Create a 3D DNA Strain
Tutorial Details
- Requirements: After Effects and Trapcode Form
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Run Time: 30:22 min
Final Product What You'll Be Creating
Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from back in the archives of Aetuts+. Today we’ll look at an amazing post from Maltaanon. This tutorial was first published in May 2009 and uses Trapcode Form to create something that would normally require a 3D application, but is accomplished entirely within After Effects.
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File size 80.9MB
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By Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon)
Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) is a motion graphics and visual effects artist based in Warsaw, Poland. Well known in the motion graphics industry through his popular website maltaannon.com, Jerzy’s extreme creativity, razor sharp technical skills and relaxed teaching style, make him one of the top After Effects trainers in the world today.
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1st =]
great tut
enjoyed it
needed sumin like this for my last project tho =[
Stop saying “First”
It’s pretty pathetic..
Anyway, Nice tut man.. It’s awesome.
Your just mad cause you didn’t get first.
Technically I just scooped up 3rd. =]
Great! Awesome!
Welcome aboard Maltaanon, good to have you here too.
Awesome dude…very very very nice
Awesome!
this is great man!
So that’s where you from, Poland. Cool. I’m watching it now, thanks for sharing! :)
4th :D
DNA is probably the most coolest Biological Form. I never get tired of making a Helix. Nice one.
Very nice!
I am still waiting for the Guitar Hero Effect in AE, but ok…lol, jk
that was a great tutorial, thanks.
Very nice!
wow,maltaanon come back..
nice tuts..
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!
its okay, ive seen better though… but i like it
Maltaannon! Awesome!!! You’re the man!
Nice one! Thanks for this!
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!
for me the screen capture is crystal clear and extreme crisp!
That would be the downloaded version, ’cause the streamed version isn’t.
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.
http://www.graymachine.com/2009/03/trapcode-form-dna-preset/
Thats really cool, too!
Wooow
Great one
nice work my friend i really like it
Hey Maltaannon, I’m so happy to see your first tutorial on the site :) You are welcome back any time!
That was Awesome!
,Thanks!
OMG, awesome, but is too hard for me…im very very rookie in this software….
wow! greaaaat~ awesome?what’s that?
Great tutorial dude keep em coming
Fantastic tut and really *AFFORDABLE SIZE* to download the tut!!!!!
thank you!
Hey Jerzy,
Dziekuję
That was a great tutorial !
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.
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?
“DNA coming!”
Thanks, great tutorial.
Very captivating! Thank you :)
Great tutorial. Form tuts are some of the best. Thanks.
The DNA lines are called strands, hope that answers your question.
cheers mate that was excellent…
Muito bom amigo. obrigado!
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.
Excellent work thanks for this tutorial
very good….:)
ömer tatlısöz…… from turkiye
awesome tutorials
Great tutorial… thank u
Great tutorial.thank u
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!
Nice one!
thats very nice tutorial….
thnx for it…
Nice!
Thanks Man :D
i like This tut.
Good luck .
Brilliant! Saved my butt today :-)
very cool maltaannon
you lucky man thanks a lot
Dzieki serdecze :) dużo mi to pomogło :)
Thanks mate :)
the lines are called strings:P;)
great tut btw thx!
Wow, really nice tutorial! It’s 1 pm and I’m working on my DNA string.. OMG it caught me :D
Congrats from Argentina
Note: oh! Nice accent and understandable English :P
Maltaannon is one of the BEST in AE turorial territory.
We really missed the days when he was much more active into this field.
Anyhow, keep going Maltaannon .You’re really doing exceptional work.
nice one. cool expressions.