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Peel-away Vortex Transition

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By Aharon Rabinowitz
May 22, 2009
OK – maybe not the best name, but here’s a tutorial I’m working on.  It uses Trapcode Form to create the majority of the effect.

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Man, I can’t wait to try this transition out on some of the Crowd Control footage, to see if it translates well as a transporter-like effect of maybe even a the reaction to some sort of cool weapon that shreds and dissoloves things…

OK, and I have to tell you it may be alittle while before this tutorial comes out. I’m working on a few really big projects – most of which I can’t talk about YET, but which are very cool.

Oh, and I hate the name of the effect. If you have some name ideas, I’m listening. If I use your suggestion, I’ll give you credit for it in the tutorial (whenever it gets done).

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  1. Stefan said

    Looks great, can’t wait to see it :)

  2. Athan said

    SWEEET

  3. Steve said

    the projects u cant comment on, are they movie, music video, tv, video game, etc. what genre?

  4. jim hines said

    How ’bout “sphincter contraction” Okay that’s even worse … how about “Instant Inhale” …. oh well I tried…..regardless the name it looks great.

    Rock on!

  5. halcaraz said

    Español: Aharon, se ve muy bien este tutorial… ojala y salga pronto, gracias…
    English: Aharon, this tutorial looks very good, i hope it comes soon, thanks…

  6. pev said

    Aharon is great!!!!!!!
    NAME “repression” think about.

  7. Warti said

    Jeahh nice … how about “real big f#$%^g light transition thing” ;)

  8. Hey Warti – let’s keep it clean for the kiddies…

  9. Tom Hauville said

    how about the “Phased Plasma Rifle In The 40-Watt Range” effect…?

  10. Steve said

    how ’bout Blast On/Off Transition ?

  11. jim hines said

    Here’s a few more:

    Circuit Gyre
    Hairy Fuse
    Front Side Bus
    Tycho’s Synapse

  12. Adrian said

    Looking forward to these “Fluid Dynamics” (doh) …I suspect that Trapcode Form provides much more than meets the eye. Some good applications of Form should trigger some inspiration…

  13. David Superville said

    how about “high impact molecular dispersion?” it’s short and sweet. :)

  14. Benjamin said

    You can call it something like “The Glowing Spark”…

  15. Dangerous!

  16. Darren Doyle said

    Brilliant Stuff …Andre….no wait??? Aharon…j/k…can’t wait for your next great installment…a true master of visual effects!

  17. Tiffer said

    wow that looks great

  18. That looks great Aharon, how about calling it ‘Tendril Reveals’ or ‘Glowing Tentacles of the Vortex god’ or ‘lighty, wipey, wispy thing’
    ;)

  19. Wow! I can’t believe it’s 2D! That’s really beautiful Aharon! And I’m not sure the name is so bad. The “Peel Away” part seems spot on. Maybe you could change the “vortex” part to “arc” or something (like a welder’s arc). Talk to you soon.

  20. So…. its been a month, is the tutorial completed?

  21. Well – the first half of it was actually RGTV episode 21. As far as the 2nd half – Actually I wrote it on friday. Next up is to record it. It’s coming but I have a commercial I have to finish this week, plus a presentation for After Effects New York – been busy paying those bills. My daughter has a nasty habit of eating.

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  1. All Bets Are Off Tutorial Preview Forging Fire Studio | The BLOG linked to this post on May 22, 2009

    [...] Aharon has done it AGAIN! This preview, for what he’s calling (so far) the “Peel-away Vortex Transition” tutorial is going to be featuring Trapcode Form. This should be extremely interesting. Looks like strings with maybe a spherical field or or other shape causing displacement and probably a gradient wipe of some sorts to motor the animation. We’ll see soon hopefully, you can check out the preview here: Peel-away Vortex Transition [...]

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