Markus is back to show us how to use a particle generator to create 3D clouds and use them as a transitional device to reveal a logo.
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( ADD YOURS )Mike Formby February 27th
nice tut man A+
First To Post
( )morsji February 27th
FIRST
NICE TUT
( )parrudinho February 27th
Muito legal o tutorial vlw mesmo por compartilhar
( )Joe February 27th
The particle effects don’t seem too advanced so I would imagine this can easily be done in CC Particle World?
( )Sawang February 27th
very nice. I love it. thank you so much
( )manS February 27th
superb…
( )asf February 27th
Dude, you’re AWESOME!!!!
( )thady February 27th
fresh
( )Pantso February 27th
Pretty cool.
( )Thanks
mike February 27th
Nice Tutorial
( )Harmen February 27th
It’s not that dreamy xD, but it’s ok.
( )It would be better when you have the feeling you’re flying slowly through the clouds and the camera is rotating.
Adam February 27th
I’d been looking for some way to do this without the use of a 3d program. The render times that particle systems were giving me were stupidly large, so this is going to be a useful tutorial for sure. Good job!
( )Billy February 27th
@Harmen….then why don’t you do that with yours?
( )Carlos February 28th
Awesome! Thanks so much man.
( )Billy February 28th
@billy….then why don’t you do that with yours?
( )mehmet akif soyertaş February 28th
Çok mükemmel pörfeckt yani. Ellerin dert görmesin. Buda işin şakası tabi ki, after effect dersleri içinde en çok ziyaret ettiğim site, bu yüzdfen yapılan çalışmalarınızı beğenerek izliyorum. DDaha nice çalışmalara.
( )Fanz February 28th
Awesomex2…thanks
( )mehmet akif February 28th
çalışmanız gerçekten görülmeye değer. Bende after effect programını yeni kullanmaya başladım. İnşallah yararını görürüz.
( )Markus Gustafsson February 28th
Dudes, I dont understand turkish =)
( )Shane March 13th
Quick google translate:
“Your work is really worth seeing. I began to use the new program after effect. Hopefully we can see the benefits.”
( )Markus Gustafsson March 13th
Cool, thanks man!
Muhammad Talha Khan February 28th
NICE MAN GOOD TUT
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( )Andritz March 1st
Thanks man, great tut!
( )Yann March 2nd
Great mate ! very useful !
( )Rombl4 March 2nd
Great tutorial, thnx!
( )justin March 2nd
te quedo solido man
( )Philip March 3rd
Nice one!
( )edk March 6th
wow, thanks mate!
I had fun doing this you’ve inspired me!
Here is my result
( )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_D542CEsvU&fmt=22
T.Baurain March 9th
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=85855407024
I’m pretty happy with the result! Nice tutorial for the most part…there were a few unnecessary steps(in my mind, at least) that I cut out. Cool effect!
( )pablo embry March 10th
congratulations, for the site, is the first blog-site dedicated to after effect what visit, exept for videocopilot, is a great idea for people what use this program. thanks very much for the tuts
( )john March 13th
I’m not getting a folder with cloud layers when import my psd file in after effects
( )wendel March 13th
me too
( )Markus Gustafsson March 13th
All the layers are separated in the psd file and imported as a composition?
( )wendel March 16th
Thank you for replying =)
Ive put every cloud in a seperate layer an then saved the photoshop file.
Then i imported the psd file as a composition and draged it down. But when i click on the psd file it seems to be only 1 file without layers.
does it matter wich version AE im using?
Joost March 14th
Wow. Wow. Wow.
( )Kay March 18th
Awsome tutorial man
( )Carl March 19th
Thanks for the tutorial! I’ve never used AE before, but after this I feel like being able to do a lot just with what I learned from this.
Takk.
( )Carl March 19th
And if I may doublepost here, I wish to get a tiny input on my iteration of this tutorial.
http://rioteer.net/Comp_1.mp4
I find that I am a lot more intrigued by effects-rendering after becoming a + member. Totally worth the money.
( )Lloyd Alvarez March 19th
I think you did a great job, my only comment would be that you could ease out the highlight flare that leaves from the title off the top of the screen, right now it totally gives away that you are doing a digital effect if that makes any sense.
( )pranav trivedi March 20th
hey, nice tutorial,
but i am stuck….can anyone help?
i am done till the photoshop part but after i bring the psd file in AE and then selecting the custom particle thing in particular my particles are not visible…i have to toggle the transparancy to see the clouds cuz they are all black….but in photoshop they are grey in color…
help!!
( )RAVI April 13th
ME TOO!
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM,
WHEN I IMPORT THE .PSD FILE IT DOESN’T SHOW ANY LAYERS,
CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE??
THANKS
( )CgBaran Tuts April 22nd
Nice animation
( )Guilherme April 27th
Muito bom (amazing)
( )help! May 12th
I don’t have the trapcode particular preset can anyone help me get it? and how to install in properly?
( )Marco May 16th
Hello,
this might be a totally stupid and silly question but I’m a novice with AE, so what are you/is he exactly doing with the Background-layer? Do you hide it, delete it, or are you doing something completely different?
( )Filmon H. Abraha May 18th
Love all your Tuts Keep it up. God Bless
( )Markive June 20th
@Markus Gustafsson,
Great tutorial, very informative..
Please mention what keyboard shortcuts you use as you go along as I am a complete newbie it makes it hard to follow along..
( )DarkLamp September 22nd
Very good! Here in Brazil this knowledge type is difficult to obtain!
I saw some your others tutorials! Very Good!
Thanks all authors of tutorials of this site!
I’m From: “Brasil” Country, “Minas Gerais” state.
( )Jason September 22nd
Thanks! Just curious… if I wanted a glass globe (like the one from BBC Weather) how do I add to this?
( )Chris September 27th
Great tutorial as always. I had a go and expanded the idea abit to make my video a little longer, see it here: (Clouds)
http://www.alpinewebdesign.co.uk/index.php?page=visuals
( )nathan October 5th
Hey I love how the tutorial is going so far for me. I have just hit a bump in the road. When I try to change my particle type to “custom” I do not have the choice. I don’t have my trapcode particular registered, could that be the problem? I need help please!
( )Lydia Faban November 14th
hey did you manage to work this out?
( )i have the same problem.. there isnt a custom setting on the particle type setting.
Michael Wentworth-Bell December 7th
One of the most useful tutorials I have seen.
This is the best way to create clouds in AE in my opinion.
I used this technique heavily for a 3D animation, and it got us second place for the upcoming Autodesk 2009 Animation competition.
To see how I used the clouds, check out my website: http://www.michaelwentworth-bell.com and navigate to the 3D section, the animation is called ‘Rex Belfast: Head In The Clouds”
Thanks a bunch for this tutorial Markus
( )zhang yu January 12th
great!! nice!!
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