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Basic tile explosion?
This is probably very easy and I just can’t “see” it. I’m building a grid of 6×6 rectangles (on 720×480). Each rectangle is on its own layer so I can animate each one separately in AE. Once I import this layered file into AE, I’d like to have them “explode” where each one moves independently from the other and disappear from the screen. Much like a lot of particle animations I’ve seen, but this time using each tile as a whole, just breaking up the whole frame into each individual tile.
Can someone point me to a tutorial somewhere so I can learn how to do this? Or if you just want to give me the step-by-step version, that would work too. That way I can save it out in a text file and refer to it later again, you know, senility kicks in at some point… 🙂
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i can’t think of any tutorials that specificly explode a grid, but if you look for tutorials for effects like card dance, card wipe and shatter you’ll probably be able to adapt to your needs.
shatter seems the most likely place to start, i think it has a grid setting, but i know you can define a custom shape from a layer.
card dance and card wipe both work great for things that can be divided into grids, you’ll just have to animate the properties to create an exploding effect.
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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