TNT Logo effect

[Mike Park]

I dont know exactly how TNT did it, but you can do a pretty good approximation using Trapcode Particular.

[Hope Holmesby]

Dear Mike,

Thank you so, so much. That is very kind of you to reply. Great, I do happen to have that and will give it a shot.

Thanks again for taking the time to do.

xoxoxoxo
Hope

[Mike Park]

email me at park_mike@yahoo.com

[Andy Blondin]

Troika did the branding for TNT. The particles are amazing and it appears the did it in Houdini. I hope that helps.

https://www.troika.tv/

more info here

https://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/briefingroom/2009/01/15/troika-design-group-elevates-the-drama-for-tnt/#more-8516

[Mike Park]

I actually had messed around with this look before using Particular and came up with this:
https://www.mediafire.com/?n401ymjnz5d
It is not exactly like the one on TNT, but I think looks pretty good. I used nothing more than an image from the web, built in AFX tools, and trapcode’s Particular and Shine.

Is this what you were asking.

[John Cuevas]

Very nice job, I messed around trying to recreate that look and didn’t come up with anything nearly that good. Think you could post the project files too. Love to see how how you accomplished it.

Thanks

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
http://www.ckandco.net

[Mike Park]

To answer some of your questions,
I used Particular to generate the thick bands of light and another layer of Particular to generate the smaller particles. I used Trapcode lux to generate the front “flare” and animated the whole thing with trig functions and slider expression controls. It is actually simple in concept, but quite a few layers to pull off. The logo is a solid layer with masks and layer blending effects. I also used Trapcode Shine to ramp up the glows.

[Andy Blondin]

Hey Mike, would you mind posting the project file. I like the results. Thanks

[Nick Bailey]

Thats awesome. I agree some project files would be great.