Nebula Construction Kit

Making nebulae with Mir and Form. Examples of generated nebulae:

Add a bit of Vector Blur!

Three examples movie:

Here is the tutorial on using the AEP (download below)

Download Nebula Construction Kit AEP: nebula_construction_kit.aep

These images and more in high-res in the flickr album.

Tutorial by Buwaneka Saranga - Cosmic Strings

Amazing tutorial by Buwaneka Saranga. Uses After Effects, Trapcode Particular 2, Photoshop. Check it out here: http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/after-effects/create-cosmic-lighting-effects-with-particles/

Tribute to NASA/Curiosity

A tribute to NASA/Curiosity. Made using AE/Trapcode Mir.
Based on: trapcode.com/MIRlandscapes

Inside the Nebulae

An imagination of flying in the gas clouds of space. 

Actual images of nebulas taken with the Hubble space telescope were combined in After Effects with CG gas clouds and stars made using Trapcode Form and Starglow.

Music: We Own The Sky by M83

The image in the first and second part is from the Eagle Nebula. Image by NASA / Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen. The third is the Horsehead Nebula. Image by NASA. The fourth is the Omega Nebula. Image by NASA, ESA and J. Hester (ASU).

Tutorial Available! And AE project file for download.