Create a Leaf Growing Network TV ID
Network TV ID’s are usually a 5 or 10 second piece that pleasantly announces the channel’s logo. In this tutorial you will learn how to create this real-world, network ID-style scene for your logo or type treatment using After Effects, Trapcode Particular, and stock images.
Some techniques covered will be:
- using the layer emitter and custom particles in Particular to create growing leaves
- using “wiggle” and “random” expressions to create wind movement in leaves
- simple 3D AE camera use with Depth of Field (DOF) and wiggle for handheld feel.
- using a “length” expression to tie the DOF Focus point to a NULL for easy animation
- color grading with blend modes and overlay effects
Requirement: Trapcode Particular Plugin (download free trial here)
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hey man thanks for the tuts
I can not see this material, please solve what, thank you share
5/5
Anyway to download the project files for this tutorial….such as the images and what-not
never mind….didnt see the earlier post
Hello… So I have no words to say more than ‘thank you’ for this …
great job
good~thanks O(∩_∩)O
from thailand said i like it.
i cant download ae will someone pleasee create a smilar effect for me pleassse :/
Thank you, I learned some great tips in this tutorial that I am anxious to try out! Good Work
Hello mister Clark,
A great thank for all these explainaition. Very useful method for the depth of field. I am getting better, here is my last animation.
Best regards fron Paris, France.
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nice tutorial! i am a new learner from Hong Kong.
i like videocopolit.net, but the mood and tone of thieir work is too cool for me….
i like your warm tone work!!!
hope you can bring me more tutorial lesson.
really great
Great tutorial! The DOF trick would be very useful only i’m my scene it doesn’t work. When i animate my camera from right to the left the focus differents in the Z-axis. The Z-axis value of the FOCUS layer is constant. Any options to solve this problem?
Nice tutorial! The DOF trick is very useful but doesn’t work fine in my scene. When the camera is moving from right to left the focus is not constant but the z-position of the focus layer is. Any suggestion to solve this problem?
Very nice – just the thing I needed – good job!
Excellent tutorial. Thank you so much.
Awesome, excellent tut! Great use of in-depth instructions, too!