[Phearn]

Excellent. Really good to know I’m not barking up the wrong tree. I’ll have a look into using Particular. Something I need to get to grips with anyway. Unfortunately we’re now going for a different approach on that segment of the video. However, I like the idea enough that I think I’ll do it anyway for my showreel.

One quick question before I get down to it: in Dan Ebberts’ “noise() – After Effects Hidden Gem of the Week” article he mentions a number of plugins allowing luminance values to be accessed with expressions. That article’s quite old and 2 of the plugins mentioned are out of production. Is this functionality included with newer versions of After Effects, or should I get Anarchy Toolbox? Is there another option I could consider?

Thanks for the input!

Cheers,
Patrick Hearn
Brainwave Media Limited