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  Connect Particles with splines/lines in Trapcode Form

  Posted by Alec Maassen on January 6, 2014 at 10:09 pm

  Hi guys,

  I am working with Trapcode Form and as of right now I have a grid that I am manipulating to an audio mix. I am wondering if there is anyway to connect all these particles with lines, like an actual grid? I’ve seen the technique done before, but I just don’t know exactly how people manage to do it.

  Thanks

  Matthew Keane replied 12 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  January 7, 2014 at 7:31 am

  Plexus can do this kind of effect:

  https://rowbyte.com/products/plexus/

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior VFX Artist
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  Matthew Keane

  January 7, 2014 at 2:57 pm

  Hi,

  If you use a dense grid of particles in Form, you could use a layer – in the form of a grid – as an alpha map to only show the ‘lines’. Or you could use another instance of Form with the ‘Strings’ base form (two copies to get lines in both directions).

  Matthew Keane

  Freelancer based in Paris, France
  – Motion Graphics, Video Editing & Effects, Watchout Programming & Live Operation.

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