Frozen in time

Frozen in time from Peder Norrby on Vimeo.

Some experiments. Using a Light Emitter driven by a wiggle expression. Aux particles trails. Frozen in time using Physics Time Factor.

Music: Cliff Martinez - First Sleep

Download AE CS4 AEP: particular_exp.aep

Form Galaxies 1, by Dan Sollis

Created in After Effects CS5 as part of my ongoing experiments with Trapcode Form. If I was doing this for a production, I'd almost certainly be using Particular 2 (and other plugins) for this as well. But I wanted to really get my teeth into Form, so I've restricted myself to just 2 third-party plugins, listed below.

You can download the project file here.

Third party plugins used:
Trapcode Form
Video Copilot Optical Flares

Soundtrack by Conelrad

Posted by Dan Sollis, Digital Distortion

THEMYSTICBLACK

THEMYSTICBLACK from Peder Norrby on Vimeo.

Audio-driven animation using Trapcode Sound Keys to drive Particular. Music: Autechre - plyPhon. Here is a quick tutorial showing how the AEP was made:

THEMYSTICBLACK - tutorial from Peder Norrby on Vimeo.

Download AE project file (AE CS4): THEMYSTICBLACK.aep

QuickTip: How to make a spiral using Trapcode Form

Form Spiral - Quick Tutorial from Peder Norrby on Vimeo.

Volumetric Smoke with Trapcode Particular

Particular Volumetric Smoke from Peder Norrby on Vimeo.

This was an attempt at creating a volumetric looking smoke effect. It was totally improvised so it shows how I experiment to get the settings right.

After rendering the final clip I noticed I had to change the Particle>Size over Life curve so the particles size faded out rather than just disappearing abruptly. I also setup Aux>Opacity over Life so the auxiliary particles faded out (using opacity). Tutorial:

Particular Volumetric Smoke Tutorial from Peder Norrby on Vimeo.

Download AE CS5 AEP