Make a Magnificent Magnifying Glass That Really Works

Make a Magnificent Magnifying Glass That Really Works

on Mar 12th 2013 with 16 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: After Effects
  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Run Time: 22:28 min
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

In this tutorial we are going to create a beautiful Magnifying Glass in After Effects. Using just one null object as a Controller we will be able to change all the parameters: Size, Distance, Rotation, Blur, Shadow, and Background. Everything is going to be automatic, and this will save you a bunch of time when animating!

Tutorial

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File size: 218 MB

 
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  • twz

    Great tutorial, I’m sure you can apply all the same elements to a video. Thanks!!

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  • http://twitter.com/knalle Thor Sarup

    Nice litlle tutorial. Great ending ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/saleh.abdulghani Saleh Abdul Ghani

    how did u make the intro with the leafs? Any tut for that? PLEASE REPLY… :/

    • http://twitter.com/twileft LEFT. Design

      It’s an Envato standard intro, I didn’t make it.

      • http://www.facebook.com/saleh.abdulghani Saleh Abdul Ghani

        ok :) thank u

  • Jose Joaquín Madrigal

    Muy bien Mikel. Muy buen tutorial.

    Una cosa. ¿No valdría con hacer las capas hijas del control en vez de tener que estar enlazando con el PickWip?

    Gracias

    Great Mikel.
    Just a thing. Isn’t it enough to make the layers children of the control instead of have to be linking all of them with the PickWip?

    Thanks

    • http://twitter.com/twileft LEFT. Design

      Gracias Jose Joaquín!

      Tienes razón. Todas las capas en las que la Posición/Rotación/Escala han sido vinculadas, se pueden hacer “hijas” en vez de enlazarlas. Obtuve resultados insatisfactorios con el sistema “hija”, por ello opté por la opción de enlazarlas, ya que las “hijas” utilizan un valor relativo, y no absoluto. Pero si se hace de forma correcta, hacer las capas “hijas” es más rápido y eficaz.

      You are OK Joaquín. Every layer where the Position/Rotation/Scale has been linked, you can make them “children” instead of linking. I got some unsatisfactory results with the “children” method, because the “childrens” use a relative values, not absolute, so I choosed the option of linking them. But if you make it in the correct way, the “children” method is faster and more efficient.

      Thank you guys!

      • Jose Joaquín Madrigal

        Gracias Mikel. ¿De donde eres?
        Por cierto… como comentan algunos, el final…… Genial =8-)))
        Recuerda los mejores momentos de los videos estilo Thriller.

      • http://twitter.com/twileft LEFT. Design

        I answer you in English so everyone can understand what are we talking about.

        I was born in the Basque Country, but I live in Barcelona right now. I’m glad to know that you liked the end joke…! :)

        You can contact me at left.contacto@gmail.com to keep talking. Cheers!

  • http://www.facebook.com/camillecat Camille Katz

    real coool! thanks!!

  • Ardvark

    I was hoping for the title of: “Make a Magnificent Magnifying Glass That Makes Mini Things Much Less Minuscule.” Great tutorial btw :)

  • andrenavarre

    Really great work Mikel. This looks stunning! Thanks for the tut.

  • Redfelk

    Thanks to mattrunks…

  • http://www.nwidesigns.com Kevin Morrison

    That is the slickest tutorial I have seen yet here! Fantastic job Mikel…

  • http://www.facebook.com/jennifer.ravolet Jennifer Ravolet

    Nice tutorial but where are the assets? I don’t mind making them myself but I was wondering if they were somewhere and I couldn’t find them!