Give Your Type Some Ball Action

on May 4th 2009 with 96 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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  • http://www.voltcommunity.tk vik

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

  • Mancunian

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

  • http://thegatheringconnection.com brian

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

  • Johnny

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

  • http://domdel.tk domdel

    Cool effect!

  • Pam

    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.

  • Nicholas

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

    • http://www.twitter.com/tiffanygf88 Tiffany

      It comes with every purchased copy of AE. It does not come with trial versions.

  • http://www.twitter.com/tiffanygf88 Tiffany

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

  • Sebastian

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

  • Micheal

    explanation = really confusing

  • Oscar Pires

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

  • http://www.youtube.com/saramegawat Sara

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

  • Lauren

    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.

    • http://www.vimeo.com/everettoptions Adam Everett Miller
      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.

      • Lauren

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

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

    Great tutorial – I made this video following the tutorial.

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

  • http://www.eugene2k8.com Handel Eugene

    Whats the name of the song in the preview?

    • Michel

      same question….what is this music?

      • http://www.vimeo.com/everettoptions Adam Everett Miller
        Author

        I think it was family force 5… I have it elsewhere in the comments, I believe.

  • http://www.donthaveone Andy Lunn

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

  • WHAT

    WHAT THAT MUSIC NAME?

  • alain

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  • http://- Kiera Chevell

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

    Thanks

  • wolf3d

    I like The way You made this tutorial :D

  • Arthur

    Hi.

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

    its a very nice effect ;)

    Thanks in advance

    • http://www.vimeo.com/everettoptions Adam Everett Miller
      Author

      it’s for both platforms.

      • Arthur

        Now i got another question :$ I downloaded CC Ball Action from this site. And when im trying to put it in my AE CS5.5 it said it miss an effect. So I cant use it :S Why did i do wrong? I putted the whole map into my plugin map of AE CS5.5

        Thanks in Advance.

      • http://www.vimeo.com/everettoptions Adam Everett Miller
        Author

        Thats a good question… did you download the presets or the actual plug-in, they’d go in different spots on your computer.

  • Arthur

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

    Thanks in advance

  • Max

    Music:

    Family Force 5 – share it with me

  • Arthur

    Hello,

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

    Regards,

    Arthur

  • Abdul

    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.

  • Guest

    to much bla bla

  • http://www.online-nrw.de/ wiyono

    CS6 doesn’t have animation preset?

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