Create a Breathtakingly Awesome Rain Scene – Day 1

Mar 23rd in VFX by Alex Verlan

In this massive 2 part tutorial inspired by the work of Pierre Michel, Alex Verlan shows us how to create the dramatic slow motion rain drops falling scene entirely within After Effects.

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Author: Alex Verlan

Hello! I'm from Ukraine. I've been in love with After Effects and motion graphic design for 2 years. It is and stays my hobby, however last year I started working as a freelance motion graphic designer.

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Requirements:
Trapcode Particular (download the trial version here)
Trapcode 3D Form (download the trial version here)
Trapcode Shine (download the trial version here)

Optional:
Trapcode Horizon (download the trial version here)
Twitch (download the trial version here)
T_Distorto from Foundry Tinderbox 1 collection (download the trial version here)

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a dramatic scene with slowmotion rain drops falling from the sky. We'll construct 3D looking drop element inside After Effects with Trapcode Form plugin. Also we will create rotation scene inside the rain drops mass without using 3D. In part 1 we will focus on creating the first scene.

Step 1

I will be using After Effect CS4 for this tutorial. Don't worry, everything I am creating can be done in the other CS, or even earlier versions. So let's get started with After Effect by creating new composition for our drop element. I create composition by clicking Composition->New Composition. Make it 300*300 square pixels 3 seconds long, name it as 'drop'.

Step 2

Create new solid clicking by Layer->New->Solid. Color doesn't matter. Make it comp size (300*300).

Step 3

With solid layer selected, apply Trapcode Form plugin. Effect->Trapcode->Form.

Step 4

The cool feature of Form is sphere base form. Expand-down menu 'Base Form' and select 'Sphere - Layered'.

Step 5

Change plugin settings as shown in the images below. For particle color I used this one: #4B666F. Don't forget to change transfer mode to 'Screen'.

Then you should get results similar to my:

Step 6

Now let's make some color corrections. Apply Curves to the solid with Form by clicking Effect->Color Correction->Curves. Make adjustments on RGB, Red and Blue channel, as in the image below:

Step 7

Create new Adjustment layer above solid with Form. Layer->New->Adjustment layer.

Step 8

Apply to adjustment layer Curves ( Effect->Color correction->Curves) and make adjustments.

Step 9

Apply to adjustment layer Tint ( Effect->Color correction->Tint). Set amount to 80%.

Step 10

Apply to adjustment layer levels ( Effect->Color correction->Levels). Change input black value to 26. So now our perfect looped water drop is ready.

Step 11

Next, download from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/623114 Skyscrapers and also Sky photo from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1121796

Step 12

Now open up Photoshop. Open our photo with Skyscrapers (File->Open).

Step 13

Make double click on background layer, this make it simple layer from background layer.

Step 14

Grab Quick Selection Tool(press W). Change brush size to 20px. Holding Left mouse button, select sky 'sectors' around skyscrapers. You can change brush size to smaller if you select smaller areas.

Step 15

Press Refine edges button. Set settings like in the image below.

Step 16

Select Layer->New->Layer via Cut

Step 17

Delete top layer (with the crop sky). Select this layer and delete it.

Step 18

Now with Burn tool and Dodge tool Make the side areas darker and central areas brighter. Something like in the image below.

Step 19

Now we ready to go to the After Effects. Save image as Skyscraper.psd file (File->Save as).

Step 20

Now, when all the elements are ready, let's create new composition in After Effect. Click on Composition->New composition. Name it as 'Scene-1', use preset 'HDVHDTV 720 25', set 15 seconds long.

Step 21

Keep all stuff organize. Create some folders for yours compositions, images, footage etc. You can create folders by clicking on file icon at the bottom of the project window.

Step 22

Select Images folder, after that select File->Import->File. Browse your Skyscraper.psd and Sky.jpg" (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1121796) files, press Open. For Skyscraper.psd file choose import as footage.

Step 23

Select Skyscraper.psd in the project window and place it in the timeline.

Step 24

Switch on 3D switch to Skyscraper.psd layer.

Step 25

With layer selected press 'P' to reveal position 'Skyscrapers.psd' options.

Step 26

Click on the position stopwatch to create keyframe. Set this values for X,Y,Z: at 0sec - 640,460,-800; at 10sec - 640,460,-50; at 14:16sec - 640,460,11. Select first keyframe and with keyframe selected press F9 button. This make it 'Easy-Easy' keyframe type and skyscrapers will start move slowly at the beginning. Check out animation with RAM preview (press numpad 0).

Step 27

Let's improve a little our skyscrapers look. First, apply Simple choker effect (Effect->Matte->Simple choker).Set Choke Matte to 0.9px.

Step 28

Apply Tint (Effect->Color Correction->Tint). Set amount to 80%.

Step 29

Apply Levels (Effect->Color Correction->Levels). Change values of RGB, Red, Green channels as shown below.

Step 30

Apply Brightness & Contrast (Effect->Color Correction->Brightness & Contrast). Click on Brightness and Contrast stopwatches, set following amounts for this parameters: at 0sec - Contrast = 5; at 2:04 - Brightness = -30; at 4:21 - Brightness = 0, Contrast = 17.

Step 31

Apply Glow (Effect->Stylize->Glow). Set parameters as shown below. Sounds like poetry :)

Step 32

Select our Sky.jpg" photo in the project window and drag it to the timeline below Skyscrapers layer. Turn on 3D switch for this layer.

Step 33

Make adjustments as shown below. First press 'P' after that hold down shift button press "S", this reveal Position and Scale property options. Change Scale to 198, adjust position.

Step 34

Take Pick Whip from Sky layer and parent it to Skyscraper layer. Check your animation with RAM preview (press numpad 0).

Step 35

Press 'End' button, Current Time Indicator automatically moves to the end of composition. After that grab Pen tool and draw mask shape on the Sky layer as shown below. Change your mask settings.

Step 36

Apply Levels to Sky layer (Effect->Color Correction->Levels). Change Blue channel settings.

Step 37

Create new solid (Layer->New->Solid). Name it 'FlashClouds'. Make it comp size. I used color: #56565C. Place it above Sky layer. Change Blending mode to 'Add' and turn on 3D swith for this layer.

Step 38

Go to the end of composition by pressing 'End' button. Take Pick Whip and parent 'FlashClouds' layer to the 'Sky' layer. Press 'S' and scale it down to 50 %.

Step 39

With Ellipse Tool or Pen tool draw some mask shapes on FlashClouds layer as shown below.

Step 40

With FlashClouds layer selected press 'M' twice, this reveal all masks properties. Holding down 'Alt' click on the Mask Opacity stopwatch and write some expressions with random() command. This make mask opacity changes between numbers that we want. You can use my values, or write your own.

Step 41

Press 'T', click on the opacity stopwatch. You can use your own keyframes, depend on your soundtrack and sound fx. Check your animation with RAM preview.

Step 42

Now apply 'Roughen Edges' effect to the FlashClouds layer (Effect->Stylize->Roughen Edges). Set settings as shown below.

Step 43

Apply 'Fast Blur' effect to the FlashClouds layer (Effect->Blur & Sharpen->Fast Blur). Set amount to 20,00.

Step 44

Create new solid (Layer->New->Solid). Name it 'Shine1', color - white.

Step 45

Turn on 3D switch for this layer. Press 'End', go to the end of composition, take pick whip and parent 'Shine1' layer to the Sky layer. After that, take Pen Tool and draw two mask shapes on this layer. Adjust settings as shown below.

Step 46

Now apply 'Roughen Edges' (Effect->Stylize->Roughen Edges).

Step 47

Apply 'Shine' effect (Effect->Trapcode->Shine). Adjust settings.

Step 48

Duplicate 'Shine1' layer by clicking Edit->Duplicate. And rename it: 'Shine2'.

Step 49

For 'Shine2' layer change settings as shown below. Also change parent from 'Sky' layer to 'Shine1' layer (with pick whip). Check your animation with RAM preview(hit 0 numpad).

Step 50

Now put 'drop' composition from the project window to the timeline. Switch off layer visibility (turn off eyeball).

Step 51

Create new solid (Layer->New->Solid). Color doesn't matter. Make it comp size, name it as - 'Fill fast rain'. Place it below Skyscraper layer.

Step 52

Apply Particular (Effect->Trapcode->Particular).

Step 53

Go to the 'Options' of the Particular and in pop-up window change prerun value to 100%.

Step 54

Make Particular adjustments as shown below.

Step 55

You can noticed that particles need more time for fill all space. If you want fix it you must make your composition time longer, and start you work area from 3-4 seconds.

Step 56

Duplicate 'Fast fill rain' layer (Edit->Duplicate). Rename it by hiting 'Enter' button - 'Fast fill rain2'. Place it above Skyscraper.psd layer.

Step 57

Change adjustments of Particular in this layer as shown below.

Step 58

Duplicate 'Fast fill rain2' layer (Edit->Duplicate). Rename it by hiting 'Enter' button - 'Fast fill rain3'.

Step 59

Change settings of Particular as shown below.

Step 60

Solo 'Fast fill rain layer'. Now let's adjust emitter position. Set Current Time Indicator on 5sec, click on emitter position stopwatch. I'm set following: at 5sec - X=565,Y=15; at 10sec - X=615, Y= -75.

Step 61

Solo 'Fast fill rain layer2'. With Current Time Indicator staying on 5sec, click on emitter position stopwatch. I'm set following: at 5sec - X=588,Y=88; at 10sec - X=626, Y=150.

Step 62

Now move your Current Time Indicator to 9:23sec in the timeline. Holding down 'Ctrl' button select our three rain layers. After that hit 'T' button and click on the 'Opacity' stopwatch. This will make keyframe. Move Current Time Indicator to 10 sec and set opacity value to 0% for three layers. After that temporary switch off rain layers visibility by clicking on the layers eyeballs.

Step 63

Let's create our slow motion rain drops layers. Create new solid (Layer->New->Solid). Name it 'Rain slow BG', make it comp size. Place it below 'Fill fast rain2' layer.

Step 64

Apply Trapcode Particular to this layer (Effect->Trapcode->Particular). Repeat Step 53 for Particular, change 'Prerun' value to 100% in the 'Options' of Particular.

Step 65

Make adjustments of Particular for this layer as shown below.

Step 66

Apply 'Fast Blur' after 'Particular' for this layer (Effect->Blur & Sharpen->Fast Blur). Set amount to 3.0.

Step 67

Now we create layer with middle-size particles. Duplicate 'Rain slow BG' (Edit->Duplicate) and rename it to 'Pain slow MID'.

Step 68

I think this slow particles will appear from 10 sec (or you can change time, of course, depend on your music track). So, move your Current Time Indicator to 10 sec. Now we can construct our scene. Switch off 'Fast Blur' effect of this layer for a moment (click on 'fx' near plugin name).

Step 69

Make adjustments of 'Particular' as shown below.

Step 70

Move your Current Time Indicator to 9:24sec and click on the stopwatch 'Wind Z' value. After that move Time Indicator to 10:00sec and change 'Wind Z' value to -200. You can also adjust size of the particles on your taste.

Step 71

Now switch on 'Fast Blur' effect and change 'Blurriness' amount to 1,5.

Step 72

Apply 'Glow' effect to this layer. Change settings as shown below, this will soft our drops a little bit. Place 'Glow' above 'Fast Blur' effect.

Step 73

Duplicate 'Rain slow MID' layer (Edit->Duplicate).

Step 74

I planing big drop falling down and covers camera lens at 14:18sec. So move Curent Time Indicator to 14:18sec at the timeline. Drag marker (click, hold and drag left mouse button, from the drag icon to this place).

Step 75

Select in the Effect panel 'Fast Blur' and delete (with layer selected hit 'Del' button). Temporary switch off 'Glow' effect.

Step 76

Following settings of 'Particular' work pretty well.

Step 77

Switch on 'Glow' effect and make adjustments. You must receive this thru the drop view like on the image below.

At 14:16 sec

Step 78

Move your Current Time Indicator to 9:23sec. Hold down 'Ctrl' button select 'Fill fast rain2' and all "slow rain layers". After that hit 'T' button to reveal 'Opacity' options.

Step 79

Unselect 'Fill fast rain2' layer (click on the layer with hold down 'Ctrl' button). Click on the 'Opacity' stopwatch 'Rain slow BIG' layer, set 0%. Move Time Indicator to 10:00sec, set 'Opacity' to 100%.

Step 80

Now we adjust 'Physics Time Factor' of 'Particular' and make cool transition effect between fast and slow rain layers. Move you Current Time Indicator to 9:00sec. Select 'Fill fast rain' layer. Go to the 'Particular' Physics settings (Particular->Physics submenu). Click on the stopwatch and set following settings: at 9:17sec amount = '1.0'; at 9:23 amount = '-1.0'; at 10:00 amount = '1.0'. Select last two keyframes and hit 'F9' button.

Step 81

Move your Time Indicator to 9:17sec. Select 'Physics Time Factor' keyframes and simply copy to others "fast rain layers" (select layers and choose Edit->Paste).

Step 82

So now make some finishes scene touches by adding Depth Of Field and few masks. First, let's make vignette. Create new solid (Layer->New->Solid). Name it - 'vignette', comp size, color 'black'. Place layer above 'Skyscraper'.

Step 83

So now make some finishes scene touches by adding Depth Of Field and few masks. First, let's make vignette. Create new solid (Layer->New->Solid). Name it - 'vignette', comp size, color 'black'. Place layer above 'Skyscraper'.

Step 84

Move your Current Time Indicator to the end of Composition (hit 'End'). Create new solid (Layer->New->Solid). Name it 'Skyscraper mask', comp size, color 'black'. Place it above 'Skyscraper' layer. After that switch on 3D box for this layer and parent it to 'Skyscraper' layer (with pick whip tool).

Step 85

Solo this layer and 'Skyscraper' layer. Hit 'S' and scale 'Skyscraper mask' layer up to 105%. After that shut off temporary visibility of 'Skyscraper mask'layer (click on the eyeball).

Step 86

With 'Skyscraper mask' layer selected grab the 'Pen Tool' and draw two mask shapes. Set setting as shown below.

Step 87

Now we create our Depth of Field map. Create new composition (Composition->New Composition). Name it 'DOF', use preset 'HDVHDTV 720 25', set 15 seconds long.

Step 88

Create two solids (Layer->New->Solid make twice): first - comp size, color white; second - comp size, color black.

Step 89

Select 'black solid' and grab 'Ellipse Tool'. Draw mask shape and set settings as shown below.

Step 90

Close 'DOF' composition. Go to the 'Scene-1' composition and place your 'DOF' composition to the timeline. Switch off visibility of composition (click once on the eyeball).

Step 91

Create Adjustment layer (Layer->New->Adjustment Layer). Name it 'Lens Blur', comp size. Place it below 'Shine' layers.

Step 92

Apply 'Lens Blur' (Effect->Blur & Sharpen->Lens Blur). Adjust settings.

Step 93

Download Defocus particles and import to your project (File->Import->File). Place it below 'Lens Blur' layer and change blending mode to 'Screen'.

Step 94

Now create another one Adjustment layer (Layer->New->Adjustment layer). Name it 'Global Flash'.

Step 95

I use Andrew Kramer's Twitch (Effect->Videocopilot->Twitch) for some flash, color, blur randomness. Just make some keyframes for 'Amount' where do you need it. If you don't have 'Twitch' you can use 'Exposure', 'Fast Blur' to make some similar effect. Now 'Scene-1' is complete!

Stay tuned for part 2 where we will build Scene-2


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    Andrea March 23rd

    UOU!!

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      dipesh joshi January 16th

      Can anyone help with step 77 and 78 pleeeeaaaasssse???????

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        Odracir January 31st

        What u r doing is keyframing.
        After effects has shortcuts that do stuff.
        The shortcut key for “Opacity” is t.

        So just move the slider to the right location in the timeline.
        u can keep track of the time right below the composition.

        And click on the stopwatch to set a keyframe and modify.
        Hope this helped… i suck at explaining

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    schönlign w. wunderbar March 23rd

    wow… brilliant scene!
    however it might be better to create a video tutorial about this…

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      Tiffany June 23rd

      a video would be waaaayyy too long lol! But it would be a nice companion… maybe just in clips.

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    gannas March 23rd

    Amazing

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    virtualzapp March 23rd

    Hi Alex,

    Really great, I love the way it is done with this rainy / drama atmoshpere reinforced with the audio track.
    Well done, awaiting for part 2

    Thx
    -Zapp
    ;o)

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    Tarik March 23rd

    greaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

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    illd March 23rd

    Great work and nice techniques. Thank you!

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    Rafi March 23rd

    hey! pretty crazy tutorial ;) will try it soon

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    lindstrm March 23rd

    wow, nice :O

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    Dave March 23rd

    That was stunning. Thank you for sharing. Where can I see more of your work?

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      versa March 23rd

      here is some: http://www.vimeo.com/versa

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    jayen March 23rd

    this is too good to be true

    i have been waiting for a tut like this

    thank you

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    dimib March 23rd

    Man, this is a f***** great tutorial. Big thanks for that.

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    Satya Meka March 23rd

    It’s really nice. I love it!

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    Craigsnedeker March 23rd

    That’s out of this world!

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    maxdiamond March 23rd

    way too cool man. incredible.

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    BogdanGC March 23rd

    Great one! Would’ve been amazing if it was a video tut, cause the written one is a bit hard to follow.

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    nicolas March 23rd

    enormous
    Not very fan of the smoke at the end, but great great job

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    paul March 23rd

    i always thought that the great andrew kramer rained supreem in the AE Scene and now i believe he finally met his match ! great work !

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      Studiox March 27th

      I admit hes good, But not Andrew Kramer good. And John Dickinson would be a better match.

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        Sarah July 18th

        Where did you get/purchase that cloud moving footage from the first segment in your video? ;)

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    mcnosh March 23rd

    Sweet, this is a breath taking video, great job… Can you do a video tut?

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    guilherme lima March 23rd

    Very cool!!!!!!!!!

    Please video tuto !!!!!!!!!!

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    mike March 23rd

    i`m gonna cry ,dude.
    u awesome

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    Diego SA March 23rd

    I’m… speechless…
    …
    Wonderful job…
    And I’m fan of Hans Zimmer!

    Man, you rock!

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    Richard March 23rd

    speechless, ive already seen the video of endresult elsewere, i was really wondering how this was created. One of the best of AEtuts !

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    Alexandre Broggio March 23rd

    Muito bem feito e interessante efeito parabens mesmo

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    thady March 23rd

    sick !!

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    Kadir March 23rd

    This is so brilliant

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    Jhay March 23rd

    Great!!

    Thanks,
    JHAY

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    joe23521 March 23rd

    I am truly impressed…Now thinking of ways to rip this off :)

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    Ghost Digital March 23rd

    Really beautiful. The Videocopilot Mr.Mecury tutorial and the VideoCopilot inky drops are a tad tacky for such a beatuiful peice. They weren’t needed. The ink drop doesn’t even mix well with the final composite. It would 1,000 times better without those added in. In my opinion. The main peice is really nice though.

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    Ghost Digital March 23rd

    Oh and I agree you should have done a recorded tutorial. For something quite involved people would learn more. Especially when part is a direct copy of AK’s tutorial.

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    cris March 23rd

    Well, good job but 95 steps to follow reading are a little too much…
    A video tutorial should be prefered.

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    Pablo Mora March 23rd

    Wonderful tutorial…….
    Thanks

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    steve March 23rd

    Very cool. If you have the time, can you please submit a video tutorial for this?

    thanks!

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    卓 March 23rd

    强大的Ｆorm 强大的Alex Verlan

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    Andre Prior March 23rd

    Anybody know the name of the song from hans zimmer?

    Tutorial is awesome but a video tut would be better. 95 Steps are a lot to great and video tut is easier to understand.

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    Jonne March 23rd

    One word, Wow!

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    Adrien Peze March 23rd

    Really beautiful! I love it!
    Wonderful song too…

    From France

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    yuri fedorov March 23rd

    уже писал и напишу еще раз – СУПЕР! =)

    и конечно отдельное спасибо за туториал

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    Johannes Film Studios March 23rd

    Just in credible
    greetz from belgium I hope that I will be so good like you one day

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    Billy March 23rd

    Incredible tutorial….can’t wait to try it out. I’ve been looking for some tuts that incorporate Form. So few out there….and I’m clueless with this plug-in…but it can obviously do some great things!

    What is the name of this song? Must know it!

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      Diego SA March 23rd

      I wanna know the name too!

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        Rik Roukens March 23rd

        Me too!

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      versa March 24th

      OST Perl Harbor movie, Hanz Zimmer – Attack

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        Diego SA March 24th

        Ah! Pearl Harbor!
        Great movie, great movie…

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    Rik Roukens March 23rd

    OMG just one word…. WOW

    STUNNING!

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    Dan Pope March 23rd

    I personally prefer the steps tool, it makes it easier to follow and you can listen to music whilst working! Love the tutorial but would love tutorials on how to do the first two shots, especially the one with the skyscrapers reflection??

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      Adam April 28th

      The first part was a piece a filmed footage, And using Andrew Kramer’s tutorial: http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/water_drops/
      The skyscraper cloud reflection.. I think it is just recorded footage.

      If it was made with AE, I’d love to know how as well..

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    Rishteria March 23rd

    SOOO incredible ^^

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    Алекс March 23rd

    Привет Украина :) ты из какого города?

    По теме: очень клёво урок сделал.

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    Snorri3D March 23rd

    This truly got the WOW effect!

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    Helcat March 23rd

    hey saludos desde republica dominicana ….imprecionante tutorial me encanto estoy ancioso de ver ya la segunda parte …..!!!

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    Stefan March 23rd

    Great tutorial but it’s a bit ridiculous to create a tutorial with 90+ steps with screenshots.. better record a video tutorial! However nice tutorial.

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    Harmony March 23rd

    AMAZING!

    Q: Is it possible to give every raindrop a random color ?

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    JohnM. March 23rd

    WOW! I got chills…

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    Emin March 23rd

    Thx, but I have a MacBook Pro man, not a Mac Pro. Wouldn’t it be better not using Custom Particles for the first and second Fill Fast Rain Layers? There moving fast anyway. I don’t know, but AE sucks my MBP right now, hehe.

    Screencast would be good to. The scene is really breathtaking.

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    ban_dido_7 March 23rd

    really nice effect , but 95 steps is too much…. a video tutorial would be highly appreciated

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    Pablo March 23rd

    AE TUTS + mmmmmmmmm….
    is becoming + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
    Thankyou

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      Adam April 25th

      Agreed.

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    Jhay March 23rd

    A duplicate description on Step 83.. but anyway, can’t wait for the next tutorial! :)

    JHAY

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    DC March 23rd

    This is the business.

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    forwardREF March 23rd

    Супер, спасибо за урок, очень полезный.
    Great, thanks for the lesson, very useful.

    I like your lessons they are very advanced. Thank you very much for your work. Blessing to you.

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    Nestor2509 March 23rd

    Awesome. Thank you so much for this.

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    LGFN March 23rd

    I really don’t believe my own eyes!!!

    It’s fanatic incredible!!!

    Thanks so so so much!!!

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    Rafael Guerra March 23rd

    This is so useful! I dunno if anyone noticed but the concept of the first steps (Form) can be adapted to create the nice famous sphere from Andrew Kramer´s Fringe Intro…Very nice.

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    2tone March 23rd

    INCREDIBLE!!

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    Bob March 23rd

    VIDEO TUTORIAL PLZ!!!

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    Oli March 23rd

    BEST TUTORIAL EVER MADE !

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    E11World March 23rd

    Just amazing.. wow!!
    Thank you for sharing this. I look forward to part 2.

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    Brandon March 23rd

    Wow still working on this just one question in your video why does it appear the raindrop litterly bounce off the ground instead of splash or just stay or something?

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    Shannon Wilkerson March 23rd

    Awesome Pierre. I am a huge fan of your work and I am so glad you have shared some of your techniques with us. I am still wondering how you created the city scape animation in Polar. I decided just to build a 3D city in Cinema 4D. It is taking a long time and it does not look as good as yours but it is a start.

    Shannon

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      Shannon Wilkerson March 23rd

      Whoops. I thought this was a Pierre Michel tut my bad.

      Thanks Alex.

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      sara October 24th

      omg nube you go to the link download photoshop cs4 file cuzz photoshop cs4 and olnly photoshop cs4 dose 3d and that how he did the building download sky and skyscraper the sky it isnt 3d but the skyscraper you animate it in after effects with keyframes lol :) you need after effects cs4 and photoshop cs4 in order to make this prject gosh!

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    Mauro March 23rd

    thanks! how many hours/days take you to do this effect? it’s simply amazing!

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    informix March 23rd

    wow! what amazing works. a few days ago, in videocopilot forum ,I saw the reel. I love it very much. Thanks Alex.

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    Juan T. Perez March 23rd

    NO Words Just OMG

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    Tevo Gerrard March 23rd

    very well made and very inspirational

    whats the name of the song?

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    Rafael Braga March 23rd

    tears in my eyes …

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    Sam March 23rd

    this is with no doubt the best AE tut ever!

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    Dan March 23rd

    Не думал что такое можно сделать в афтере, потрясающе! Очень круто!
    /
    It makes in AE. I can’t belive. Wonderful !

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    Jhay March 23rd

    Part 2 please!!! can’t wait, I’m done with part 1 already.

    http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=59192613537&ref=nf

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      Ayhan Caamel May 2nd

      Hi Jhay

      I saw your video on facebook, and its very good…
      I did an attempt myself but did not succeed in the end…
      Could you please help me out with a couple of questions… I would really appreciate the help.

      1) Do we have to turn off the DOF(Depth of field Composition) and Drop(Composition) in Scene 1 before rendering the video?

      2) I purchased “twitch” plugin from video co-pilot, but the instructions in this tutorial about its use in the end are insufficient… did you use it ? and where did you put the keyframes for twitch?

      I would really appreciate the answers from you or from anyone on this website.

      Regards,
      Ayhan.

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    VertigoSFX March 24th

    Wow…this is…wow.

    I’ve never seen something so awesome. And this isn’t even something from a Hollywood film…heck it is better.

    I am going to have to tackle this tut…i’m still speechless.

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    lzx917 March 24th

    very cool
    but i want to see fire with water

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    wooga March 24th

    cool. wonderful, wow, very nice

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    Mark March 24th

    Great Tutorial!wonder what’s the tittle of this Hans Zimmer score..from what movie do you think?…

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    Zim March 24th

    Long but seems to be really useful. Thanks for this tutorial! :)

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    John Dangerous March 24th

    One of the best ae tuts I have ever seen and I think I have seen most.

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    Lufutu March 24th

    Very amazing tut :D – 2 years with After Effects, and best tut !

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    2tone March 24th

    I´m trying to install trapcode shine 1.5 in my CS4 but i can´t, it seems that is only for CS3 and previous versions.

    Do you know if 1.5 is the last version? or how to fix the problem in CS4?

    thnxxx

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      2tone March 24th

      All fixed

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    zuza March 24th

    Very nice tutorial!!!
    Tnx for sharing :D

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    Alka March 24th

    wow amazing
    ae has so much potential

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    Jackson March 24th

    Great tutorial!
    I am a fan of Pierre Michel too!
    http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/casestudies/8355.html

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    Mudi March 24th

    I ddnt this kind of amazing tutorial in my life wow! cant you make video tutorial for these? plzzz

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    biplav360 March 24th

    gr8 tut dude….truly beautiful

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      JayTgirl April 11th

      Cant believe how many people here seem to winge about no video tutorial.
      We all are very lucky to have someone so talented to give their time to produce such a complex yet easy to follow tutorial in the first place.

      Ive learnt much more now about how Particular Trapcode works whilst following these steps

      Well done Alex.

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        herve May 21st

        Completely agree. Video tutorial are not appropriate for long tutorial like this one. stop, pause, rewind…jeez no!

        This step by steps tutorial is the best. Thanks Alex.

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    Stanley March 24th

    0_o I m stunned like never before 0_o the only negative thing is that we need to use trapcode (which costs money which I dont have atm ^^)
    anyway nice tut…

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    Billy March 24th

    HOW CAN THE NAME OF THIS SONG STILL NOT BE KNOWN?????

    SOMEONE….ANYONE….THE NAME OF THE SONG IS……???????

    Thanks!

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      Diego SA March 24th

      It has already been posted here.
      The name is Attack from the Pearl Harbor Soundtrack, composed by Hans Zimmer

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        Billy March 24th

        Thanks! Apparently I am blind. I looked and looked and didn’t see where it was posted. I appreciate the info!

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        Diego SA March 25th

        Yes, there are too much comments here! It’s easier to get blind.

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      sara October 24th

      um i think he used music track from pro scores off of video copilot you can download pro scores for free at another site:)

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    Nidhi March 24th

    It’s really really great tutorial. Awesome, Wonderful, Incredible, Amazing

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    назар March 24th

    фигасе!ну ты земляк загнул!молодца!

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    Rob Fiedler March 24th

    Absolutely Terrific. Thank you

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    fb007 March 24th

    cool!Thank you!

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    Trigger March 24th

    Great tut!

    The name of the song is Attack by Hans Zimmer, Pearl Harbor soundtrack.

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    Merewald Valletta March 24th

    Absolutely stunning! Thank you so much for this tutorial!

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    McManus March 24th

    Excellent work!!!

    Nice techniques with nice idea with sensibility makes videos like this…

    I’m glad to be in this forum

    Felicitats!!!

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    theD March 24th

    English used in this clip …. better without it.
    Ink bleedings from copilot with no reference on it… stinks.

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    makos March 24th

    Very cool!!!!!!!!!

    Please video tuto !!!!!!!!!!

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      sara November 11th

      I agree video tutorial comon!!!! we all would love to seee a video tut plzzz were begging tyou!

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    snyonz March 24th

    Awesom!!
    nice tut and nice sound^^

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    talha March 24th

    Nice please upload video tut

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    Steve Goris March 24th

    Damn, this is a fantastic tutorial. The videoclip and the sounds are very nice done.

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    morsje March 24th

    plz video tutorial :)

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    jayen March 24th

    i actually like your tut in pictures only because if you did it in video it would be really hard to follow because there are soooooo many steps

    this way you can remember which step you are on and come back after a break

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      ksquareddesign March 24th

      hmmm but honestly, I would understand it more, if it was a video. I understand what your saying: pausing the video and starting it, but its just s better way to follow along.

      Great tut by the way!

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    Franky March 24th

    This is insane.

    Ps
    I HATE TRAPCODE

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    AGUDO March 25th

    woooooo!!
    man! congrats!!
    thanks’ you!!

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    jinggo March 25th

    nice tutorial l..l.
    PROUD to BE MALAYSIAN
    :)

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    metaphaze March 25th

    AWESOME! Vdieo tut would be the icing on the cake!!!

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    Alex March 25th

    Totally awesome effect! OMG!

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    Mudi March 25th

    will you upload Project file? if not then please make video tutorial :) i am your fan now :p keke

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    Edwardo March 25th

    What music did you use for this? its so emotive and beautiful i would appreciate it if you could tell me the name of the song…

    thanks

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      Diego SA March 25th

      You’re the second person I tell the name of the song.
      The name is Attack from the Pearl Harbor Soundtrack, composed by Hans Zimmer.

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        Eric Sneider June 1st

        Hans Zimmer does some wonderful work.

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    Erik March 25th

    I was so amazed when I saw this, today when I came home till now I was doing this tutorial, am just new to AE but it’s all very well written, I could understand everything! Good job and will follow part 2 aswell! Amazing job man!

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    pablo embry March 25th

    that is wonderfull, greats tuts.

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    Erik March 25th

    Here is my result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftagLN36RL4

    Thanks alot for this great tutorial! Will follow part two soon!

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    Shifter March 26th

    Very Epic, it touched me…
    And the tutorial is really great,
    Good Work ^^

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    trak March 26th

    thanks so much for sharing this.. awesome tut

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    Ron March 26th

    Any body there can help me.

    I am locked in step 54.

    All work fine but in Particle -> Custom -> Time Sampling, but not when i select “Random – Loop” my rain disappears.

    Sorry my bad english

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      versa March 27th

      get shure you select the layer for your custom particles

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        Ron March 27th

        Yes i have do that “7.drob”, and i can get i work if i select: Time Sampling -> Current Time, and if the time Indicator is in the 3 first seconds.

        And i forgot to thank you for the best tuturial i ever have seen to AE.

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        versa March 27th

        you must choose ‘Random Loop’. maybe increase particle size.

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      Kuzo May 23rd

      The solid who contains particles must begin when the composition drop is visuable. I do the same error, I place the beginning of the particles before the all the others object.

      Scuze my bad english

      See ya

      But very amazing tuto.

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    Erik March 26th

    I have worked another few hours + few hours rendering on the scene, made it 1:10, added the flashes and thunder effects etc.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iFw_Ise9vQ

    I say again this is a really awesome tutorial and tomorrow am gonna follow part 2. Just new to AE but this site really helps me understand things better and make beautifull stuff. It’s just so awesome I can’t stop watching what I have created with this tutorial haha :D

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      herve May 21st

      Very nice. damn…I’m jealous that you have completed all the steps :)

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    manS March 27th

    Wow that building in my country… just 5 KM from home…
    Could you please tell me where is my home..?
    :)

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    manS March 27th

    I definitely follow this tutorial when I free… TQ for the awesome tutorial….

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    djer March 27th

    most amazing tut i’ve seen so far on this website

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    prathap March 28th

    Thank you very much for sharing these valuable information to the public.fantastic tutorial…

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    Gabriel March 28th

    Hey, that was one incredible sound track. Could I trouble you to ask where I can find it? Insane tutorial by the way.

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      Gabriel March 28th

      Never mind, I found out from earlier posts. I would like to ask what is the font you used.

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    Cristian March 30th

    Awesome, beautiful.

    Thank you for your work…

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    Holden March 30th

    Where did you purchase the cloud video that was used at the very beginning of the video? Thanks for sharing your creativity with us.

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    ritch March 30th

    Great video and tutorial!
    I am a Pierre Michel fan to
    I have a question for everyone ok!

    When i use a trapcode particular and form… my machine go slow and long to response. is not easy to explore for me with to much layers of particular and form.

    this is my computer:
    dell dimension dime 521
    amd athlon 64×2 dual
    core processor 3800+2.00 GHz
    3,25 go RAM

    for you guys ? to do a scene like this tutorial with some computer speed…
    it is possible for me it will time to change the computer ?

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    delidumrul April 1st

    Please video tutorial :) )))))

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    Vienzzion April 2nd

    Yes ! No More video tuts (whew) glad theres some text tuts. But any there should be an alternatives for those who want video tuts. YEAH! I’M A LOW Bandwidth users. poor me

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    skoville April 3rd

    I love tuts using different programs. I went back and forth so much I think text is fine.
    Any advice as to using proxies or pre renders to ease the load on my computer?

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    vic April 5th

    hahahahaha. i likes. i really likes. i didn’t even realize how much of it was kinda common sense and of course trial and error. love the fact that its not a video tutorial for some reason. it’s like i’m forced to focus, plus i can save the screen grabs for the settings if i ever have a problem. i didn’t even know when i had reached the end of this part-it was that good. evil genius u are. lovin’ the ukraine a little bit more today. keep it up!!!

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    Chris April 5th

    very good tutorial. I think I will make up a project and use this :)

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    jonathan April 6th

    hey nice job
    is there away to work in trapcode, by wireframe because
    its slows down my mac.. i would be nice if anyone would reply

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    James April 8th

    Great tutorial. Thanks!

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    coolboarder44 April 9th

    Very nice tutorial and great video! I like that kinda ‘matrix’ effect with the water drop. The mood and colours really got me into the vid too! Whether you use a text tutorial or video tutorial doesn’t matter; the result is amazing!!!! Great selection of music too.

    @ jonathan (2 posts up): Not sure exactly if there is a specific option within trapcode itself to enter wireframe mode, but why don’t you try lowering the resolution of the layer that you have applied trapcode to? It’s the little box to the right of the layer name with the diagonal stripe running through it. That might help with rendering and what not?

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    clancy30 April 10th

    hey guys i have a problem.
    when i get to fill layer and start duplicating and changing values it freezes my after effects any i deas why?

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    Christian K. April 12th

    Hi guys, i have a little tip for you out there and maybe one for the “Master” Alex. =D

    I think the Shine Layers are some kind of lifeless, so here is my idea.
    I add an Wiggle Expression to both Shine Layers.

    How to: Select both Shine Layers (CTRL+klick), press “T” to get the Opacity.
    ALT click on the stopwatch and type in “wiggle(2,50)” (without “, try out many different numbers for the wiggle! i juse a 960×600 comp so 2,50 fits for me very well)

    Sorry for my bad english…
    Feedback would be nice

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    Abdullah Alhourani April 12th

    Great, I like it, but I need this music how can I getting it, what the fime name?

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    Sunny April 14th

    Really great video man, it be GREAT if you could make a video tutorial for this in parts and show how to do everything. Like beggining to end, because i thought you were going to show everything, but still great tutorial man! PLEASE MAKE A VID TUT though on everything, would be much appreciated!

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    CgBaran Tuts April 18th

    Excellent tutorial

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    KillGuta April 20th

    *tear* Great video!

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    elsasha April 21st

    ñaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa es tooooooooooo hard

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    小喇叭 April 24th

    I want to download this tutorials ^!^

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    sabri April 24th

    Wow, what a great Tutorial!
    Is it possible to blur the raindrops at end of life.
    Like, if the rain comes from above – the clothest raindrops should be blurred?

    Tanks

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    Sebastian April 25th

    I have a big problem… my drop is kinda krappy…. it got 2 Areas…. one in the middle which is green…. and an outer one… until step 5 it works fine for me :D but as soon as i add the curves my drop looks like crap…
    heres a screenshot: http://imgur.com/EBuk.jpg
    please help me to solbe this problem^^

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      Dan May 4th

      hey, go to your drop comp –> effects –> form –> base form –> sphere layers

      change to 1

      should work out

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        Sebastian May 8th

        Man i love you :D Thanks Alot!!!

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        dj October 6th

        ya this helped me too, thanks a lot!

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    Ashwin April 25th

    Hello. I was wondering if anyone here could upload the burned picture of the patronas twin towers because I can’t seem to get it to work in my favor. I keep messing up. So if anyone still has the image of the burned patronas twin towers, I would appreciate if anyone could perhaps upload it.

    Thank you.

    PS: Tutorial is great. A job done well!

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    mads April 27th

    Great Tutorial.
    I really feel like i learned alot.
    I can only join the others request here, to get it as a video, for me atleast, its easier to follow along a video, than from text based. Never the less, i just completed this one.

    It is quite heavy to render, perhaps there should be alittle warning before you get to much into the tutorial ;) – ohh.. and there is a repitation with step 82 and 83. nothing big though ;)

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    Adam April 28th

    This is so amazing. Everything fits in perfectly.
    Thanks.

    Right, Another question on the music..
    Anywhere I can get it for free?

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    petiii April 29th

    hello, I send my work, the name is rain drops …
    http://www.harnapictures.hexagon.sk/3d.html

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    tangshiwu April 30th

    So Kool

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    Thijs May 4th

    Damm i don’t get that thing in the beginning..
    Just get a weird circle thing

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      sara November 11th

      oh you need the plug-in trapcode form then you change plug-in settings to what circled iin red :)

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    Thijs May 4th

    i use adobe after effects 7.0

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    Thijs May 4th

    What is Ram Preview?

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    Thijs May 5th

    I’m done :D
    Thanks for this great tutorial but just some questions:

    1. How do you use Ram Preview

    2. Where can i get the trial version of twitch can’t find it on the site you give.

    3. Is part 2 already on the internet?

    4. I Don’t get ha drop thing on my camera…

    Thanks for this great tutorial

    -Thijs

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    ray May 7th

    having problems with the trapcode shine effects/plugin….the lights emitted are reddish..how can i change it to white

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      jo May 14th

      iam facing same prblm,iam used little tint

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        Alex July 8th

        me too

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        fonz July 16th

        go to the Colorize option, and change it 3 Colors to None

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    fantasmo May 7th

    Which plugin can be used instead of “Trapcode Form”? Is there something similar already with AE CS4 or a little cheaper plugin?
    Thank you…

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    SERAJ22 May 12th

    wow I don’t know what to say !!
    it’s great !!

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    rakesh May 12th

    much better on video tutorial!

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    zee7 May 14th

    great, this remind me sin city’s start scene, goOod job mate and huge thanks for sharing thi =)

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    Constantin Potorac May 14th

    Incredible

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    Nabster May 15th

    Stunning effect! Excellent! And the music goes very well with the clip. Great job overall, thanks for the tutorial!

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    Narendra.s.v May 17th

    This is just incredible! I will soon learn AE to do this scene :D

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    Jason Saggers May 19th

    If only I owned half of that software.

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    wockee May 20th

    omfg you’re sick mate!! I’ve never seen such thing, really you stopped the time for like 1.30 min…

    damn you amazed me with that, keep up the good work :D

    hopefully I manage this to get the same result :D

    thanks

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    herve May 21st

    Thank you so much for making this tutorial. This is a lot of work you have done here.

    I’m a newbie in AE and I learnt a lot doing this tutorial. There are some steps I have skipped..such as making the effect of the BIG drop at the end. It was not looking as realistic as yours.

    I was trying to understand the trapcode particular effect. I have one question : what would be the settings to make the rain drops falling down like in the Pierre Michel video : view from the clouds.?

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    fsg2008 May 23rd

    good,verygood!!!I like!!

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    andyb May 23rd

    great tutorial man, i was always baffled by P.Michel’s work.
    A little DOF would help in order to make the buildings look less like a miniature

    good work!

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    total ass May 26th

    unfortunately, your flash player sucks. Getj w player thx, I’ll try to watch it then

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    Daniel Norton May 26th

    Hey For Number 67 i think you meant to write Rain. just letting you know .. awesome tutorial. i loved it. i added a little green screen of myself in there too.

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      sara November 11th

      i wanna see! put it on youtube plzzzzzz :0

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    Emanuele May 28th

    the best effect made with after effect I’ve ever seen

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    julio May 30th

    just amazed.

    this is the kind of stuff we are allways looking for.

    thanks for sharing.

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    christian harb June 1st

    Brilliant … keep up the good work

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    john June 6th

    Awesome video!
    i just want to know where did you get the very first scenes’ footage from (the one where the clouds move fast)? or where can i get some footage similar as i am working on a film and want this kind of cloud thing happening?

    thanks

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    draino June 8th

    i cant even change a parameter without waiting for 15 minutes between each change im not sure what i have on i have fast preview off and i have render at half.
    whats taking so long?

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    Anon June 16th

    Well done sir !!!
    Thanks for the tut ..!!!

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    Medy June 16th

    OH, what to say ? it’s a fantastic work it’s genius…
    thank you for given us this chance to learn secrets of this amazing softwar. thank you

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    Theo Dem June 22nd

    Hi! first of all , really great stuff here , truly inspirational ! I followed your steps with some minor changes because i was working in 1080p with a different photo and the result is Amazing . Thank you dude … But , there seems to be a problem in witch i need some help , my drops (some of them in the back) seem to disappear , or appear from nothing… i tried to prologue the particle life but nothing ( i don’t know anything really about trapcode particular) Any pointers ? The scene in witch I’m working will be part of a short neo-noire movie that i’m making and I would definitely put a BIG thank-you note at the end. you rule

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    Tiffany June 23rd

    What a moving preview. Truly beautiful.

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    Yourick June 23rd

    This is simply the best tutorial on the net.. this THE best tutorial ive ever seen.

    great job !

    you are awesome !

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    Rainer June 28th

    Hi all,

    i have a big problem with the coordinates.
    My coordinates for the position of the layer in
    3D space are total different.

    Whats going wrong?

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    lmdang June 29th

    Wunderbar!!!

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    TMK July 5th

    I love this tut… But, is there anyone else experiencing AE freezing after the random loop time sampling??? AE won’t even let me open my comp anymore, should i just throw it out?

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    Eric Kristin July 10th

    Obrigado por compatilhar seus conhecimentos…
    todos estão de parabéns!
    grande abraço!

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    Abdullah A. Sarraj July 12th

    Wow.. The final project really Wow .. I can not describe how i feel really .. good tutorial

    and give us more ..

    My Imagination Had a lot of ideas after i saw this :) .. Thank u guys .. :)

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    fonz July 16th

    Yo I dont get step 95, you suddenly duplicate the flash layer and have a bunch of keyframes which i do not have. care to help ?

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    Devil's July 24th

    HI all…..

    I did it but i can’t see my fast rain…..

    ANYONE HELP ME PLZ, Where i was wrong..

    PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ hElppppppppppppppppp…

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      Jonny134 October 9th

      Im haveing the same problem, besides at Step 54 my computer dyes… i have 4g ram 3g processor…

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    modernKnight July 25th

    @Devil’s

    Make sure that when you changed the wind values for the particles, you put the Y value as 127 and the Z value as -900.

    If you put those two into X and Y it will push the particles off the screen.

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    Umer July 26th

    HI, I am totally new to after affects and as much as this movie motivates me to learn it. That much I hate to stay I wouldn’t learn it, because it has too many options. So its only good for people who are seeking it as a career not as a hobby. I might stay with flash, photoshop, and dreamwear. I wish there was some place all people of different skills could work together for free. Like think about it. If on some web designing project An artist a photoshoper works on art and designing, whereas Coder code it make it the most dynamic web. And in the mean while Animator using flash and afteraffects creates such a awesome introduction video with sound producer that it all become a piece of art.

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    adrianw July 29th

    GREAT TUT> BUT Is it just my mac (specs – 750 gb harddrive 6 g ram) that it takes about 10 mins to even change a simple effect when building this project. plz send me feedback so i know if you have a simlar mac with same specs if ou mac movinh fast or do i have a virus that slows down my mac.

    thanxxxxx

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    qmz August 13th

    震撼!牛!!!!!!

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    Motzary August 20th

    Hi,

    I have a question about number 54. There i need to set it to custom particle, but in Particular 2.0 i cant choose that option, so i dont get the fast rain? Can anyone help me with a sollution, i cant figure it out myself:(

    Hopefully i get help:D

    Thanks

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      micheal de vries September 23rd

      Ive got the same problem with step 54 about the custom option.

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    xoxo0 August 28th

    yet anither great tutorial…cool !!

    thx and bravo :)

    ++

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    syed September 1st

    hi,
    i have a question it would be great if anyone could help me with step 54 thats the option button. i dont get those feilds and options after clicking on option button…
    hopefully some1 has a solution for it
    thanks

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    hugbugrocker September 7th

    wow great tutorial!!!!!!! i just cant find the name of the music anywhere :( i had to make a equirectangular image because i didnt use any of ur stuff as i wanted to make mine different.!

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    jujubi September 14th

    hi ae u r great, u giving life with after effects

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    Person September 19th

    wtf is he saying on step 77!!! what “drop view” if hes talking about the drop comp thats not it… he needs to learn better English i can barley understand what hes saying in 1/2 this

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    micheal de vries September 23rd

    please can anyone help me

    im stuck at step 54.
    I want to select “custom” at particle type but it seems that it isnt listed on my particle type list.

    ive reseted a few times and ive checked the adjustments. I still get the same result.

    Im using AE CS4

    Thanks in advance

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    Harry (Scotland) September 24th

    I’m trying to help develop a community video and I only just discovered After Effects and tried this project to help make the community video extra special, but I just can’t achieve the desired results, so I wonder if anyone can help. I can send a copy of the file I created if someone is willing to tell me where I went wrong.

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    Zumie September 24th

    I can need some help, i’m stuck at step 5, when i have chosen Sphere – Layered, I don’t have Particles in Z, but only Sphere Layers?

    thanks in advance

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    Jonny134 October 9th

    At Step 54 my computer dyes… pls someone help me, i have 4gb ram 3g triple core processor…i cant believe it cant handdle it….

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    D Weston October 12th

    Hi there -

    I’m creating a video for a non-profit charity in Canada, and elements of this video would be amazing in something we’re putting together, but it’s only a few days away and I’m not sure I have the time to do the tutorial from scratch.

    Is there anyone who would be willing to share their Project file for this?

    It’s for a good cause – I would send you a copy of the completed video, with full credit – it will be shown at a fundraiser with about 400 people at it – and this is PURELY at a non-profit occasion, i.e. not redistributed anywhere. A one-time thing.

    The help would be much appreciated.

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    D Weston October 12th

    Oh, if anyone is interested in helping, as mentioned in the above message
    you can email me at damian.weston@gmail.com

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    biik October 17th

    whats the name of the song

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    ramesh October 26th

    one of the best tutorial online

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    kickash October 27th

    EVERYONE WHO IS STUCK AT STEP 54!!!!

    Particular 2.0 does not call it custom. It has been renamed to sprite!!!!! lol in 3.0 it will be ROOT BEER!!!!!!!! lol jk jk

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    Marto motion November 3rd

    tks! for share this!

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    C.T.Daniel November 9th

    is not much easy to make a video tutorial?

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    Leon December 27th

    Hey all!:)
    VERY NICE TUT!
    i saw it and just wanted to start..
    but the demo versions of trapcode does not work..:(
    i installed it, but there is nothing in “effects”..
    google was not helpful in this problem, have you an idea?

    sry for my bad english

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    Leon December 30th

    problem fixed:)

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    João Matos January 5th

    breathtaking

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    Jack January 12th

    I’d really like to learn how you made the clouds in the very beginning.

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    kenji January 18th

    GREAT TUTORIAL! Dude you are great ;) !!!

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    Lucas January 21st

    Where do I get songs like this? someone would have the project file to send or link to download??

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    Lage February 5th

    From the Preview video
    00:24 secs
    I really want to do this effects n i tried many diffent thing but…
    still can’t do that
    plz let me know how to make this… n teach me.

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    Lage February 5th

    From the Preview video
    00:24 secs
    I really want to do this effects n i tried many different things but…
    still can’t do that
    plz let me know how to make this… n teach me

    this is a img wut i wanna do… plz teach me
    http://imgur.com/tz3v1.jpg

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    John February 7th

    Awesome Tutorial, very beautiful result!

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