Form a Unique Transition

Sep 28th in Motion Graphics by Stefan Surmabojov

In this tutorial we are going to reveal how to create a cool particle transition between 2 videos using Trapcode Form. We will cover the importance of layer maps while using this plugin as well as how to create a stylish displacement of the particles.

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Author: Stefan Surmabojov

I'm a 21 years old motion graphics designer from Bulgaria. I have 2 years of professional experience behind my back. Most of my time I spend working for a small TV company. In my spare time I work as a freelancer and create video tutorials related to After Effects for our site.

Requirements

  • Trapcode Form You can download a trial version here.
  • Trapcode Shine (Optional) You can download a trial version here.

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    BAD GHOST September 28th

    nice one i really like it ,,it’s really WoooW :P

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    jiaoshao September 28th

    Bench

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    Chris Martin September 28th

    This is sweet!!!

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    jink September 28th

    wow that is really great!

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    Absattack September 28th

    thanks ! i love it

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    kondegunu September 28th

    LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG

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      Adam Sklar September 28th

      Yeah, I’m getting that too..
      Like never before. D:

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      Rafael Guerra September 28th

      yeah…can´t even watch the preview…but its a great tut, just watched the tut. Great author, stefan and tripodbg rock!

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      jp September 29th

      I experienced the same thing too. Awsome transition, just wished i could see it smoother.. kinda dampened the excitement for me. But its all good and killer tutorial!

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    KK September 28th

    realy cool!

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    Spalsz September 28th

    Really good. I like all of those form tutorials. :)

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    Rev65 September 28th

    Can watch TUT, but can’t download the FLV from BLIP. ???

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      Rev65 September 28th

      Seems to be working properly now…

      Nicely done, Stefan! You kill me with what seem to be random frame points. ;)

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    kevin September 28th

    Simply awesome. ;)

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    Billy September 28th

    Anything dealing with Form I like. I haven’t watched the tutorial yet….but I can tell I will like it. The effect is very cool….and very versatile. Great job!

    It has now been several weeks since a crappy tutorial has shown up. I think it is safe to pull aetuts off the critical list! Great work Adam!

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      Roy42 September 28th

      Wow, someone needs to grow up and stop overreacting to a tutorial not being exactly what you like.

      From what I gather, the Tuts+ team understand a very simple concept: You can’t please everyone all the time. But they do what they can to provide tutorials that range in difficulty for users that might not be as advanced as you apparently are.

      You have no right to deem a tutorial to be bad if it isn’t teaching you and only you something new every time. But you especially don’t have any right to say anything about the tutorial’s quality if you haven’t even watched it before you comment.

      If you want to learn AE effects at a pace that keeps things new for you, either teach yourself or hire a personal tutor. But unless I’m missing a tagline of AETuts+ that says something like “Specifically catering to Billy and no one else.” then you can sit down and be quiet until you put out a tutorial that teaches us all how it’s done, oh great Sensei.

      Regards,

      ≈Roy

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        Kyle September 28th

        Umm….did you read his comment? He said that he really liked it. Might want to relax just a tiny bit.

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        Binggeba September 29th

        I agree with Kyle, calm down, will you? It’s not like he can’t have a say about the tut… That’s why we get to comment on these things.

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        Billy September 29th

        You are hilarious! You apparently haven’t been around here long. If you had…you would have heard this from me…

        “Hey…douche bag….let me try to explain how LITTLE I care about what you think about what I have to say.”

        What a tool!

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      matthew November 3rd

      Roy,

      It’s okay man, you are not in the wrong. Billy is extremely annoying and really sucks at life.

      In my opinion Billy shouldn’t be allowed to say anything about any tutorial, I feel he has lost his privileges to do so.

      I really hope Billy is from Los Angeles and we cross paths at some point(especially in the industry). Though I believe he is actually 15 so it might be a long while from now.

      Cheers Billy! can’t wait to see your motion showreel comprised of all the tutorials you’ve mimicked from the net!

      Billy’s #1 fan
      -Matthew

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    Lyndon September 28th

    sweet dude, sweet

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    f1a5h84ck September 28th

    The same effect you can achieve with the Fandev BikiniDots.
    http://fandev.com/gallery/crashdots/crashdots.html

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      -Spencer September 30th

      Huh, pretty good looking. And for only about $90

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    koko September 28th

    love form! thanx so much stefan

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    Gus September 28th

    Brilliant job….well done Stefan

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    B September 28th

    ooOo0OOooo00O0oo

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    Rafael Braga September 28th

    just great … this is something that we can easily use in a real project!!

    thanks …

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    cookie September 28th

    It’s cool but a little too heavy for a transition.

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    adam September 28th

    nice dude . slize here :)

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    Ivanex September 28th

    Gracias…..
    excelente transisción muy buen look
    super
    un agradecimiento y saludo desde LA PAZ – BOLIVIA
    Thanks………………………….

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    Arash September 28th

    GREAT TRANSLATION!!! WOW

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    Modisana September 29th

    great outcome.. i don know if its just me but right before the video transitions into the logo there seems to be… you know what never mind (before i get shat on)

    Great outcome… Im sure Im going to learn an awful lot from this tutorial

    Thanks :-)

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    Web 2.0 September 29th

    Awesome tutorial, great work :)

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    Stefoto September 29th

    Thanks for all the great comments! :)

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      Binggeba September 29th

      You’re welcome. :)

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    tarun chakrabarty September 29th

    GREAT TRANSLATION!!! WOW

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    marco September 29th

    great!

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    maat2 September 29th

    Thankssss for this tutourial

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    Yannick September 29th

    WOW AWESOME THATS THE MAIN EFFECT OF LINKIN PARKS NEW VIDEO “NEW DIVIDE” :D

    if im right

    great work!

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      Aevion September 30th

      Yeah, it does look a lot like that doesn’t it…

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    Marcello September 29th

    well done dude

    from
    South Africa

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    Bob September 29th

    I just thought about it, imagine green screening people and then setting various audio react to it…that would look pretty awesome…beat driven particle people :) great stuff !

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    Fernando September 29th

    This is pretty awesome transition effect!

    Great tutorial, great work, and good luck with your career

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    tvandang September 29th

    i have picked up several tricks and effects that you used in this tutorials. thanks for your work. good luck from the USA!

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    Freddie September 29th

    Nice tutorial…will be very helpful in many a projects and just fun activities… :)

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    Plamen September 29th

    Very Good tutorial Stefo :)

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    filmview October 1st

    Its gud a tutorial..!!!

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    hugo castro October 1st

    Looking or not like an effect that was done, still congrats for the great work!!!

    This is the kind of transition that will make your clients impressed.

    I found funny about your random keyframes, but the only thing that matters is that works.

    Very good tutorial bro

    Portugal is with you

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    Jimmy October 3rd

    That effect reminds me of the effect used in the Linkin Park – New Divide music video.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysSxxIqKNN0

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    Nick October 6th

    Thank you very much, Stefan. The tutorial is indeed very good.

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  39. Nice work! Thanks for the info… transitions are very important in any video editing job. Would like to try this and make some of my own. :)

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    Daniel October 9th

    Can somebody please fix the download link in the premium area? It’s not working for more than a week now..

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    Ben October 24th

    Fantastic tutorial thank you very much

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    nunets November 3rd

    fnatastic but i am a baby in AF how can i get the plug in

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    Saad Ali November 19th

    its gr8 thanks for sharing……

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    kuditskill January 10th

    really awsome work, without plugins….wow!!! two thumbs up bro!

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