Form a Unique Transition

on Feb 17th 2012 with 63 comments
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

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

Republished Tutorial

Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in September of 2009.

Tutorial

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File size: 121 MB

Stefan Surmabojov is Stefoto on Videohive
 
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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.  

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  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninjtso/ BAD GHOST

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

  • jiaoshao

    Bench

  • http://www.kreativedomain.com Chris Martin

    This is sweet!!!

  • jink

    wow that is really great!

  • Absattack

    thanks ! i love it

  • kondegunu

    LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG

    • Adam Sklar

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

    • http://noisejunkies.net Rafael Guerra

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

    • http://www.unleashedcinema.com jp

      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!

  • KK

    realy cool!

  • http://splaszfx.pl Spalsz

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

  • Rev65

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

    • Rev65

      Seems to be working properly now…

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

  • kevin

    Simply awesome. ;)

  • Billy

    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!

    • Roy42

      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

      • Kyle

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

      • Binggeba

        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.

      • Billy

        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!

    • matthew

      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

  • Lyndon

    sweet dude, sweet

    • Lyndon Alvarez

      I approve that message ^ :)

  • f1a5h84ck

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

    • -Spencer

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

  • koko

    love form! thanx so much stefan

  • Gus

    Brilliant job….well done Stefan

  • B

    ooOo0OOooo00O0oo

  • http://rafaelbraga.com Rafael Braga

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

    thanks …

  • cookie

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

  • adam

    nice dude . slize here :)

  • Ivanex

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

  • Arash

    GREAT TRANSLATION!!! WOW

  • http://www.behance.net/Modisana Modisana

    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 :-)

  • http://www.w2point.com Web 2.0

    Awesome tutorial, great work :)

  • http://www.tripodbg.com Stefoto

    Thanks for all the great comments! :)

    • Binggeba

      You’re welcome. :)

  • tarun chakrabarty

    GREAT TRANSLATION!!! WOW

  • marco

    great!

  • maat2

    Thankssss for this tutourial

  • Yannick

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

    if im right

    great work!

    • http://aevion.co.nr Aevion

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

  • Marcello

    well done dude

    from
    South Africa

  • Bob

    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 !

  • http://smtutoriais.tk Fernando

    This is pretty awesome transition effect!

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

  • tvandang

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

  • Freddie

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

  • http://URL(Optional) Plamen

    Very Good tutorial Stefo :)

  • http://www.filmview.com.au filmview

    Its gud a tutorial..!!!

  • http://www.hugomasterfader.com hugo castro

    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

  • http://trojn.net Jimmy

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

  • Nick

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

  • http://www.philippineglobaloutsourcing.com Philippine Outsourcing

    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. :)

  • Daniel

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

  • Ben

    Fantastic tutorial thank you very much

  • nunets

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

  • Saad Ali

    its gr8 thanks for sharing……

  • http://www.wix.com/kuditskill/bluephoenix3d kuditskill

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

  • manisuresh

    super

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/leonbenlolo Leon Benlolo

    I used several tutorials on this site to make this video of my holiday in Manicore, a small town in Amazon, Brazil

    http://youtu.be/Jcxb_7_su_Y

  • Fer

    Bloody ads are a disgrace!

  • http://scenecult.net Olivia

    This tutorial is freaking amazing. I just had to go out and get the program because this is so great, all these tutorials are amazing :)

  • Fdfxd

    Thanks i learned alot about form