• Adobe After Effects

  The Sand Blowing Away Tutorial

  Posted by Hitman on August 21, 2005 at 12:26 pm

  Hey guys,
  i was looking into the Text Blow Away like sand tutorial and found something weird. The project file is built totally differently to the tutorial. The pictures do not add up and little things like that. Dont get me wrong its a great effect but can someone explain this too me please. For example the selectoin map is shown in repeller not affects.

  Tell me if I have a dodgy .aep or it this weird?
  Thanks people

  Never let your doubt blind your goals, for your future lies in your ability, not your failure…

  Steve Edwards replied 20 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
• 5 Replies

• 

  Steve Edwards

  August 21, 2005 at 3:12 pm

  where did you find a tutorial on this? and is there a way to create the effect like the comercial about the car where the car hauler is going down the street, and the cars on it all blow away like dust.
• 

  Hitman

  August 22, 2005 at 1:07 am

  https://www.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/page_wrapper.cgi?page=https://www.creativecow.net/articles/eriksson_emanuel/sand/index.html&forumid=2

  There is the tutorial, and with the blowing dust sorry until i get my new CPU i can not even try it. You could just use particle playground and a shape mask like this one to make it look like its being blown away like dust. ill get back when i can.
  Good luck
• 

  Steve Edwards

  August 22, 2005 at 2:58 am

  first website says it’s been discontinued, and the second one says “the cow can’t find it’s way to the pasture”. I guess that means it could not find it. I am new to this and usually need the step by step instructions, or close to it.
• 

  Kathlyn Lindeboom

  August 22, 2005 at 4:47 pm

  Here’s the direct link:

  https://www.creativecow.net/articles/eriksson_emanuel/sand/index.html

  You can also find all of our after effects tutorials by clicking on the After Effects COW banner at the top of the page.

  Kathlyn Lindeboom
  The Mistress of Mmmooooo!
• 

  Steve Edwards

  August 23, 2005 at 2:42 am

  I copied the tutorial and watched the movie. I get the start a new project, create a new comp,apply the text, and resize it. I create a solid and do all that. Okay. I create another comp and call it wind. I create another solid. ( this is where I get confused when it says, “mask it off and animate for about 2 seconds”.
  Do you drag any of these down to the timeline? And can you use a picture to blow away instead of text? If so, where do you slide in the picture, or substitute the pic for what step?

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up