Simulate A Glowing Neon Light Sign Of Your Logo

on Oct 5th 2012 with 63 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: Just After Effects
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Run Time: 35:29 min
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This entry is part 8 of 33 in the Logo Reveals Session
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In this tutorial we will not only create a realistic neon light, but a set of controls for the light intensity, the amount of flickering, and a switch to turn it on or off, everything with simple expressions. Here’s how to create an “Open Late” sign yourself.

Republished Tutorial

Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in February 2010.

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  • http://twitter.com/rizumaki22 Rizki Nasution

    mmm, sorry, I can’t add the expression in my AE, it says “no selected properties have expression”
    is there any solution?

  • jduf

    no files for us mac users?

  • Digitalsoju

    Thanks for this tutorial!

  • http://twitter.com/pntabuye Ntabuye Paul

    The AE project didn’t survive the conversion to CS5.
    Had to re-tweak it manually :-(

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