Text to Sand

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Uses Trapcode Form to create an effect of Text (or any image) turning into sand.

Download AE CS3 AEP - text_to_sand.aep 

Comments

[greenSquid]

Why is the text gray? I can't brighten it in the main comp?

[greenSquid]

Why is the text grey? I can't seem to brighten it up to a pure white.

[Peder Norrby]

It looks grey because the alpha channel that doesn't reach max. You can increase the particle size to 1.5 or more to make it more opaque.

You could also use a second layer with the same text and wipe it off in sync.

Peder Norrby / Trapcode

[preset???]

how can get the preset??

[David Cain]

Hi,

Not having much success with the video tutorials finding the answer to this problem.

I'd like to use two different texts in a sequence that goes from sand to text, back to sand to text. For example, I start with the sand transforming into the word "black" then transforming into sand then back to text, this time the word is "white". Is there a way to use keyframes to connect the Layer Maps to the text, using a single Form layer? Or do I have to create two separate Form layers and connect them to the separate words? Hope that's clear. I'm new to both AE and Trapcode.

Thanks!

David

[Peder Norrby]

You could change the text in a pre-comp, simplest would be a cross dissolve between the texts.

Another option is to use two instances of Form, one for each text and cross dissolve between them.