We are very happy to welcome AE legend Maltaanon to the Aetuts+ family. Maltaanon kicks things off with this tutorial that makes very clever use of Trapcode's Form plugin to create something that would normally require a 3D application, but is accomplished entirely within After Effects.
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( ADD YOURS )stt0rm May 20th
1st =]
( )great tut
enjoyed it
needed sumin like this for my last project tho =[
ShadowZproductions May 20th
Stop saying “First”
It’s pretty pathetic..
Anyway, Nice tut man.. It’s awesome.
( )Greg S. June 4th
Your just mad cause you didn’t get first.
Technically I just scooped up 3rd. =]
subz May 20th
Great! Awesome!
( )Welcome aboard Maltaanon, good to have you here too.
Modisana May 20th
Awesome dude…very very very nice
( )Ianh May 20th
Awesome!
( )this is great man!
David W. May 20th
So that’s where you from, Poland. Cool. I’m watching it now, thanks for sharing!
4th
( )Satya Meka May 20th
DNA is probably the most coolest Biological Form. I never get tired of making a Helix. Nice one.
( )Rafael Guerra May 20th
Very nice!
( )I am still waiting for the Guitar Hero Effect in AE, but ok…lol, jk
that was a great tutorial, thanks.
mehmet akif soyertaş May 20th
Very nice!
( )Ei_b3low May 20th
wow,maltaanon come back..
( )nice tuts..
Billy May 20th
The great Maltaannon shows up here at aetuts…and delivers an amazing tutorial as usual!
Maltaannon…please do more! This place has been struggling so badly lately, it needs a heavy hitter like you to prop it up! Thanks!
( )Richard May 20th
its okay, ive seen better though… but i like it
( )Adam Everett May 20th
Maltaannon! Awesome!!! You’re the man!
( )Kevin May 20th
Nice one! Thanks for this!
( )Rev65 May 20th
Whoo-hoo! Glad to have you contributing here!
Nice thing is that I can use this tut right now for a project I just started.
Wish your screen capture was clearer though.
Blessings!
( )Rafi May 21st
for me the screen capture is crystal clear and extreme crisp!
( )Rev65 May 21st
That would be the downloaded version, ’cause the streamed version isn’t.
voxel May 20th
http://www.graymachine.com/2009/03/trapcode-form-dna-preset/
( )illd May 20th
Thats really cool, too!
( )Loay May 20th
Wooow
( )Great one
ninjtso May 20th
nice work my friend i really like it
( )Skellie May 20th
Hey Maltaannon, I’m so happy to see your first tutorial on the site
You are welcome back any time!
( )Ahmed Dashti May 20th
That was Awesome!
( ),Thanks!
andres May 20th
OMG, awesome, but is too hard for me…im very very rookie in this software….
( )kyd May 21st
wow! greaaaat~ awesome?what’s that?
( )vasu May 21st
Great tutorial dude keep em coming
( )nb May 21st
Fantastic tut and really *AFFORDABLE SIZE* to download the tut!!!!!
( )thank you!
Steph May 21st
Hey Jerzy,
Dziekuję
That was a great tutorial !
( )Rob Neal May 21st
Well that’s 30 minutes of my life I won’t get back.
( )We don’t need to know how *not* to do it, or all the other stuff. This is a simple technique that could have been explained in less than ten minutes.
Please, get to the point. I was rapidly losing the will to live by then end.
Mitchell H. May 27th
I feel really bad that you were forced into watch this free tutorial. I can’t believe someone did that to you! Did they also force you into writing a snobby comment?
( )Diego SA May 21st
“DNA coming!”
( )Albi May 21st
Thanks, great tutorial.
( )Ricardo May 21st
Very captivating! Thank you
( )Chip May 21st
Great tutorial. Form tuts are some of the best. Thanks.
( )Hicham Bazzi May 21st
The DNA lines are called strands, hope that answers your question.
( )symbiosis May 22nd
cheers mate that was excellent…
( )diego May 22nd
Muito bom amigo. obrigado!
( )Sean May 22nd
The streamed version is always fuzzy now that you guys made the change. The connection has nothing to do with it. The downloaded version is clear and crisp. Just don’t want to have to wait for the thing to download some days.
( )CgBaran Tuts May 23rd
Excellent work thanks for this tutorial
( )ömer tatlısöz May 23rd
very good….:)
ömer tatlısöz…… from turkiye
( )orphicpixel May 23rd
awesome tutorials
( )nageswrao May 26th
Great tutorial… thank u
( )nageswrao May 26th
Great tutorial.thank u
( )Joris May 26th
Since there seem to be quite a few Quartz heads frequenting this site, I’d thought you’d might like to see how to make a double helix in Quartz Composer for free: http://www.vimeo.com/4847806. If you’re on a Mac and into nice visuals, Quartz Composer is definitely worth checking out!
( )Satya Meka June 4th
Nice one!
( )Pawan May 27th
thats very nice tutorial….
( )thnx for it…
MartinS May 31st
Nice!
( )Asim June 1st
Thanks Man
i like This tut.
Good luck .
( )Dr.Schmidt June 6th
Brilliant! Saved my butt today
( )guilherme lima June 8th
very cool maltaannon
( )REHMAT HADI.PAKISTAN ...PESHAWAR June 11th
you lucky man thanks a lot
( )Lloyd May 21st
The streamed version might be degrading if the connection is poor. This is why we provide a download version as well so you can download it and watch it at full quality and resolution on your desktop.
( )