers back on and it started working. Weird and frustrating. Try shuffling your layers around, mess with the Hue/Sat effect as far as turning off and on colorize, maybe you will stumble across it like I did! GL.

10/11/2011

Hi Andrew, Love your tuts. So helpful and clear..
With this one, I'm having a small problem. My swirly has the same colour throughout, even on the more opaque areas where your swirly approaches white on these ares. "Colorize" in hue/saturation only seems to work when I have shading ticked in Particular, but then something happens where bits of the swirly get blocked or something.. If you or anyone else could point me in the right direction, I'd be so grateful..
Thank you!

10/14/2011

The red X is there because you're using the trial version of particular. To remove the X you have to enter the serial code you get when purchasing particular :)

Hope this information helped you out ;)
Kevin

10/10/2011

hey, have a question. ever time when i click the "Particles" there always a red X blocking the screen, how to i take the red X out?

09/06/2011

Very use full tutorial

08/17/2011

i have trapcode particular 2.0 and when i come to changing the particle type to custom it doesn't have it in the drop down , can you help me please ?

10/11/2011

Hey Vincent, you've probably sorted this out by now, but you select "Sprite" instead of custom :)

08/04/2011

i do not have the custom particle in fact i have more settings than you do so I'm going to delete the particle_50 layer and try it with a preset particle that they gave me and see if it works

07/21/2011

Thank you for anything.

07/12/2011

Okay man, i love your tutorials but the explaination of the mask, when it turns black is Shit. I dont get it, you dont explain how you make it black, someone please reply, i've been stuck on this for 4 friggen hours.

07/16/2011

Yo Morten I ran into this problem myself just make sure that your last pen line connects to the first, just make sure its completed.

06/21/2011

i don't know if this has already been said yet but there is the (custom) particle shape has been changed to (textured polygon) almost messed me up :P.

06/19/2011

does anybody know why he changed the comp frame rate to 90 frames/sec at (18;12),what change did he try to get by changing the frame rate.
Thx

03/14/2012

I don'w know if you figured it out yet but by changing the frame rate the curves become more smooth. If you increase the speed in the wiggle expression from the initial wiggle(.5,100) to wiggle (2,100) you'll see that the curves become somewhat broken. With this technique the curves become more smooth

07/06/2011

i think he said because of the rendering problem..

06/19/2011

help me help me echooooo

i really need help guyss
i wana make same thing as lokesh said its really supper urgent how can i move shinny with the path as i want to make star and other icons.

please help me
thanks alot 10000000 time

again help me please

06/18/2011

????? ???????? ????! ?? ??????!

06/17/2011

this was very helpful, but I tryed intalling the plugin and it won't let me in use the Partlicar, and it is and shame that I con't make this with the Videos that I used of my friends :( is there an other way of making the Light Streaks?

Please please get back to me and thanks

06/14/2011

Hi there there can I get the the plug in for the trapcode for After Effects?

thank you

06/14/2011

I PARENT THE CAMERA'S POINT OF INTEREST TO THE LIGHT POSITION, SO THE CAMERA ROTATES ALONG WITH THE LIGHT.

06/01/2011

very helpfull :D

05/20/2011

i love after effects :)

05/07/2011

It is very useful to me, thanks.

05/05/2011

can anyone tell me how to move this light in a custom path, like i want to make signature by this... as you can see the video on youtube by name "signature in the sky".

Plz anyone help me...

05/07/2011

If I'm right, you should try to use mocha motion capture the movement form your own custom path, and then the rest you know already.

05/07/2011

wht you have to do is hit the stop watch then move it as if it was anything else.
for example how he shows you how to move the camera in a custom path, its basically the same thing. but when you do the path just dont have it set on the wiggle thing.


hope i helped =]

04/28/2011

How do u get to the page your on 4 mac? your a LEGEND

04/12/2011

Hello, I love the tutorial, just wondering if there's a way to resize the internet window so i don't lose either the top or bottom of the tutorial? Many thanks x

05/17/2011

Evie, you can just hit the F11 key on your keyboard in the web browser, so the top / bottom panels will just hide and you are viewing the web content in full screen of your web browser. The other option is, of course, to set the video on full screen by clicking on it with right mouse button etc.

04/14/2011

You can right click and select "Toggle Fullscreen". Or if the new version of IE, then you can zoom out/in the window itself (Botton Right)...

04/07/2011

Loving your tutorials! I had to use the trapdcode website for this one though. The expression I needed on CS5 was 'transform.position.wiggle(.5,100)' not just 'wiggle(.5,100)

03/28/2011

CS5 version is changed
Particle plug in is to custom(CS4) from (CS5)texture. ^^

03/24/2011

For the people that cannot select the custom particle function, i was playing around because i couldn't find it either, it is located under particles and than textures. Here you can select your own Layer.

03/21/2011

the i can't register on the trapcode particular so i cant have the custom shape

03/28/2011

Hey It was changed named to texture from Custom

03/16/2011

Mr Kramer sir. You are Legend! your the best master on the net. No competition. Greetings from sunny Dublin in Ireland. Where you are welcome for a pint anytime!!!

03/13/2011

I can't see the particles either... help... I'm using 2.1.1 on CS3

03/13/2011

I downloaded the trapcode trial version, and I don't think it has the "custom" option for the particle shape...

03/07/2011

Hi,
At 7:03 I don't have "Mask Path" Can you explain me please :)

03/02/2011

Nice
think you
ilake

02/27/2011

This is TOTALLY WICKED!!! XD

02/22/2011

I LOVE YOUR TUTORIALS BUT RAN INTO A ROAD BLOCK WITH TRAPCODE PARTICULARS...I DON'T HAVE IT AND GOT LOST TRYING TO USE CC PARTICLE WORLD...
Now the next tutorial picks up from the end of this and I think I'm still lost...
But I really appreciate these...thanks,
Mark

02/18/2011

Its good i want to learn AE use in flash

02/16/2011

Gosh.. i wish i had an ending... (Music plays) Yes! music is a good one!

02/16/2011

haha yer totaly dont have that technolagy

02/13/2011

on the part were i have to make my on particle type i did that but i cant set it to custom i have after effects cs5

03/11/2011

Here's the solution: http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/support/faq/product-specific/trapcode-particular/211/

Summary: Select "Sprite" for Particle Type, then 2 options down under "Texture" select "Particle_50" under "Layer"

02/02/2011

Unbelievable tutorial!! Definitely the best tutorial site on the web by a million miles!!

02/01/2011

Need help to finish tutorial! OK I am having trouble with creating the light streaks with the Sprite option. I have chosen the sprite option. Then went to texture and chose the particle_50 comp. Then I used start at birth loop option. I can't see the light streak. If I use streaklet option it doesn't look as good. Please advise why I am not seeing the light streak.

02/25/2011

hi, me too I have choosed sprite then layer particule_50 then start at birth loop,
but I can see it
so I think this part is good, maybe look before this if you miss something or wath

01/27/2011

Brilliant tutorial!Bravo! Thanks a lot :)

01/25/2011

hey, when im in my After Effects CS5 with the trapcode particles, i want to change the parcticle tipe to Custom, it doesen't exist, than i clicked in sprite, but even with it, anything appear on my screen ! SOME1 HELP MEEEEEEE !

02/25/2011

hi guy,
I confirm it is "sprite" that replace "custom",
then choose "particles_50" then "start at birth",
for me it works as well. if it disappear, maybe look at opacity or operations before, cause for me it works.
so it was to confirm that it is at "sprite"

02/01/2011

jep, didn't work with sprite when i tried it, too. try "streaks" it looks nearly the same, but i hope i can get it work with the custom/sprite stuff, coz it looks better (:

01/22/2011

Hi Andrew, thank you very much for your great site and AE instructions ur eternal inspiration...

Best regards and thank you from Bosnia

01/16/2011

Andrew, thank you very much for your lessons. I actually live in Russia and write comments through an interpreter. Look translated into Russian lessons. Thank you very much!

01/11/2011

Hi Andrew, i discovered this site one month ago when i started using AE and its pretty good to make my own FX with your help. Your tutorials are extremely interesting and your teaching method make quite easy to understand what you're explaining. Thanks.

12/30/2010

i dont have trapcode too =S
please help me =(

01/23/2011

go download a demo at their site...

12/25/2010

Hey I have Particular 2.1 and I am facing a problem. at 8:55 when you select the particle type as custom. Yeah i can't find that. I can only find sphere, cloudet, star, etc... Please reply

12/28/2010

It is now called sprite. If you use streaklet, it is pretty much what Andrew did, just it is already made.

12/21/2010

Right now they have these Touchy Nano-s!

12/19/2010

I'm watching it 3 years from then, lol

12/13/2010

I have completed a majority of this project but I have come to a little snag... Like in the particular drop down menu "particles" there is no custom settings... is there one that can fix this problem. Thank You.

03/11/2011

I read the responses on here too and was missing that the "Layer" dropdown was under "Texture..." If it helps, check out the documentation from Red Giant, it lays out exactly where it is:

Here's the solution: http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/support/faq/product-specific/trapcode-particular/211/

12/17/2010

look down what colin and chris said....i have that problem but i fixed it with help from down below...

12/13/2010

What if you wanna choose your own key frame position in the shape of whatever you want instead of random swirls, like in the nano ad they move accroding to the position of the ipod

12/05/2010

i dont have a trapcode so i am not able to move further :(
could any 1 help me
plzzzzzz
this tutorials are cool !!!
and i am new to the world of video editing :D
so could any 1 help me >

12/04/2010

You're probably on some super advanced dual pentium processor.... You know, 4 years later and you can produce 2 million particles per second at the same speed as you're producing 200.... It's the most epic thing.

12/04/2010

thanks ur @
m very wonderd for ur tutorial

thanks
many thanks

12/01/2010

what i saw was awsome and i realy want to get closer to the main thing when it comes to cg

11/25/2010

I dont have to effect trapcode _perticular because i have AE CS3
wat i do..please help me!!!!

12/11/2010

so if i want same Light Streaks effect.. so any other option or ideas(i alwaredy try on in biuld particals but... no result ) how to do without .. trapcode _perticular plugin

12/03/2010

it's not cus you have CS3, it's cus it's an expensive third party plugin.

11/19/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQ6Om8y9rg

11/16/2010

I'm also getting a big red X over my screen, do I have to absolutely have Trapcode? I'm fairly sure I have it because under effects it's available.

Please, if anyone knows how to get rid of this, tell me. Help would be greatly appreciated.

12/07/2010

Pay for it.. pretty much the only way to get rid of the red cross.

11/15/2010

I dont have to effect trapcode because i have AE CS5
please help me!!!!

11/14/2010

i wan't this strike to move in other way than a wiggle (like following something) but strike is edgy, how to fix that?

10/16/2010

Hi there Andrew!

I love all ur tutos!!... They r so freakin' cool!
But in this one i got a problem!
I'm using AF CS5 An in the part of particular, I cann't find the custom option... can u help me plz?

thnx

12/28/2010

It is now called sprite.

10/12/2010

thanks.......but many times i do not have those effects which u have used in tutorials, on my system . can u solve this problem .

09/29/2010

I can make the adjustment layer, add the effects, but they have no consequence on the image. I'm using CS4 with particular v2. also I'm on the active camera view. the particles are not showing up.
please help

09/27/2010

ANDREW, RUSSIA LOVES YOU

09/23/2010

"In this mode lights are used as particle emitters. Only lights whose names start with 'Emitter' are used. Creat a light with Layer>New>Light.


plzz help me on this when i click on the light i got this msg......plz help me.....

02/23/2011

i have the same problem, how to solve

09/21/2010

great tutorial!!
can somebody please explain (via email or...) how to move it in the way i want (not randomly)? for example i want to write my name with light streaks..can anybody help, please!!??

09/14/2010

i have an idea for how they did it
1st the make a video with a person holding a phone

09/12/2010

thank you