Create An Astonishing Butterfly Animation – AE Premium
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In this pleasant tutorial, we’re going to look at a little trick that is guaranteed to give your basic text transition animations a rebirth into something excitingly dynamic… So give this “Premium Membership” thing a try as you wrap yourself up in a blanket cocoon and transform into a better version of yourself!
Overview
- Core Training Value: A quick technique simulating a camera following an emitter, a look at organic butterfly movement, and a super simple explanation of position arrays.
- Difficulty: Intermediate
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very very cool )
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yeah ur right, the first idiot to comment on this tut is you…height of stupidity…….
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XD,,u went through all the pain of making a new account just to write that…Grow up kid…and by the way, you werent the first XD..punk!
How is this song called?
That’s a really cute guy on the vid :-D
You want 9$ for a simple particle emitter with a custom particle of a (really basic) butterfly animation?
Sorry but I personally think you need something way more advanced than this. Just my opinion, no offense
I agree. This Tuts+ content is basic and has no depth.
whoa whoa whoa… hold on… are you guys even Plus members? And have you even watched the tutorial if you are?
Don’t knock it till you try it. THAT’s my opinion. I haven’t watched it, cuz I have to go to work, but I’ll hit it up later… nice job on the commentary and stuff Adam!
Hi Topher,
Thank you for your opinion.
I don’t need to watch all of it to know that it’s basic. Considering many Websites offer advanced tutorials for free, I would expect the “private” tutorials to have that little extra depth and attention to detail.
A point light with a few particle systems linked to them that emit animated butterflies isn’t my definition of advanced. And as for being visually polished… well… anyways.
I hope I made my opinion a little more clear. No offense to anyone. I realize that there is time invested in this, but I’m just saying that there are many more advanced and polished tutorials for free and I think everyone knows it.
Have a good day.
No, they are asking for $9 for access to the entire TUTS+ network. I get more than that value monthly from the PSTUTS+ alone. And like Topher said, “Don’t poo-poo it until you’ve actually tried it.”
No offense but Harry J. Frank from graymachine.com have something more useful than this one >>> http://www.graymachine.com/2009/04/after-effects-expressions/ <<< Enjoy and say thanks to Frank!
That’s the exact tut I thought of the moment I saw this one.
Wow, thank you for that link! What an excellent tutorial! I actually was so impressed at how well that was taught I bought the whole set!
looking great !
No one is saying that this is a bad tutorial, the final effect looks great, we are just saying this tutorial is not the “plus” kind.
it wont let me download the full tut video
i think the plus tutorials is only for top tuts.
this tut is simples, but’s good.
the song helps a lot!
How much have you paid for this tut? I’m really interested, guys.
Hmm… these comments are a little disheartening. I guess I’m just confused how some of you are viewing this site. With this tutorial specifically, the goal certainly wasn’t to be groundbreaking with a revolutionary animation… but rather to show some helpful tips on how to save you time.
As for it’s “Plus-ness”, you can see that I labeled it as Intermediate. I spent a lot of hours trying to present this content clearly and quickly as to not waste people’s time… believe me when I say that our goal is not to steal your money… I dunno, I guess I’m just a little disappointing. For those who actually watch the tutorial, I hope you find something helpful.
agree with this. He’s showing you how to implement a technique, not spoonfeeding you your own personal project.
Anyone who complains about $9 for 30 days needs to get their head checked…or better yet, stop using Daddys credit card.
No “professional” would complain about that price…ever.
hahaha +1
+2 for sure! thank you…
Hello Adam,
I believe that no matter what you put up as a tutorial, or how difficult it may be perceived, there will always be those who complaint about “something” (Whether it be the content, video player, $9 per month, etc.). These individuals may spend $9 in energy drinks in a single week and find value in doing so. Go figure…
As others have stated before, those who truly understand the value of your efforts thank you. Do keep them coming…
i tried the tuts plus membership 1 time. some good stuff. Not sure this single one would be a reason to re-up membership for another month. It is a pretty cool butterfly effect. Only grip i had with the tutorials was a few of the tuts didn’t have project files and at least one required purchasing a plug-in from the guys site.
But on the other hand while writing this i am thinking of a buddies indie vampire film (yes another one of the thousands) and it would be cool to make the butterflies into bats. If he wants it then yes i will re-up for this single tut.
It’s only $9 a month, that’s nothing. Even if you’re strapped for cash $9 isn’t much. Stop whinging. And yes – I have a plus account.
i think the color of the butterflys don´t match to the scene
erverythink is dark and the logo is purple and u came up with brown
butterflys xD but the animation is good…
thanx anyway
I agree…XD
Where is the tutorial? I’m logged on as a + member, gone to the link on the members’ page and can download the project files – but can’t find the tutorial. “Read tutorial” just tells me to go back to the member page….
I used to be able to open + tutorials straight from the emails.
A paid service should be easier to use.
Thanks
I can put this to other uses, learn from it and replace the butterflies with something else, nice tut,
thanks
That tuto will be soon over the net …free…
New and only advanced tips seekers! kindly hunt somewhere else. This site is seen by lots of other people also who are in their initial stage of learning and these kind of tips can be really helpful for them.Not everybody can be pleased.
Adam,great work!
I don’t even bother posting comments to 99% of the tutorials around here anymore. They are all basic. Nothing new is ever presented. I like Adam. I have liked his stuff in the past, but I had to chuckle when I saw that a butterfly tutorial was a “plus” tutorial. There are so many of those out there. I can’t believe anyone would sign up to tutsplus thinking they are going to get anything valuable for AE. Good stuff for PS and some other stuff, but the AE stuff is weak…weak…weak. This site has gone downhill so fast over the past year. Pretty scary…and sad.
I don’t see the video file to view this tutorial. when I log in all i get are the project files and when I click read tutorial. It brings me to tut preview and tutorial sneak peak?
So how do I view this tutorial. I am a member and I did log in.
you must have been on the project file side of PLUS, there is a section for project files, and a section for tutorials.
good job!!!!!!!!!
I can not get the Source Files!
When clicking on the ‘download the ZIP file for this tutorial’ I just receive the video!!!
Where is the project file???
There is a separate tab for project files at tutsplus.com