AENY Aharon Rabinowitz introduces the new features of Trapcode Particular 2 from AENY on Vimeo.
On June 25, 2009, I gave a presentation at After Effects New York on Red Giant’s Software’s Trapcode Particular 2 (not yet released). It included a 20 minute overview of some of the new features, as well as a 20 minute Particular/Particular 2 tutorial on compositing particles in 3D space with camera motion. You can watch it by clicking on the above embedded video.
As always, thanks to my buddy and AENY partner-in-crime, Jim Geduldick, for his hard work and web coverage of our group.
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great stuff Aharon! i always enjoy watching your tuts.
not sure if anyone else feels this way, but i for one would always vote for the unscripted tuts! the slick tuts are…well, too slick. it really helps slubs like me see the real behind the scenes of working out problems that occur. sure, it rips the cover off of your “God-like statis” as an AE wizard…but it’s way more interesting and some of your “off the cuff” remarks have me rolling on the floor. (“more glowed?) so, keep up the great work! you’ve really helped me (us) in learning the art of AE!
This will get you the speed of the null and multiply it by the particle value, you might need to adjust as necessary since speed can get into the thousands so you either need to lower your particles/sec or divide the speed by 100 or 1000 or whatever
s=thisComp.layer(“Null 1″).transform.position.speed;
value * s;
Nice! I’ll give this a shot. Lloyd – thanks so much!
so nice to hear more natural commentary! Cool tute thanks
hey aharon
damn good job
heheeh i really like..i really cant wait to get a hold on trapcode particular
hehhehe i love ur site
God bless and keep up the good work
Aharon, Thanks for sharing! nice presentation.
Aharon, its amazing!!!
Untill today I thought the way to make particles to be in front and back of a layer was the old one: using masks where I wanted it to be in the back. With expressions it just got much easier and dinamic. Thanks for the illumination!
Excellent Tut Andrew! I like when you loosen it up a bit!
J/K Aharon I think this one was pretty great!
Love the tut but the crowd control animation beside it is very irritating.
Ray – you have 4 options:
1. Go to the actual Vimeo page to watch it there
2. Make it full screen using the full screen button in the player controls
3. Contract the edges of your browser so that you only see the video… or….
4. Get a sticky note, or some paper with scotch tape, and place it over the part of your screen you want hidden
I’d go for #4 because it combines the least efficient viewing method, with the highest cost for time and resources.
Thanks for the front and back particle expression that was very heplful. Now just attach a light to the same path as your null and the source will get illuminated as the particles pass by, looks awesome!
Fred – can you post an example?