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RGTV Ep. 36: Create a Psychedelic Background

By Aharon Rabinowitz
January 14, 2010
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In this episode of Red Giant TV. Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a cool psychedelic background in After Effects, using shape layers and Trapcode Shine. Even if you’ve used Shine a lot in the past, this tutorial takes it in a new direction.

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  1. Pedro said
    on January 15, 2010

    Thanks Aharon, Mr Rabinowitz for hearing my voice about the Great AE and Video Resources. Those are all great sites and Mr Kramer makes the whole complete of course you leading the herd. I appreciate it a lot. Thanks again and again.

  2. Mohamed Zakzouk said
    on January 18, 2010

    Hey Aharon, this is beautiful tutorial so useful and nice tip .. thank u so much man :D

  3. Pedro said
    on January 18, 2010

    Nice to watch, I´ll be heading to my computer right now. This one is short, quite interesting and creates a great background. For AE we need just ideas or better said good ideas and you are the ones who provide us with the tools and the way. Isn´t that inspirational enough? God bless your family and you.

  4. Aharon Rabinowitz said
    on January 18, 2010

    Thanks, folks.

  5. jim hines said
    on January 19, 2010

    This one is perfect for old hippies like me : – ) – thanks man!

  6. Martin Cameron said
    on January 22, 2010

    I continue to love the way you break things down Aharon. Your methodology is amazingly refreshing and informative.

    Also this type effect I suspect will be much in demand soon if the new YELLOW SUBMARINE is a hit.

    Thanks again!

  7. Aharon Rabinowitz said
    on January 22, 2010

    Thanks Martin. I really appreciate it. Glad it’s helping you.

  8. ramesh said
    on January 25, 2010

    my first impression was the bg is vector image from illustrator but this is very cleverly done. Thanks aharon sir for sharing ur cool ideas. i learnt a lot from you since creative cow.

  9. Ron Gardner said
    on January 25, 2010

    Excellent tutorial! The pre-defined shape layers and mods are mostly under appreciated, but extremely valuable tools for compositing in AE. Thanks again Aharon!

  10. mohammed shadid said
    on February 13, 2010

    thanx a lot you amazing

  11. Ashish said
    on February 15, 2010

    Thanx for the smart tut man

  12. LRC said
    on March 24, 2010

    Aharon, if you only knew how long I have been trying to find out how to do that background! wow. I love you man! lol….

Continuing the Discussion

  1. Tweets that mention RGTV Ep. 36: Create a Psycedelic Background – All Bets Are Off Productions -- Topsy.com linked to this post on January 15, 2010

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Topher, Aharon Rabinowitz and Aby Rao, #aftereffects. #aftereffects said: TUTORIAL | Create a Psycedelic BG w/ Shape Layers & #Trapcode Shine: http://bit.ly/8FZYu7 RT @ABAOProductions #AfterEffects [...]

  2. Let The Sun Shine In – Sunbursts In After Effects | Wizpress.com linked to this post on January 21, 2011

    [...] Rabinowitz builds on the initial version of Todd Kopriva’s Radial ray Shape project in Red Giant TV Ep. 36: Create a Psychedelic Background. A 3rd-party filter (or a dancer) isn’t really required; you could just use the somewhat [...]

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