[Michael Chisholm]

Thanks for the response.

After reviewing the tutorial, I can pretty much safely assume the effect was done using a 3d program, seeing how smoothly and easily the cubes rotated in the tutorial. The falloff effect was also most likely used at the end to do the center-border reveal.

Unfortunately, I don’t have a 3d program at the moment, so I’m still going to attempt to recreate everything in After Effects, but for the most part my question was answered.

Thanks for the help guys.

[Michael Chisholm]

Thank you for the link. The plugin looks interesting, but using a template or plugin would defeat the purpose of recreating a project to learn.

I may opt for that if I can’t find a manual solution. I’m not even sure if the project can be done without a plugin. What I’m most interested in is what techniques or expressions I can use to create the effects illustrated in the video.

Thanks for your time.