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RGTV Ep 25: Creating a Crowd Scene with Particular 2

By Harry Frank
July 21, 2009
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In this rockin’ episode of Red Giant TV, Motion Designer Harry Frank shows you how to create a realistic crowd scene using Trapcode Particular 2. He’ll also create a similar scene using Trapcode Form.

This tutorial is from Harry Frank,  a truly truly talented Motion Designer and teacher, but also a great guy we enjoy collaberating with, here at All Bets Are Off.

With Harry’s permission, we are featuring his tutorial on this site, but we strongly encourage you to visit his @  GrayMachine.com – an awesome resource for AE users.  While there, check out the free training and templates, as well as his highly popular training series for Expressions (Vol. 1 & 2) and Trapcode Form.

Believe it or not, this entire crowd was created using ONLY 5 Crowd Control clips:

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  1. Loay said
    on July 21, 2009

    Great
    Thanks !

  2. Zvi Twersky said
    on July 21, 2009

    Thanks! By the way, I follow you via Twitter but I wanted to know if there is a way to subscribe to your tutorials\blogs via email (not readers). In other words, I would get an email when there is a new post on your site. Thanks

  3. Birdhaus said
    on July 21, 2009

    Very helpful, particles responding to lights is breakthrough! thanks Harry, Aharon and Trapcode. you guys, eeeh, Rock!

  4. Angel said
    on July 21, 2009

    Loved it once again. I was wondering about the project you made. Did you use the techniques in “More Techniques for Better Light Wraps” to create the video on the jumbo tron?

  5. Mahesh Garnara said
    on July 21, 2009

    Great Tutorial
    Thanks Aharon.

  6. Rob Neal said
    on July 21, 2009

    Which resolution clips were used in the tutorial?

  7. Aharon Rabinowitz said
    on July 22, 2009

    Don’t thank me – thanks Harry Frank at http://www.graymachine.com/

  8. Aharon Rabinowitz said
    on July 22, 2009

    Rob – Harry used different sizes, but in the end he brought them all down to the 640×360 resolution. For a shot this far away from the people, you could *probably* go with even the smallest size – although I haven’t tested it.

  9. Aharon Rabinowitz said
    on July 22, 2009

    Zvi – if you sign up for a free crowd control account, it adds you to our newsletter. We send one out every few weeks with an update on tutorials and other cool stuff.

  10. Aharon Rabinowitz said
    on July 22, 2009

    Angel – I didn’t do the Jumbotron animation. Or rather, I didn’t create the screen graphics – I just Jumbotron-ized footage from the particular 2 commercial I directed. It was animated by Outpost Pictures (http://www.outpostpictures.tv/). But were I to do it, I’d actually use the layer style called Outer Glow. Probably the fastest solution. I’ve done it that way in a few projects.

  11. Zvi Twersky said
    on July 22, 2009

    Thanks! Actually, I think I was already signed up because I just got such an email :-) Silly me

  12. Zvi Twersky said
    on July 22, 2009

    So is Crowd Control 45,000 clips or 5 clips with 9000 particles in a crowd… ;-)

  13. Rafael Guerra said
    on July 22, 2009

    Thanks Graymachine…you are an awesome moderator and tutorial maker. And thanks Aharon, for hosting this…

  14. Ghoster said
    on July 30, 2009

    Thanks Aharon Rabinowitz. How old are U ? Almost your TUTs are awesome. Thanks to share

  15. Aharon Rabinowitz said
    on July 30, 2009

    Ghoster – I’m old enough to know better… But let me put it this way… I saw Star Wars in the movie theater. And by Star Wars, I mean Episode 4: A New Hope.

  16. Nick T said
    on August 2, 2009

    woah i never thought to approach that with particles

  17. Simon said
    on August 11, 2009

    he’s a monster..you guys are awesome..do even sleep man.thanks for doing the Lord’s work!

  18. Chris Martin said
    on September 30, 2009

    This is an incredible program…great tutorial Aharon!

  19. Aziz said
    on April 3, 2010

    Very useful tutorial!!!
    I thank both of you guys… Keep it up.

  20. jfasfa said
    on April 15, 2011

    As Can Email Notice the new tutorial site Grateful to disrespect

  21. Aharon Rabinowitz said
    on August 1, 2011

    JFASA – no idea what this means. Sorry.

  22. Martin Stiehl said
    on October 3, 2011

    Hey Aharon, Thanks Harry,

    Where can i get/buy these 5 Clips?

    regards

    Martin S.

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