Tao Cylinders Preset

Download project file (AE CC 12): tao_cylinders_colorful_CC12.aep

TAO pack - AE project examples

Pack with 13 AE projects made by Peder Norrby during development of Trapcode Tao, cleaned up (a bit!) and saved for CS6 (requires AE CS6 or later and Trapcode Tao)
TAO_pack.zip 

TAO Loopy thing pink project file

Download project file (requires Trapcode Tao and AECS6 or later):
loopy_thing_pink_CS6.aep

Black Flow

Test of the new fractal type Multi SmoothRidge. More info and AEP for download.

Painterly Particular

I stumbled on this "painterly" effect while working on making fractal field visualizations with Trapcode Particular. I was using a quite large and dense Grid emitter, and tracing the particles' motion in the field by emitting aux particles:

I wanted to see how it would look with some colours and changed the Grid emitter into a Layer Grid emitter and placed a photo as source texture for the emitter. Here are two before/after for the effect:

There are no post effects added here, the pattern that reminds of a canvas is actually from the grid emitter. At first the particles are unaffected by the field, due to Turbulence>Fade In Time, and as time progresses they get more and more affected, leaving the aux trail all the way back to the original grid.

Here's what the build-up sequence looks like:

Download the After Effects project file and try it with your own images! Painterly.aep

By further boosting contrast (Brightness & Contrast effect) and adding Sharpen and Color Emboss the image looks even more like an oil painting on canvas:

NEW! Project file with emboss: painterly_emboss.aep (CS6)