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Seeking Advice: Creating a Logo Animation with Trapcode Particular
Hello everyone
I was already here 20 years ago and have now found my way back here today, as I’m getting a bit more involved with AE again. Unfortunately, I have forgotten a lot of things or a lot has changed in the meantime.
I would like to create a logo animation in After Effects. The whole thing is to be done with Trapcode Particular, as this is still where the most beautiful particles are generated.
Of course I want to build the whole thing myself, but I currently have little idea how best to go about it, so I’m hoping for your help 🙂
The idea: I have a logo that should fly from outside the viewport into the center of the viewport (the background will later become space). It should not be a simple animation of the logo layer, but I would like it to be meteorite-like tails, or magic lights or something like that. Everything made of particles.
I have an example sketch:
1. particles fly downwards in a logo shape
2. particles reach invisible barrier and bang into it. The particles should be thrown further forward by the abrupt stop and gradually dissolve there as a kind of “dust rain”. In the background you can slowly see the real logo (particles as alpha map?)
3. real logo appears while the particles are pushed forward and gradually dissolve.
How should I approach this? I can manage the particle swipe, but I’m currently failing to move the particles further forward when I “stop”.
Should I use the logo as an emitter, or use 3 separate emitters for each tail of the logo to have more control?
I look forward to your input. If anyone is bored, I am open to offers that solve the problem in a quick way 🙂
Best regards
Marco
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2 Replies
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Hey Marco,
This is a cheat – but at least get you going.
Keep in mind that although you would want to it from scratch, there are plenty of places to take inspiration from + get to have a peak at how they do it:Also, take a look at BorisFX Particle Illusion. Not sure how the licence works, but they did have a free version. And if you chek out their page, you’ll have an abundance in pre-made particle animations + tutorials:
https://creativecow.net/why-does-no-one-talk-about-particle-illusion/Don’t forget to come back and show us your final version!
Good Luck.
Atb
Mads
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I think Particular’s bounce options are probably the best for the barrier. But if you want to slow them down instead of smacking into a wall, then maybe take a look at Particle Playground’s Property Manager settings. These will get you a slowing down gradient. I’d use a second layer for the “rain” to appear to be generated from the first particles and finally for the logo resolve, I’d time reverse a precomp of the logo exploding into dust – so that it forms instead.
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