Comments on: Particular 2 Presentation + Tutorial

By: carlos

carlos — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:35:34 +0000

I don’t think it was a white whale. Maybe it was a rabbit’s foot. That would make more sense. Since that’s also a lucky charm

By: Aharon Rabinowitz

Aharon Rabinowitz — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:30:06 +0000

Fred – can you post an example?

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:57:39 +0000

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!

By: Aharon Rabinowitz

Aharon Rabinowitz — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:52:10 +0000

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.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:52:23 +0000

Love the tut but the crowd control animation beside it is very irritating.

By: Paton MacD

Paton MacD — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:34:16 +0000

Excellent Tut Andrew! I like when you loosen it up a bit!
J/K Aharon I think this one was pretty great!

By: Ulysses Paiva

Ulysses Paiva — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:20:02 +0000

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!

By: Adam Everett

Adam Everett — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:04:01 +0000

Aharon, Thanks for sharing! nice presentation.

By: Xyne Brix Punzalan

Xyne Brix Punzalan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:34:51 +0000

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

By: antvertigo

antvertigo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:44:15 +0000

so nice to hear more natural commentary! Cool tute thanks

By: Aharon Rabinowitz

Aharon Rabinowitz — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:44:13 +0000

Nice! I’ll give this a shot. Lloyd – thanks so much!

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:37:07 +0000

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;

By: dave frank

dave frank — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:36:19 +0000

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!