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Aligning Particular motion paths

Difficulty: Duration: 8 MinVersion: CS4Plugins: Yes

From aeportal.blogspot.com i found this great link, Red Giant posted QuickTip #25: Aligning Particular Motion Paths:Motion paths in Particular can be tricky. Harry Frank brings you this overview of how to set them up, and a foolproof way to align the spline in 3D space with a simple expression.

Expresions:
Particular Emitter Position XY:
pos = thisComp.layer(“Motion Path 1″).position.valueAtTime(0);[pos[0], pos[1]]
Particular Emitter Position Z:
thisComp.layer(“Motion Path 1″).position.valueAtTime(0)[2]

Separating elements in AE with Mocha

Difficulty: Duration: 25 MinVersion: CS4Plugins: No

Andrew Devis from creativecow.net say “In this video tutorial Andrew Devis will show you how to separate out different elements in your footage to layers so that you can apply color correction or effects in completely different ways on each layer for that unique look you’re looking for. “

Writing text in After Effects with Particular

Difficulty: Duration: 6 MinVersion: CS3Plugins: Yes

Antwan from ae.tutsplus.com say: “In this tutorial I’ll explain the quickest technique for typing words with Particular. Its really handy and easy to setup and it will save you tons of time especially when you want to write a longer word or even a sentence.”

Scribbled text After Effects tutorial

Difficulty: Duration: 8 MinVersion: CS3Plugins: No

Author James Polits says “Ever wondered how people make that scribbly filled-in text? I used to wonder how to create that look, but never found a tutorial for it. So I decided to make one. This tutorial will walk you through using the Scribble effect and the Write-on effect in After Effects CS3 to create this cool and handy animated text look.”

Removing noise and grain with Neat Video

Difficulty: Duration: 13 MinVersion: CS4Plugins: Yes

My favorite plugin for photoshop to remove noise is Neat Image, well you can use this plug in AE to remove noise from video too. Andrew Devis from cretivecow.net show us how.

Illustrator to After Effects Motion Paths

Difficulty: Duration: 8 MinVersion: CS3Plugins: No

Colin Smith from Adobe Tv say: “Have you ever tried to create a complex motion path in After Effects? This tip will show you just how well Illustrator and After Effects communicate using a simple copy and paste to the clipboard and transfer illustrations to motion paths in After Effects!”

Procedural dispersion with Trapcode Particular

Difficulty: Duration: 35 MinVersion: CS3

Ben Watts: “In this tutorial I will demonstrate how to build up a procedural dispersion effect using Trapcode Particular. This is great for burning off logo’s, text, etc.. The color and motion of the effect can be changed easily as well as the wipe angle thanks to handy global wipe control we will construct.”

Gravity preset

From batchframe.com we can read: “Use Quick Gravity to add a falling and bouncing effect to a layer or layers in your composition quickly and easily. This preset includes many easy-to-use controls that make customizing your bounce even simpler.”

Custom Shatter Maps for After Effects

Difficulty: Duration: 14 MinVersion: CS3Plugins: No

From Creative Cow we can read: “Custom shatter maps are not talked about very often, but they can be very useful in creating some unique effects. In this video tutorial, Jesse Toula will take you through what a shatter map should look like, and how to use it to control your shatter.”

Filmstrip animations in After Effects

Other great Rich Young post, he collect several filmstrip tutorials, mostly with different looks, and a free Mac plug-in. Chris Huer freeform filmstrip tutorial in vimeo is a great example of how achieve this type of effect.