How to Create a Cinematic Opening Title

Dec 16th in Motion Graphics by Lloyd

In this tutorial you learn how to create a cinematic opening title using Trapcode Form similar to those used in movie trailers and openings.

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Author: Lloyd

I run AESCRIPTS.com which provides useful scripts for Adobe After Effects. You can follow me on Twitter @aescripts

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    Morellothegreat December 16th

    Great tutorial, glad to see this site is finally a reality.

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    Ben Carroll December 16th

    Great first tutorial!
    But your presentation skills could be worked on.

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    Steve Jabs December 16th

    YES! Thank you so much Collis for getting this site up! And thank you Lloyd for putting up the first post. I am so pumped for this site and I can’t wait to see what all this produces! After Effects has always been the piece of software that I have wanted to learn over and above Motion and I have a good feeling that this will be the jumping point for that. Thanks again guys!

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    Matt December 16th

    Sweet! Site looks awesome guys! Good start.

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    Don December 16th

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    Sean December 16th

    Excited indeed about this site! Now I can learn the in’s and out’s of AE!

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    kevinsturf December 16th

    wow that tut is amazing, I will be trying with a liitle additon of my own.

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    Sean December 16th

    Great start!

    Sorry for double post!

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    Aleso December 16th

    this is a very cool tutorial for the opening of this site, i hope to see more like this one! thanks a lot!

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    nastro December 16th

    thanks for tutor..it’s make me inspiration.

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    John December 16th

    Looking forward to this site!

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    Ivor December 16th

    Congratulations to all the TUTS Staff, Writers, Editors, Owners and of course the Envato Family! This is actually what we needed.

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    Brian December 16th

    This is incredibly helpful. Thanks for posting! Should be a rocking site.

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    Zhao K December 16th

    I am glad now there is AETUTS. Thank you for the first great tutorial.

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    Koolecko December 16th

    Sorry, but I cannot watch the video tutorial. Congratulations to the new good site.

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    Paul December 16th

    Nice! Gonna try this out!

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    MK December 16th

    Perfect timing! I am taking a course in AE next quarter and this is going to be an awesome resource. You guys have done it once again.

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    guest December 16th

    damn…ae is intense.

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    Indiana HS Hoops December 16th

    Wow, great! Can’t wait to test this out…and wait for the next tut!

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    Dan December 16th

    Really awesome, I’m amazed. If possible though, a little clearer and slower!

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    Ben December 16th

    There are many resources for Photoshop as well as Illustrator tutorials on internet,
    thanks for coming up with the rare AE tutorials for me ;)

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    Aaron December 16th

    Great tutorial!

    Lloyd, what screencast software are you using? It looks amazing. The best I’ve ever seen.

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    Sawang Treetippitak December 16th

    Wow great! I will love this site now!

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    insic December 16th

    first tutorial and its awesome!

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      NOPAY November 8th

      hi bb how are u

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    Mike December 16th

    The tutorial looks good, but it’s somewhat disappointing that the first tutorial written for the site is already relying on plug-ins that aren’t included with After Effects.

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    Jhay December 16th

    Sweet! Looking forward for more tutorials on this new site!

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    Ani December 16th

    Great stuff. I’ve been waiting for this blog for the last 5 years!

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    Bobd December 17th

    If I can make a suggestion… there should be a way to launch the player in another window or something.

    Having dual monitors I like to follow along with the tutorial on my other screen, but if I make the video full screen and then click off of it, it shrinks back down. Sure I can just look at the small one, but it would be nicer if it were larger.

    Great tutorial either way!

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    David December 17th

    This is awesome!! I’m really excited for this site!

    What’s next? FLATUTS??

    :D

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    Spartacus December 17th

    Trapcode!!!

    Why is the first AE Tutorial making use of a plugin?!

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    mr razraz December 17th

    Really looking forward to more AE – tuts

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    Olaf Ghanizadeh December 17th

    So great! I was just browsing for a site like this two days ago. Grrrreat!

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    Awesome! My brother is really into that, so he will be superglad.

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    Saad December 17th

    Congratulations on your new website, wish you all the best !

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    Gago December 17th

    congrats on AE tuts ENVATO. Lets have some fun.

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    BogDinamita December 17th

    woo hooo!!!! <:-p

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    Chris December 17th

    While I enjoyed the tutorial, I think one this long is more suited for a textual based one. Mostly because scrubbing backwards on the timeline is hard since it’s so long. Great effect though!

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    MEGAFATBOY December 17th

    Amazing tut, i loved it! It was first time ever using After effects. Thanks so much for teaching me.

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    DKumar M. December 17th

    Good Start with nice Tutorial !!

    Also looking forward to see new FLATUTS

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    masin December 17th

    its awesome ill start to learn ae now ;d but where can i find this sound in tutorial ?

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    Maceo December 17th

    Cool tut, i’ve been waiting for this site for quite some time now and i’m glad to se it become a reality, This is the site tons of people been waiting for, Thanks guys! bookmarked.

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    I finished mine! Veiw here: http://www.vimeo.com/2551714

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    dogimo December 17th

    thx a lot fot sharing your knowledge, great tutorial !

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    Michael Mallon December 17th

    only last night I started looking for after effects tutorials, This is perfict timing lol.

    Brilliant

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    erwin December 17th

    motiontuts? (applemotion3)
    would be nice, AE sites are all over the net, but motion is still quite rare

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    John December 17th

    Amazing! Can’t wait to start trying some of these out

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    Andrea December 17th

    audioTuts + aeTuts + netTuts + (the coming up) Flash tuts + Our ideas = amazing workflow of creativity for making kick ass art and web sites

    Thoght that no body will ever make something like this, really.. thanks for all the tuts and saved time!

    You guys here are unstopable!

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    miguel alvarez December 17th

    the vid doesnt have a pause button

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    MATT. December 17th

    Well, pretty basic, but cool.

    Are you the guy who made greymachine.com?

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    tristan December 17th

    Cool! I recognise the sound from the apple loops.
    Well done!

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    Daniel December 17th

    Very nice tutorial. (clap)

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    tom December 17th

    nice… i can see a lot of potential for this site. but i am surprised this site and audiotuts came out before a videotuts

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    Alvaro December 17th

    I really needed some lessons on AE, I’ll give it a try today, thanks!

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    Dan December 17th

    Really glad to see this site up and running.
    Great tut also.
    Keep it up!

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    Paris Vega December 17th

    Wow.

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    joost December 17th

    dam man, i like it so much!
    this whole envato netwerk is kickaSS!

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    Mark Bowen December 17th

    For the person that asked about the screen capture program I am pretty sure that this took use of iShowU. This is undoubtedly a fantastic application but if you take a look at ScreenFlow you will find an even better utility there. All depends on what you need though really.

    Well done on the first tutorial. Looks nice. Just wondering how you are going to differentiate this site from others such as http://www.videocopilot.net though?

    Still looks really nice and well done.

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    Randy December 17th

    Dude, that ROCKED!

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    Dante December 17th

    Thanks a lot! Really, I’ve been waiting for this since ever. Again, thanks a lot!.

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    Diego December 17th

    Great man, nice tutorial :)

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    Carlos December 17th

    its best form to start with this site AEtuts, congrats and thx!!!

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    Charfish Charlie December 17th

    Nice nice. Not a bad start at all!

    Looking forward to seeing what else you have up your sleeves.

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    highblood December 17th

    Good tutorial, Lloyd! Thanks for putting up this site. I’m looking forward to more tutorials especially for beginners or for those who are just starting After Effects. Kudos to Skellie and the rest of the ENVATO Team

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    Andrew Pryde December 17th

    I am extremely impressed. I am an avid TUTs reader and this seems to be an excellent new addition.

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    eyetuts December 17th

    this site is great i love this envarto networks sites and make hope your making FLTUTS.COM also

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    DollaradoDredz December 17th

    This is just what i needed.. thanks guys

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    Miss V December 17th

    I enjoyed the tutorial, however, it’s a Trapcode Form tutorial not an AE tut. :( bummer…

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    Bendikt December 17th

    Great tut on applying form, but i would like to see more tuts on the nett without all those plugins:)

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    Dnyanesh December 17th

    Are we expecting IDTUTS soon?

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    harold December 17th

    at last, what we are waitingfor, an AE tuts, ….

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    Tomas December 17th

    Hello guys, i have a question, i got this program in german and cant find the effect – trapcode – form. maybe someone can help me?

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    LEVIDUNCAN December 17th

    Sweet!

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    loswl December 17th

    Very cool tutorial, very cool start!! :o )

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    Scott December 17th

    Glorious!!!
    Great 1st one…How often can we expect an updated.
    Just make sure all the Tuts won’t require purchased plug-ins!
    Thanks a ton!!!!!

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    Zim December 17th

    Wow, amazing! Thanks for this tutorial. I’ll see what I can do!

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    r4ge December 17th

    Nice new site. I’ve been following the tuts sites for a long time now, i go to them daily. better add this one next

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    Zed December 17th

    Great stuff. Glad to see the Tuts series bringing AE on board.

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    humbert December 17th

    awsome !!

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    nemkene December 17th

    Cool!

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    Garrett December 17th

    Umm. the first tut you guys post is one using an intense Plug-in that isn’t free.

    You should have definately started with the AE basics, something to really introduce people to AE and show them something to base their skills upon.

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    Christian MEjia December 17th

    I will hate you soon for making me realize how going to school for design was pointless, when I am learning more from all of your tut sites. Maybe you should start the Envato School of Design. I’d rather give my money to that school over the school i’m in now! *scratching my head* Great tutorial Lloyd.

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    VertigoSFX December 17th

    Wow, im’ really impressed. This is a great looking tutorial and the end product is very professional. Great start guys! I just now need to get a second monitor on this computer so I can watch and do at the same time…

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    Q December 17th

    Great tutorial overall and the outcome is nice too. Enough with the good stuff and time for some serious constructive feedback.

    I think is an awesome idea that you guys are doing this but my only problem so far with this tutorial(considering its the first tutorial)is the fact that you are using a 3rd party plug-in. BIG NO NO! I say this as a user who has been using after effects for a while and as someone who plays around with it alot. Its not cheap to buy these extra plug-ins. Alot of first time users are not going to be able to afford these plug-ins and even more advanced users still dont use extra plug-ins. Good example would be Aharon Rabinowitz over at creativecow.net, almost all his tutorials that he does uses only the built-in plug-ins that comes with after effects.

    I suggest that the authors who write these tutorials should try to stick with the built-in presents and plug-ins. I know that trapcode particular is an awesome program because I’ve used it before but not everyone will have an extra $300 to spare on the plug-in. The effects that are available in trapcode can easily be done with the default plug-ins within after effects. It may take a little longer to accomplish what you want but I think its essential to learn how to do stuff with the default plug-ins for many reasons. The biggest thing for me is not every computer that you work on that has after effects will have the same plug-ins as your personal PCs at home and not to mention the fact that some of these 3rd party plug-ins can be pretty intense on your processor. I can go on and on with reasons why but the point is, it doesnt hurt to learn something from the ground up so you know how to do it without extra plug-ins and it also benefits those who cant afford the extra plug-ins.

    This is just my opinion and I’m sure there are a few others out there who are familiar with after effects who also feel the same way. Nonetheless, awesome idea on coming up with the new addition to the family. Hopefully I can find time to make a tutorial that will cover the basics on navigating inside after effects. Good luck and happy animating to everyone.

    Cheers,
    Q

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    Alex Rojas December 17th

    Can’t wait…

    The AE tuts idea really inspire me.

    Congratulations and good luck

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    wickhamdesign December 17th

    i am extremely excited this site is up. i know it will be great because all of envato’s sites are excellent.

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    Bryan Grajales December 17th

    Omg Aweeeesoooommmmmmme!!

    Love it Love Itttt!

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    Nick December 18th

    Amazing addition to the family of TUTS sites!! Please keep high quality professional tutorials like this coming – they are very much appreciated.

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    Rik December 18th

    Love it!

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    matt December 18th

    nice tut. your video player usability whilst seeking is poor. if seeking, dont animate the controls.

    - matt

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    matt December 18th

    actually your video player is near unusable. it is sooo buggy man. dont ever do flashtuts :/

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    frederik December 18th

    you guys should check out VIDEO CO PILOT great site too :)

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    Shaun December 18th

    I agree with Garrett above.

    Your first tutorials should have been ones introducing folks to AE.
    I myself have never used it before (although I know “somewhat” of the basics now after following the tutorial). If you don’t know After Effects, its hard to keep up with the tutorial without pausing/rewinding a LOT.

    Nevertheless, awesome tutorial! I now have a video with my name in it that actually looks somewhat like what was demonstrated above! Keep up the great work and I’m looking forward to more tuts!

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    Naveed Ahmad December 18th

    WOW WOW WOW AND WOW man i m just so happy to know that AETUTS has launched and man this tutorial ROCKS :)

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    Yohn Dooh December 18th

    Awsome tut, but your doing your stuff too fast..SLOW DOWN man! I’m a noob. lol!

    Anyway, thanks a bunch and I can’t wait to see this site grow :)

    Happy Holydays everyone (^.-)

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    Yohn Dooh December 18th

    BTW…. Where can I download the soundtrack?

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    Josh Drake December 18th

    Wow – the result is really great! I can’t wait to open up AE and try it out for myself.

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    john December 18th

    were I can get the sound form this tut? you now.. this coming letters sound..

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    Bryan Grajales December 18th

    Hi People Do you know where can I get the sound file?

    I got lost when he started Using the Sound File…

    Ughhh I guess You guys are supposed to Put what We need to make the tutorial by ourselves… =’(

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    Nate December 18th

    This site is finally here! Awesome, useful stuff.

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    Zeljko December 18th

    Very Useful! Thanks!

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    gk December 18th

    cool!
    Unfortunately most of us dont have the sacred trapcode,
    I cant do thins one!

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    Reece December 18th

    Thank the lord (whoever it/he/she is) for aetuts.

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    virum December 19th

    sois increibles!!!!!!! Muchas gracias por esta web, por psdtuts,….

    Gente así merece la pena!!!

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    Kidlizard December 19th

    I cant preview the tutorial using Explorer.

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    anti-pixel December 19th

    nice tut but subtitles would be great (at least for me…)

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    robin winter December 19th

    very good presentation…i like how its in real time with boo-boo’s it like sitting over your shoulder. KEEP IT UP AND ILL BE BACK!

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    Bryan Grajales December 19th

    Ummm another question…

    How come AETUTS doesn’t Have the files “for downloading”

    as I know… all the tuts sites have an Options to download the files…

    ???? Wut Happen????

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    Mark Spencer December 19th

    Outstanding.

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    chasly December 20th

    Here’s my result Enjoy it :D :

    http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgb-fw5LcdA

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    Josh December 20th

    great to see an after effects tutorial website!! this is exciting.

    my only criticism would be that the movies are embedded. i really think you guys should provide a .mov file to be able to download the movie as an optional link. much like those photoshop guys do.

    a download link would be awesome

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    al December 20th

    congtatulation guy

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    Josh Drake December 20th

    Really cool effect! However, I really think that you guys shouldn’t use shareware software in your tutorials. It makes is worthless to us people who don’t have the software or the funds to buy it.

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    Lloyd Alvarez December 21st

    >>the vid doesnt have a pause button<<

    Just click anywhere in the video window to pause the video. Once the video is paused you can grab the pink playhead with the time on it and scrub backwards or forwards. Hope that helps for following the tutorials.

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    illd December 21st

    Great Tutorial! Nice use of the Trapcode stuff never thought of it in that way
    Thanks a lot.

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    mini W December 22nd

    it seems that ‘View Full-screen’ button does not work,it that my own problem?

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    Ale December 23rd

    Hint: you should put on the article, how long the video takes, or how much time it will consume to do this tut ;)

    just an advice

    I’m really diggin this site, keep rockin!

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    Abhijeet December 24th

    Awesome! tutorial

    And Envato plz start FLATUTS

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    ViniMan December 25th

    This comes in really great, I was just planning to learn to do some video graphic video in After FX.
    You can find mine here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx51n2wWw0E
    Things I did more: Blurry fade in, constantly changing colors, no black between the final ‘logo’ and the form, logo shines too for xtra drama!

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      Carter March 12th

      Where did you get all the sound effects i’ve been searching
      and the music you used to make this sequence

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    MasterDKR December 26th

    Hey how do i save this for the High Definition, Or High Quality That it is, I cant seem to get it right

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    Lloyd Alvarez December 26th

    To view this tutorial in HD just click the full-screen button on the bottom right of the video window.

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    MasterDKR December 26th

    No I’m talking about my video, how do I save it in nice high quality

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    Brandon December 27th

    Hey cool tut do you think you can put the music you used up for download, just wondering, anyway great tut.

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    Mike December 27th

    Great tutorial I am working on a web site with my web design studio for a amateur film producer I will forward this to her for sure.

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    Patrick January 3rd

    how did he show the like command c buttons when he pressed them in the bottom right i have been wondering for some time now and never figured out. I have camtasia studio 6. And im working on a web site with tutorials. So any help so i can help others in the near future? Email me @ the email address posted

    My site will contain short podcasts if you will on cheap movie fx. Tutorials done in cs4 with programs such as, DW, PS, FL, AE, PR, and AI. Thanks my new years resolution is to get the site coded correctly and then make content for ppl like you and me!

    http://www.hazystudio.com
    “under construction”

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    Isis January 7th

    OMG, that’s perfect! I didn’t know AE, and now I’m crazy to learn all about this incredible program!

    Thanks for give us this amazing tutorial, and a reason to me to learn AE! ^^

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    Milo January 8th

    much difficult for newbies

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    keys January 9th

    Nice job, keep it up thanks

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    kickapps January 9th

    good tutorial, where is the audio file tho ?

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    Daniel-FCL January 11th

    Really Interesting effect.
    Unfortuantelly I don t have Trapcode.

    My web space.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/danfleites/sets/

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    Darren January 12th

    Great site, looking forward to more tutorials. Really wish you had a pause button though on the videos so I can pause and go back and forth with my own project as I follow along!

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    Lloyd Alvarez January 12th

    @Daniel – You can download a fully functioning demo version (the demo version watermarks it with a thin X) so you can fully follow along. If you plan on doing any serious work with AE then having and knowing the trapcode plugins is an absolute must.

    @Darren – Just click anywhere on the video to pause it. Click again to get it playing again.

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    TheMonster January 14th

    Anyone know the name of the song? And is there any possibility to dl this project?

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    abdullah January 14th

    Great, thanks pro

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    Dmitri January 19th

    how do you install the trapcode form once u have it?

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    Al Shepard January 20th

    We’ll, I was following this step by step and just couldn’t bear to stop watching it, kinda like a good book. You know, when it’s 3 a.m. and your struggling to keep your eyes open but you keep telling yourself “one more chapter, just one more…”

    That’s kinda what I’ve been doing with this, always pushing one more step further, that is, until I came to 14:07 into the video. Once I hit 14:07 the progress bar (our little gray friend who shows us how much has been loaded) shoots to the end and the video freezes and won’t buffer anymore.

    So here I am, stuck at 14:07, dieing to complete this tutorial but sadly I can not. If there is anyway help can be given me, I’d greatly appreciate it.

    But otherwise, awesome tutorial from what I saw. Very informative and useful. You’re a excellent teacher Lloyd!

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    Jim January 21st

    I like the use of the Trapcode plug-in even if it IS the only one I don’t have. But I would like to say, Feel free to EDIT your tutorials. We really don’t need to see the project actually rendering. I send enough time doing that on my own time.

    Keep it up!

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    Mike January 23rd

    Very Good Tutorial

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    Ahmed Mohsen January 23rd

    This is awesome !

    i like to share my tutorials with you
    http://motionsociety.com/blog/

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    Ovaltine January 25th

    Awesome!
    Is this using cs3 or cs4?

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    Lloyd Alvarez January 25th

    @Ovaltine – I created this in CS3

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    reality January 26th

    im not really impressed, use of a plugin that costs a fair bit for ure first tutorial…leaves alot to be desired

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    Björn Schmidt February 4th

    looks awesome!!! great work

    could anyone post a project file of this?

    my english is too bad for this tutorial =(

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    Tamilmahan February 5th

    Professional Works………………

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  145. Very nice tutorials, thanks.

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    JonG February 6th

    video isnt working :(

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    speedy February 6th

    Porque no puedo verlo? ya probe con IE y con mozilla y nada!

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    JonG February 7th

    video working now, YAY!

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    kamal98 February 9th

    DUDE YU A THE MAN believe it!!!

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    Loay February 12th

    Great one
    Thanks !

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    L February 23rd

    please help me guys!!!, i can´t find “the ramp plugin” in my AE cs3, im in the half tuto…is this a comercial plug in ? or where can i find it??? =S

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      Joe March 9th

      Go to >window>effects & presets>type ramp in the effects & presets text window (press Ctrl+5 to reveal this window).
      Alternatively you can go to effects>generate>ramp. If it’s not there something is wrong with your AE, reinstall.

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    xapeGa March 10th

    That version is being used in the video tutorial?

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      Lloyd Alvarez March 12th

      This tutorial was created using CS3

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    Carter March 12th

    Great tutorial where is a good resource to find sound effects
    and scores?

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      Lloyd Alvarez March 12th

      Audio Jungle of course!

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        Carter March 13th

        which one is it and where do i look

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    cyf March 23rd

    hi :) Pls, help me

    I can’t rotate null to rotate x because I can’t find where to change %.

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    Nathan March 23rd

    EXCELLENT Tutorial! There was one part I got messed up on and that was getting the transform controls on mask layers to scale independent of the whole comp. But I figured it out.
    I can’t wait to try more tutorials! THANKS!

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    Nemesis March 24th

    Thank you very much, great tutorial, going to try it out for sure !

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    scott green March 27th

    Amazing tutorial, I just wonder, is there any way you could make the particles into like stringy, electric looking, random sizes… sorry thats a bit vague, something like how solar flares look:

    http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/162169main_Trace_solar_flare_lg.jpg

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    omzig_ten March 29th

    my 1 and ONLY problem is that while im watching the tut. itll just freeze and i have to start refresh the page and ALL OVER again to the point where i left off. its starting to get frustrating >:(

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    VIJAY INDIA March 29th

    hi , wow great tuts & wonderful site & i got a great output
    thanks a lot gys keep rocking

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    EffectsGroup April 1st

    Fantastic.
    That’s all I have to say.

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    Alex April 2nd

    this player doesent work

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      Lloyd Alvarez April 2nd

      The player works here, what’s your OS, browser and version of flash?

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        Alex April 3rd

        Is the latest version of flash player, browser Mozilla and Opera, XP SP2

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        Alex April 3rd

        Sorry to double post, now go (with quick time)

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    Jerome April 4th

    Im trying to follow along but Im having a hard time doing this. Its my first tutorial for AE. Im trying to use this one for easter could someone spare an aep.file due to time. I wish I would had saw this site weeks ago. But my email is jeromeafranks@aol.com

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    nacho April 8th

    hello beautiful site could put the files after practice for rookies

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    江少 April 8th

    Form很强 Lloyd 更强 ~_~“`

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    blite777 April 9th

    damn…so slow streaming..but good tutorial :D

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    Donatien Bierry April 11th

    nice

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    dev April 13th

    How to download the tutorial, it say i dont has right to download.
    Can help?

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      Lloyd April 13th

      Maybe it’s a permissions issue on your machine. Just double checked from another computer and I am able to download the tutorial without any problems.

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    Fraine7 April 22nd

    (Speechless) …Possibly the best tut I have ever watched, and I watch dozens every day

    Thanks for this knowledge!

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    CgBaran Tuts April 22nd

    Nice tutorial thanks

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    Alex May 3rd

    Where can we get the audio from?

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    iMayan May 5th

    and the audio where dowload????

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    Naz May 21st

    were do you get the audio from

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    tima May 29th

    very very good ae

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    Martijn June 7th

    Damn this is just amazing. This has to be amazingly hard to create..

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    Колясик June 14th

    wow! Very Good!

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    filmmeur June 25th

    I really love this tutorial and effect.

    My question is can I do this effect with an image as well? I’ve seen a couple of tutorials using Layer Map with text but I haven’t seen any example that uses Layer Map with a non-text map.

    Your answer will help me a lot.

    Thank you!

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    Jason June 30th

    Thanks so much for these form tutorials, its such a rare thing to find info on. They have all been very helpful.

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    Edward July 14th

    Awesome!

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    Birgit July 29th

    great job
    a question, how did you do this shiny thing ?
    I tried with trapcode shine but it is not like yours

    thanks for answering

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    arlington cruz August 19th

    LLoyd I have a problem with the little bump as you truck out the camera. I saw you correcting this same problem on the graph editor tweaking the curves,I am trying to keep the camera speed constant,while Keeping the camera path curvy (smooth), But don’t know how to tweak it the way you did on the curve graph editor. Sometimes we get awkward unwanted speed ups on the tweening when we set more than 2 keyframes.

    I watched tutorials on keyframe interpolation and tried making speed linear (which is supposed to make speed the same) and spacial interpolation to Bezier. But still get that problem.How do we keep speed constant speed when we animate a more complex camera path?

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    braden just August 20th

    mine gets really dark at the end for some reason and i dont want it to fade out like that.. but it just does it automatically.. why is that

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    Zap Rowzdower August 27th

    I liked it so much I farted!

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    rada September 23rd

    Face I am inexperienced, and you with one it doubts, as to overlap the Displ-map composition duplicate for the color map, as well as vc made….I came the column of the color map and to overlap to another copmosição

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    david gova October 1st

    i like it so much

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    smith November 3rd

    i can’t get this video to load. so i tried to download it. but once i finished downloading it doesn’t wanna play. so can u put it up on youtube or do something about it.

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    wang November 12th

    老牛逼了啊~~~~

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    Saad Ali November 20th

    streaming is so slow but gr8 tutorial thanks

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    Runar December 23rd

    That was a great tutorial… Very useful! Thanks a lot!

    There’s one thing I’m wondering about though;
    Is there any way you can colorize the extruded text? does it have to be white for it to work?

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    saiby January 29th

    nice wht r u ?r u in title designer

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