[John Cuevas]

Are you talking about the pink smoke like object, top left corner. That could be Trapcode Particular.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

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[John Cuevas]

A real quick and dirty way is to duplicate the layer and use the CC Glue effect.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

If you have Trapcode Particular, you should be able to make a branch with needles, might not be photo-realistic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLca2KUXZ-Q

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Looks like what is happening is over shoot. When I do this I use a control layer, since I’m usually working on multiple layers of objects, but can you apply this expression directly to any keyframeable parameter, set your frequency and decay, then add a couple keyframes to get this action.

freq = thisComp.layer("Control Layer").effect("Freq")("Slider");
decay =thisComp.layer("Control Layer").effect("Decay")("Slider");

n = 0;
if (numKeys > 0){
n = nearestKey(time).index;
if (key(n).time > time) n--;
}
if (n > 0){
t = time - key(n).time;
amp = velocityAtTime(key(n).time - .001);
w = freq*Math.PI*2;
value + amp*(Math.sin(t*w)/Math.exp(decay*t)/w);
}else
value


Here is a project where I use a control layer.

10830_scalebouncecontroller.aep.zip

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Getting started with After Effects (CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, & CC)

Part 4 has links to free course and paid courses. The series created by Andrew Devis that is hosted on Createive COW is a great place to start.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Back in college we did this effect by having a tube running to wear the impact was supposed to be connected to a super soaker(water pistol) filled with fake blood. Just required framing the shot correctly so you couldn’t see it. Then it was just a matter of editing it well for the desired look.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Have you seen the Saber Plugin from VideoCopilot. Might make things easier.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

I think those effects were created in camera with snap zooms and whip plans along with careful shot planning to create some graphical/color matches. You can recreate snap zooms in AE by just keyframing scale very quickly over 6 to 8 frames and turn on motion blur.

Whip pans are a little more difficult, but here’s a tutorial that covers it.

https://library.creativecow.net/larsen_carl/simulating_whip_pans/1

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

You can do that using the shatter effect.

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/unguren_ben/shatter.php

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/mize_rob/AE-Shatter-Effects/video-tutorial

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

You will probably need to go into a bit more detail, but I would ask in the Expressions Forum, some real gurus over there.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
ThinkCK

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.