Give Your Type Some Ball Action

Adam Everett Miller on May 4th 2009 with 94 comments
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  • Program: After Effects
  • Difficulty: Beginner

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We get a lot of requests for tutorials that don’t require 3rd party plugins, and since we like to make our readers happy whenever possible, Adam is back breaking down the rarely used “CC Ball Action” built-in plugin to make some very cool type transitions.

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  1. vik says:
    May 23, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    LOL so funny tutorial hahahha baLLS HAHAHHA BALLS nice video btw very educative

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  2. Mancunian says:
    May 28, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    Great job, thanks a lot. A bit long and philosophical for such an easy procedure but useful nonetheless.

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  3. brian says:
    May 28, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    cool tut…so dope u used family force five..they put on an amazing show

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  4. Johnny says:
    May 29, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    mate you are hilarious haha
    awesome tutorial aswell
    cheers hahaaa cant stop cracking up

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  5. domdel says:
    June 3, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    Cool effect!

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  6. Pam says:
    June 6, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    Like this very much, however, your video stopped about halfway through, just after you were showing the camera. I am just starting AE and like that fact that you show us something, and let us recreat it in our own way.
    Don’t know if it was me or your video, I down loaded the tut, and watched it online and it stopped in the same spot both ways.

    Thanks for providing much needed information.

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  7. Nicholas says:
    June 16, 2009 at 11:46 am

    How do i get that cc ball action please someone tell me….

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  8. Tiffany says:
    June 23, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    I love these tuts in discovering what the basic kit in after effects can do. Great work! Keep ‘em coming!

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  9. Sebastian says:
    July 1, 2009 at 11:21 am

    I’ve used this one on a video for my graduation ball. Nice Effect…..

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  10. Micheal says:
    July 26, 2009 at 5:16 am

    explanation = really confusing

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  11. Oscar Pires says:
    August 5, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    from portugal…..very nice and creative tutorial…thanks

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  12. Sara says:
    September 8, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Amazing! and really funny too:)
    ahahah
    thanks Adam
    sara

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  13. Lauren says:
    October 7, 2009 at 4:42 am

    great tut, i just have a quick question. how do i get the controller layer that he’s talking about? is that just a new solid? i’m not really understanding that part as i’m new to AE and he just quickly mentions that he’s controlling the rotation of the other layers with that layer. can anyone help me with that? big thanks to anyone that has a moment.

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    • Adam Everett Miller says:
      October 7, 2009 at 9:18 am
      Author

      Yeah, you create a null object, make it 3d. Then create your camera, if you don’t already have a camera. Before moving the camera at all, just parent it to that null object. Use that Null to control the movement of your camera. The null should be in the middle of your scene, so when it rotates, the camera (attached to it) should perfectly rotate with it.

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      • Lauren says:
        October 7, 2009 at 8:18 pm

        Thank you for replying Adam. I really appreciate it. So just to be clear, did you rename the layer to Controller?

  14. Dave says:
    February 5, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    Great tutorial – I made this video following the tutorial.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAmbVbWhxFo

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  15. Handel Eugene says:
    April 14, 2010 at 3:24 am

    Whats the name of the song in the preview?

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  16. Andy Lunn says:
    April 26, 2010 at 6:45 am

    CC Ball says it is missing in my effects tab? something i deleted? af8 os x

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  17. WHAT says:
    August 16, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    WHAT THAT MUSIC NAME?

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  18. alain says:
    October 18, 2010 at 10:06 am

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  19. Kiera Chevell says:
    January 18, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    Loved your tutorial and the fact it wasn’t step by step.
    Loved your attitude, helped me pay attention.

    Thanks

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  20. wolf3d says:
    March 7, 2011 at 9:14 am

    I like The way You made this tutorial :D

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  21. Arthur says:
    August 4, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    Hi.

    Is this effect only for the mac? or for windows too?

    its a very nice effect ;)

    Thanks in advance

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  22. Arthur says:
    August 24, 2011 at 10:59 am

    The preset. I didnt see the plugin?? do i have to download the plugin? from where? ;)

    Thanks in advance

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  23. Max says:
    September 13, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    Music:

    Family Force 5 – share it with me

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  24. Arthur says:
    October 9, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Hello,

    Where can i download the actual Plugin? and for which version of After Effects is it?

    Regards,

    Arthur

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  25. Abdul says:
    December 5, 2011 at 9:16 am

    Thatz amazing but if v can use textures insted of balls i mean like ant texture, Egg texture, like eggs are jumping, tht would b really great.
    anyway enjoyed.

    Reply
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