TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
July 19, 2008
• Use expressions to drive particles based on speed
• Create sandy like particles that fly off of text
 
TUTORIAL NOTES:
After you make this design, precompose and time-reverse the layer. Very interesting result.
Running Time: 20mins.


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by HS Student 11/18/2009
is it possible to use this effect to creat a barrier around something? i'm trying to renact somthing from my favorite TV show and how the barrier's looks in the show is very similar
by Anthony 11/16/2009
I don't have the Trapcode plugins. I rather use my money to purchase the videocopilot products. I was wondering if anyone knew how to use CC Particle World to get a similar effect? I am close but not close enough. Thanks!
by jake thompson 11/14/2009
hey awesome tutorial i have being delving around the text tutorials and with this i found that instead of the glow you used i used the lightsaber glow from your lightsaber v2 tutorial but its a bit too intense so i just turned the glow down a bit it makes a realy cool effect.
by Balbaros 11/01/2009
How do I add text to this design I can't find anywhere where it says how to add the text in the video???
by lakshmi 10/30/2009
awesome tutorials thanks
by Pazzaz 10/29/2009
http://s697.photobucket.com/albums/vv340/Pazzaz-/

your tutorials are fab, must admit this one was probably too advanced for myself but i still gave it my best, still need to get to grips with many aspects of the programme but am learnig heaps along the way - thank you ps your commentary is - well you make me smile.

by chenchao 10/29/2009
to me ,this tutorial video was wonderful for me !thank you !although I know it wound be a little difficult for me now !thank you!hoping the next amazing work
by mango 10/23/2009
Andrew, your basic tutorial is not basic. Thank you.
by vinodh kumar 10/18/2009
I LOVE VIDEOCOPILOT.COM
by radek 10/17/2009
man i love your tutorials your the greatest video creator what i ever seen
by Lucas Kuhn 10/12/2009
Thanks for the tutorial!
Your Basic Training Series and these tutorials are the good way to get started!
by J.Josy Tom Alexis 10/10/2009
I like your tutorials very nice.why means i understand about after effect very shortly...
thank you very much.........
by Martin Winte 10/10/2009
Thanks sooooo much, I loved your tutorial!
by shaikhussain 10/04/2009
This Is The Very Very Good
by mario 09/29/2009
y it dosent work for mac books
by Nahir 09/23/2009
i see this effect on tv show in my country.
by Mahamaniak 09/22/2009
Your the best man ! Really needed something like this n u saved me outta it again ! Ur the best !
by Bobb y 09/20/2009
This tutorial is so good and easy... first time i use after effects and i managed to make this cool ring but without the drawn effect and text :( too bad
by Rex 09/20/2009
You have to buy trapcode particular.
Just go to trapcode.com and it will be mentioned on the first page. $400.
by k 09/19/2009
Been watching your tut for awhile. awesome stuff. I notice more and more of TV effects that I have seen now on TV are like yours. The recent one was the UFC103. Seems like the speed particle here. Wondering if you made that for them or someone else. Saw it than I thought to myself."wait a minute" that's one of andrew's effect made in 2008. Props to all your work in the business.
by Hephys 09/13/2009
Sorry, I'm french so I have AE in french and I don't know where is the effect " Trapcode>Particular". Can you help me ?
by Morty 09/11/2009
You know, on the
"S=thisComp.layer("Text").transform.position.speed;
if(S>370)
{29*S;
}else{0;
}" Expression, you can just type
"S=thisComp.layer("Text").transform.position.speed;
if(S>370){29*S;}else{0;}"
Saves a lot of space.. =/

Anyways, Thanx for the tut, Andrew, I was thinking if there was an "If... else..." expression, Now I can keyframe things a lot lot easier :)
Youre the best!!
by vishnu 09/01/2009
Sir,I'm not the person to appreciate creative humans.
by fadeHappy 08/30/2009
Great Tutorial!
I'm amazed at what Expressions can do!

If you want to see my try on this tutorial here's a link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGY5U9oTxA

If you have a YouTube account please comment and tell me what you think.
by distanceimpression 08/30/2009
it's very good thanks Andrew
hope more wonder projects
by mr.nabeel 08/24/2009
Thanks man...
This tutorial is very useful..:):)
by Fardin from iran 08/21/2009
its very cool
by N77 08/14/2009


really cool what you can do with some simples steps and the speed check layer...
*damned hot*
by sada 08/13/2009
its awesome!
was looking for a tut with cubes being the particles...nyways this gives me an idea for my work. Thanx!
by Infectious 08/13/2009
I made it :). I think I'm starting to understand expressions thanks to You ANDREW! Keep up the awesome work!!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maPC8h4VYAc
by Skyyus 08/08/2009
Nice job on the tutorial!

This is my outcome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEl5YcorylA
by Etienne 08/03/2009
Nice Tutorial, but my After Effect CS3 don't have Slider control.... WHY?? O__O Can I add it in every way?
if you know how I cand add it, please contact me on msn: retailer_of_spirits@hotmail.it
thanks
by hakimovesky 08/03/2009
cool
by Nick 07/31/2009
Another idea for this I had today is animate the particles based on the speed of a null object that is driven by music that were turned into keyframes
by Nick 07/31/2009
Hey AK, this is my first post but I have been watching you tutorials for a week now, I just finished watching ALL of them. Something cool you can do with this effect is have the particles come on as the camera moves. Depending on the speed of the camera as it flies around in a title sequence the particles can come on and leave a streak from where the camera was to where it is going...just a thought...
by DarkEntity 07/24/2009
wooooooooooooooooow.....super coolness!!!holy carp!
by dagot 07/22/2009
Hello.
Effekt look very nice but i cant see this toturial. It's no loading for me (new FF, Opera, Flash player)
Can u reupload this tutorial again?
Very thx.
by Umair 07/18/2009
Thanks Andrew, your tutorials have helped me alot in various projects, and it took me a while, but i got there in the end XD

Keep them coming, but do you have any suggestions on how to animate in films? like 3d animation such as breaking bridges and stuff?


Would realy appricicate if anyone has any idea
by Samuel 07/18/2009
Please where can i DL particles email= Sam_c-l@hotmail.co.uk
by connor 07/15/2009
HEY =O i tried doing this but the effect trapcode or something isnt in my effects collumn and stuff like that :( i have AAE CS4 is that the right one for this ? if not tell me the correct one plz
by LoMaX 07/09/2009
i dont have trapcode - particular?? help
by steve 07/05/2009
your a damn genius, your going to be a millionaire one day. I've started worshipping you like a god
by Maciek 07/05/2009
Hi Andrew!
I'm From Poland and if you have some time look at netmovies.pl. Some users of this site can't view some of Your Tutorials ;/ Ex speed particles, healer, and grafiti writing. Can you do something with them ?
by Julian 07/03/2009
Thank you so much, Andrew. I never knew this stuff could be so easy if you knew how.
by tipomartins 06/27/2009
unfortunately I don't have these Particles in Adobe After Effects CS4. Where can I get that?

(sorry for my bad english)
by Xerox1337 06/25/2009
I have a little question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yITEXD-eOtQ
As you can see in this movie, there are red lines cause of the demo version from the "Trapcode Particular" but i want to know how it might be possible to remove them ? Somebody can help me?
by jamatru 06/24/2009
Great tutorial,
Thanks,
by Kick MASTER 06/24/2009
thank u for this tutrials, you are the best man, and good luck for ur work
by Ali 06/24/2009
I have the same problem as a few other. When I duplicate the text layer I can't change the text. HELP PLEASE
by manuel 06/16/2009
pretty cool effect Andrew!!
trapcode?
by John 06/15/2009
Hi Adrew, that's awesome a work
You are genius
by LCSTutorials 06/11/2009
*AWESOMENESS* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
by djandrew 06/11/2009
hi, can you tell me what is the name of that effect ? thank you
by Daniel 06/09/2009
Good.... God Bless you man...

From GUATEMALA....
by Mishig Davaadorj 06/09/2009
You're the best tutorial maker. From MONGOLIA
by man 06/08/2009
awesome!!!!
by John Murphy 06/07/2009
when i try to play back it only plays at half speed
what do i have to do to get realtime playback?
by Ryoma 06/07/2009
Hello Sir! ;p

When I watched this tutorial a particular music video came into mind: Umbrella by Rihanna. There's a section in the video where when she moves her arms "water" seems to splash out. Do you think they tracked her arm movement and basically used this technique?

Thanks Andrew!
by Dillon 06/06/2009
Ummm Nice dude i need help y do i not get CC particle world?
by Aamir 06/05/2009
hi
Andrew m really a big fan of u..
u r really great...awesome work dude keep it up...
by Nathan James Brady 05/31/2009
took me awhile to get trapcode, but it was worth it :], such a good program! :D
by Nathan James Brady 05/30/2009
Thanks so much for this tutorial! I realy needed someone to show me the ropes of particular :], helped me out loads! keep it up! :D
by nex 05/28/2009
esta chingon tu efecto, y ps la neta me parecio muy interesante. gracias cabron.
by Ricardo Jorge 05/27/2009
you're the KING
by faildow 05/23/2009
amzing!
by Sarkis 05/20/2009
This is the 3r time i am watching the same tutorial!

i pick up something new each time,

Youd dont need to buy anything from this site to make the project, but u do need to buy Trapcode from Trapcode.com

THANKS ANDREW U ARE THE BEST(est)
by 8ight 05/20/2009
thank you sooo very much!!!
by Alejx 05/19/2009
Your tutorial: cool as always, but that is no why im writhing this, i was actually watching this tutorial in a starbucks...sad...tears man, you really hurt me this time...take care!
by Brandon 05/17/2009
Do you need one of the packs that this website offers to be able to make this?
by Sarkis 05/17/2009
Yet again, another great tutorial!

thanks so much, very easy to follow and looks great at the end.

Your jokes help keep me upbeat as well!!!
by reagan 05/16/2009
awesome tut. i followed it 100% but i get these red lines threw my screen and i cant turn into Avi without it the red lines being there. i cant figure out how to get ride of them and its very annoying. help!
by uriel cabrera 05/12/2009
I did the project and I also pre compose the text and now I can't change the text, HOw can I change the text after working with the other one. I don't want to go back and start all over again with other text is there a way I can just change the setting already saved on the pre compose text to the new one.

thank you it was a great tutorial
by fagyis 05/12/2009
this description cs3 prepared?
by Kostelinho 05/10/2009
damn ... you are good.
by Tonyxs 05/08/2009
WOOOWWW...AMAZING...you are god in the earth ^^ xD AWESOME WORK ^^
by vdfjkd 05/08/2009
wow where did u get trapcoda thnig i dont have that in my effect thing
by [koe_kto[rus] 05/02/2009
This is nice tutorial.
by Zack Sparrow 04/26/2009
Best site ever !
by rmxgallch 04/24/2009
hola no tengo el plugin ( slider control )
como lo puedo encontrar pero gratis
by Lee 04/20/2009
it's fantastic
by rEactioN 04/17/2009
I love this Tutorials, but i have many problems :) i´m a German guy and sometimes i dont understand What he is talking about :P. But awesome results *THUMBS UP* and best regards!
by naveed 04/12/2009
hi andrew you are very nice guy. i like you very much. your tutorials is very good. sir i want your help in photo intro. pleas help me
Thank you
by Awesome 04/12/2009
Wow thanks for the mind-bending tutorials. Super chill.
by Simon 04/11/2009
Hey, an Other very awesome Tutorial !
Your tutorials are the greatest i´ve ever seen.
Well done, again !
by Alex s 04/06/2009
Dude, Do u know that u are a very good teacher!! ,Awesome tutorials .Really appreciated ;)
by D.G 04/06/2009
were too you get trapcode particuler from?
by omahao 04/02/2009
cool .thanks man
by karthik 04/01/2009
WOOOOOOOOOOW..... nice super...
How many years of Experience u have Mr.Andrew..
It is good.. make more tutorial for the media peoples.. thank u for givivg the video tutuorial in online..
by Basti 03/30/2009
Hi!
MTV Germany uses exactly this effect (in blue) for a TV spot! Nice work!
by jack driffill 03/27/2009
yo andrew all your tutorials rock man
by Jorgen Larsen 03/26/2009
Where can i get the Trapcode effects? :S
by Heather 03/25/2009
This tutorial was fantastic, to-the-point, and hilarious! Thank you!

For those who don't know, Trapcode is a bunch of plug-ins for AE, you need to purchase it separately from trapcode.com
by Christopher 03/24/2009
I think you should leave a note on the frontpage whether the tutorial requires Particular or not, so you're not halfway in when you realize you need to purchase a new plugin first!
by Dani 03/23/2009
and it seems like the AE CS4 doesn't have the trapcode effects... what can we do?
by Dani 03/22/2009
Hey... well I've read two comments about the missing effects
by Jokeern 03/21/2009
uhh, can someone help me a little bit, why i don't have det effect, "Trapcode"?
by Alejandro 03/19/2009
is the particular a plug in? becouse i havn't got it.
by Jan 03/17/2009
I hawe one question! when i click in PARTICULAR positione XY, i don t hawe window EFFECTS("PARTICULAR")(9)......in verse Expression: position XY????? why???
by James Meekins 03/15/2009
This was one of the best tutorials of all. I'm shocked (sparked)
by knec 03/08/2009
great work,i know it s a stupid question ,i m totally a beginner,the question is ,i followed your tutorial and made one project(spending hours),now can i retype another text keeping the same effects,which would save me hours?and if yes how?..btw project file doesnt work at ae7..thanks again..
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