How to make videos like this

[Mike Hunter]

You need particular 2.0, probably some 3D modeling program like Maya for the building, not sure on that one.

[Rodney Guthman]

I would say that this video is only After Effects + Trapcode Particular (or maybe even Particle World, a stock AE plugin)

[Tudor “ted” jelescu]

Sure, it’s really easy! Just hire any of the guys that give answers on this forum and you’re all set.
All jokes aside- you could do all that in After Effects, with a bunch of third party plug-ins. You just need a few years of practice.

Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior Compositor/VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania

[Mark Benson]

Thanks for the info guys!

I wasn’t too sure of what I needed to start practicing and making these.

I really appreciate the help.

Cheers!

[Walter Soyka]

[Mark Benson] “I wasn’t too sure of what I needed to start practicing and making these. “

After Effects is both broad and deep, and I think you need to get a broad understanding of the package overall before you can really go deep on any one area.

If you’re new to After Effects, I’d recommend the following link, in which former documentation lead Todd Kopriva pulls together some important introductory materials:

https://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html

I’d especially recommend Andrew Kramer’s free Basic Training tutorial series.

Walter Soyka
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