TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
Aug 26, 2009 | 26mins.
• Build a complex particle system using CC Particle World
• Synchronize the particle blast to shatter a title
 
 
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663 Responses to "Particle Explosion"
Idad Nurjaman
14 hours ago
Terima Kasih (Thanks)
Nestor
02/03/2012
awesome
vishnu
01/29/2012
Awesome!!
its better to share more tutorials that include cinema4d
Nico
01/16/2012
you my friend, are awesome. Thanx :D
Dillon
01/09/2012
Getting alot of trouble finding certain things on my AE CS5 :(
REP
01/04/2012
Yup, no options button, but that is a CC thing (as it is a complete re-write per web chat info), not Adobe.

However, almost all of the "options" functions (in CS5.5) are in the Effects Controls tab. For example the "Opacity" functions are now under "Opacity Map" and you can select "Custom" in the drop down menu to manipulate the settings. "Depth" functions are under "Extras," "Floor" under "Physics" with "Floor Is" now called "Floor Action", etc.

True, Force Motion Blur appears to be gone but you can get a similar effect by simply turning on Motion Blur at the layer level and enabling it on the composition. It may be that this function simply over-road the fact that motion blur might not be enabled on the layer but this is speculation.

Also, "Lens Blur" is now called "Camera Lens Blur" and has the same functions, and perhaps more, albeit under different names such as Roundness for Iris.

I was able to recreate the project with minimal differences.
Dan
12/28/2011
Love your tutorials, Andrew!

Secondly, for those of us on CS5 we're pretty much screwed out of this one... There's no "Options" button for the CC Particle World on CS5, and I've wasted the past hour and a half trying to find a way around it. Google results all suggest to turn motion blur on via the layer's "Switches" settings... but that doesn't actually doesn't do anything in this instance.

Anybody have any luck with this??

Basically, thanks to Andrew and a big fat screw you to Adobe! If it ain't broke...
van
12/20/2011
How do you apply the "old" click when you click on the velocity as i cannot understand it.

Thanks
Kat
01/22/2012
about the "old" click, i had the same problem. I think that it is a comannd - "add an expression". Go to the animation, and manual add an expression.
Kat
01/22/2012
about the "old" click, i had the same problem. I think that it is a comannd - "add an expression". Go to the animation, and manual add an expression.
chrid
12/19/2011
hola amigo q buenos videos y buenos tutoriales sigue asi porfa ayudame deseo bajarme un plug-in para adobe after effect bueno si se puede gracias
AnonymousxD
12/09/2011
How did you get the simulation: CC Pixel Polly?
I don't have it =.=
Warr
11/29/2011

Hey, my layer seems to disappear with i put the particle effect on it, but i love the tutorial, I will try this again, maybe i missed something, I'm use CS5 for it, this was awsome. thanks
penti
11/29/2011
How I can SHOW the expression at 9:37?
Wich comnad i could use?
Gale
11/29/2011
The Particle World Script doesnt seem to be working for me i turned on the 3D layer and pasted the codes from the notepad file. Im using CS5.5. Nothing hapens when i move the ccNull
william
11/16/2011
you forgot to mention one thing.........That half way through.....at 11:27 seconds in........you forgot to mention that the project was originally 32bpc then you say switch it to an 8bit.....how bad is this going to mess things up...and Editing this in CS5.5 is way different. like on the lens blur.....cs5.5 dont have the specific one....and they have a camera lens blur but the setup looks way different...any suggestions TY
Bolonice
11/08/2011
hello Andrew,
where can i get the sound effect for this video tut's.
maybe you can give me :D
ryan
10/31/2011
whether the after effect CS3 support for all your tutorials?
JeweLz
10/18/2011
Hello Andrew,

I have a question. I'm using After Effects CS5.5 and I have a problem with the Particle World options. Actually, I don't see the options button anywhere.
So I can't apply that Motion Blur and that kind of ruins the tutorial...

Is there a way to fix that?

Regars.
fer
12/08/2011
also in the effects and presets just type force and force motion blur should appear just add it to the layer and it should give you the same effect or something very similar (the effect will appear in the control layer intead of particle) hope it helps :)
JeweLz
10/18/2011
Actually, I figured it out.
For all who have the same problem, here is the decision.
At the Effect Controls tab you have a little button with options. Click it, then click Show Animation Presets and you are ready. :)

Hope I helped someone.

Andrew, thank you for the useful tutorials. Keep up the good work.
nani
10/14/2011
very good in in options but particles and motin blur and cc particular
mark
10/12/2011
its great
Funk Knight
10/11/2011
Awesome! Thanks for this! Extremely useful!!!
Yolanda
10/04/2011
That is an awesome video ever
but i am using CS5.5 version of after effects n i found the CC pixel polly were missing...

can anyone help?
Lelouch
10/04/2011
ahhhah the intro of all ur videos begin with "Hey what's up, andrew kramer here" and there's that song in background, very funny


Btw amazing tutorials
Thank for share :D

Joel
09/29/2011
where can I download the adobe After effects please!
TF
09/28/2011
Great tutorial as always!!

I have a slight issue with the slider keyframes, the 3 keyframes have the values of 0, 150, 0 & I have got 4 sets of these on the timeline, however when I add another set it doesn't activate the particle world parameters that are linked to the slider.

I assume there is no limit to how many times the slider can be keyframed!!
TF
09/30/2011
What a numpty, I figured it out!! I was using a texture for the Particle World and the texture was in a pre-comp with a duration of 30secs, so as soon I was keyframing the slider after 30 seconds in the Master Comp, it wouldn't see any texture anymore.
Preacher
09/28/2011
you can go to animation and press add expression while you clicked on velocitiy then you're able to link it in CS%
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