Cloudscapes in Trapcode Form by Dan Sollis

An experiment using Trapcode Form to generate organic effects - in this case, a cloudbank. 

The After Effects project is available to download from the Digital Distortion website. Optical Flares was used for the sun flare effect - though I've also put an optional AE lenseflare in there (disabled by default) for those who don't have that plugin. You should get it though - it's awesome!

Project is for AE CS3 and above.  The soundtrack is "Sarcophagus" by Conelrad

A little experiment - Shadow mapping Particular Objects

Here's a little test I did while working out how to create shadows for Particular layers.

 It uses a duplicate of the main comp to create a "Shadow version" of it, with the camera in the shadow comp linked via expressions to the light source in the master comp. I'll post the AEP on my site if anyone wants to play with it  - at http://www.digitaldistortion.net/rsrc_particularShadow.html