Create a Mysterious Smokey Logo Reveal
Tutorial Details
- Program: After Effects and Trapcode Particular
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Length: 28:12 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 a my first tutorial for Aetuts+. This tutorial was originally published in March 2009… Enjoy!
In this fun tutorial, Adam walks us through the write-on effect as well as a new way to implement Trapcode Particular to create the popular simulation of an appearing wisp of smoke. He shows us some options to this effect as well how to customize any logo apply these principles in any way you wish.
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Excellent and what software you used for this title effect
Thanks for this great the tutorial.
Unfortunately the effect used to make the smoke “following” the font is very hard to make out. Please tell me which effect you used i cant find it.
greetings.
Great tutorial thanks
hey nice job…keep it up…that was really very useful…
…who know this song name?
Song used is DirtyLaundry by BitterSweet
The tutorial is really inspiring, thanks alot
thanks a lot!^^
you are so great
i have fun and i learn a lot
THANKS
2.35, what’s the name of the effect?
i’m french sorry
thank. very beauty
Tnx!
You are a lively teacher. Keep it up!
whats the name of the effect’
Hey, took it a step forward and played with the gravity…can make it look like dust/sand falling
amazing but could i have the name of the font please
this tutorial kind of sucks….
you dont explain how to do things enough
after i get to the point where i need to cover the letters with the write on
you dont explain anything like how to make the path of the tool..
everytime i try make the path all it does is move the text around
Yeah,and they never actually say that THE FRIGGIN ADDON COSTS!
the name of the fonts???
Need help.
Adam or someone who archive preview effect, please share the final options in particles.
I’m trying to get this effect whole day, but somethig always wrong.
Thanks. sorry for english (^_^)
HI,.. Really great work.. thanks for sharing..
keep posting..
more more more thanks. Excellent tutorial.
as a newb… this was great! I did get lost with all the changes to the settings but over all geat video!
Nice Tutorial,
I have a question though. When im using the effect write on more than one time in the same word layer, lets say for starting at 2 different spots at the time, after doing all the tracing and at the moment of turning them to ¨reveal original image¨, they dissapear, it seems like if the effect can not be used more than one at the same time in each layer…
Appreciate any info.
to do multiple “write-ons” I typically just precompose precompose precompose…. it becomes your best friend…
I didn’t get this. =/
What exactly should i do for multiple “write-ons”?
But how to precompose the text two times?
More precise, what to precompose?
I don’t think you can apply it more then once to the same layer. so I’d split the word into two parts and apply write on to both parts that way…
Not sure if precomposing your layer with write on applied would be the best solution. I guess I’d have to see your project… you could email it to me if you’d like. ae@tutsplus.com
so the best way out is to split the words? the final product that you made, you split the words????
when you mean precompose, precompose, precompose…..you mean split the words first, the precompose it????
Man…look at you “a” in your final product??? how you do that precompose?
I mean there are 2 “write on” forming the letter “a”!
I understand when you say split the words into parts! But concerning the letter “a”, it shows that you split a letter? how you do that man?
Emm if you are keeping those particular techniques for yourself, just let me know i wont bother you about my questions!!
Anyway all your tuts are very helpful!
i analyse your final product, correct me if am wrong! did you apply the write on 7times?
HI nice tut but is there some settings u used to create the outline text like that?…kinda new to after effect’s im going to try and used illustrator to make that and see how it goes
Lol disregard my last post guessed i should have watched the video in it’s entirety before trying to create it my self….people adam show’s u how make the test into a outline/stroke 6 mins..hail from jamaica
awesome tutorial!:D thanks!
there’s an “x” mark that apppeared.. how do i take it off? thanks!
Do you have a registered version of Particular?
Hi, Adams, very thanks for the tut,
I learn something,
butm what I saw at the preview
IS NOT
what you show at the end of your Tutorial, why dont show us the true values
to get that professional end?
You dont show how to add the sound, and the final camera movement…
Anyway, thanks.
I wish take care to get another tutorial, but
in a complete way!
Thanks for the tutorial, I have a problem
when I reach the point of joining the XY position of the particle simulation for the purpose of writing … the dock or tie or whatever does not come out.
Not if it’s because the version I have installed is the portable or because I disabled an option … I NEED YOUR HELP.
I’m a little confused by what your problem is… email me at aetuts@tutsplus.com with a few more specifics and I’ll see if I can help.
thanks managed to find my problem and he had no option to add the expression that is in the animation menu
thanks
hate to be a stick in the mud but you really jumped around in this tutorial which made it hard to follow especially for noobs such as myself. I was hoping to see exactly how you created to promo effect….but by the end of the tutorial I was lost from all the jumping around and the smoke effect wasnt the same as in your promo.
additionally you showed how to do the intro effect at the end of the tutorial. I appreciate the work but you need to think about who your audience is going to be.
great tutorial….as always
super effect thx for showing =)
Hi, this was a great tutorial. really learned a lot from it. But I cant seem to get the final effect wispy smoke effect like in the preview. I tried all kind of settings in particular but my smoke always appear not wispy enough. Could anyone share the settings or a project file? Thank you.
Pls help me……!!!
I dont understand how you do old click in 14.39 ????
(its like double click or what)
Hey, I have a question:
Whats the font name of this text???
i ask, bcz icant find it in my pc
i hope u give an answer quick!
This new preview sucks. What format is it in?
Adam,
Overall a good tutorial. It shows a neat technique that I can see being very useful.
However the delivery is kind of all over the place. In the beginning you seem to have everything together but towards the end you are all over making corrections and fiddling with the control to get the right effect. I got confused with all of the changes and fixes and the speed at which you were making changes.
Please prepare your tutorial before your start recording – it makes it easier for us newbies to understand the technique used to create an effect.
thanks.
good call… this was my first tutorial back in 2009 and yeah… lots of nervous energy, no doubt.
Some please tell me whats the name of the font used at the beginning of the video, i cant find it
http://www.dafont.com/bubbleboy.font
did you post this tutorial somewhere because i have seen it before? i thought you posted on AETUTS but i might be wrong. hmmm.
tvandang
Aaaaah.
Very nice ffect and very useful.
But can you tell me why my text is everytime so pixelate? I guess that’s the word i’m searching for.
An answer would be awesome .
Felix
If you’re talking about the text in the tutorial, it might just be the quality of the tut. If it’s in your project, I’m not sure… I’d have to know what you’re meaning a bit more.
nice post
thanks
hi everyone,
I just have a stupid question..I’m a beginner with AE. When I create a new composition, the timeline is not in seconds (s), but I think in frames (there is 9f for example)..How can I change it?? I’m using AE CS5..
thanks
hey iggy, i’m also a begginer lik u… jus do nd check wat i’m saying here… if i said is wrong pls dont mind me brother…
Go to composition> composition settings>in that duration H:MM:SS:NANOsecs.. try it…..
can i do it with an image ? or the effect only works with text
Yeah, you could do it with an image too… you’d just have to find one that would look right….
nice
the part that links the movement in the tutorial, I get the box to attach to the movement of the writing how do I link the two movements in cs5.5?
You’ll have to be more specific… or show me an example of what’s going on.
If anyone wants to know, you can keyframe your write-on brush positions far apart and have a continuous line if you set your brush spacing to 0, similar to brushes in photoshop.
Can you write me the number of “particles/sec”, “Velocity”, “Life [sec]“, “size”, etc. that you use in your video?? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F66hzMbkyDw&feature=player_embedded)