Quick Tip – Nifty Northern Lights

Quick Tip – Nifty Northern Lights

on May 5th 2010 with 7 comments
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Have you ever been way up north and seen those amazing northern lights? If your answer is no (or even yes for that matter…) – this is a tutorial for you. We gonna learn how to create a cool looking aurora borealis effect using Trapcode Particular and Magic Bullet Looks so you have an extra chance to see this wonder of nature.

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  • Richard

    Nicely produced tut. As to the effect, I think I’d try placing the emitted particles slightly off screen, and also varying the velocity of the particles as they move across the screen. Kudos, and thanks!

  • eric

    AWESOME. I am a newbie to aftereffects and these are the kind of tuts that will stimulate me to put more of my attention in AE now that I have CS5

  • http://www.arvinbautista.com Arvin Bautista

    Final version looks great! Magic Bullet adds a lot. And yeah, well done tutorial. Some thoughts:

    1) Was kind of disappointed that the final northern light wasn’t 3D aware… would’ve loved to be able to fly around/through those particles!

    2) Please don’t forget to include a preview video for us guys in a rush! Even if this was a quick tutorial something that shows the final effect immediately is still valuable so we can decide easily if it’s a tutorial we need to see!

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    Very nice tip. Thanks a lot.

  • frankyframe

    hey great stuff,
    but in my oppinon, it doesnt look like nothernlights

    research:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcfWsj9OnsI
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49nqlLn7Huk

  • Tobias

    I think it looked much better before applying Magic Bullet Looks.
    Good explanation and nice effect ;)

  • Max

    Am I the only who thinks he sounds like Borat when ever he says ‘Very nice’?