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Swirls and Twirls effect in After Effects?
Hi, I would like to ask you if you know how those twirls were made in After Effects, i want to recreate them identically.
In the video they’re above the christmas tree. The video is created in December 2006, so must be something easy, but i cant get it.
https://youtu.be/x0uGYh-sfQA -
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A particle system such as CC particle world with the emitter animated in that manner.
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Can you please tell me how? I know the Cc particle world is used only for particles, not helix twisting
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The emitter would be parented (with some horizontal distance between them) to a null that both rises and rotates along y-axis. The emitter emits particles as it goes. This creates a helix shape.
You can also animate the distance between the emitter and the null to get a tapering helix, etc.
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Can you please make a sample file, I was trying and no luck, It doesnt work, I want the same look 🙁
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Hi Milos,
I forgot you can’t directly connect Particle World to a null, so I did the twirl with expressions. I can’t tell from the video what it is meant to look like, but this should get you started. Modify the expressions and other settings to taste.
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Thanks for the effort, but this is not what i was looking for. I ended up with a solution of custom made paths to be followed by the Particular to clone the exact same effect.
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