This week we look at how to make your own preset to build a very complex shape in After Effects. We use expressions, sliders and a little bit of math to make it all come together. Also we get you a ton of new loops, some free music and a free psd everyday of the year!
Stockpile
5 Music Bed Resources
365psd.com – A free psd everyday of the year!
Particle Shadows Tutorial from VideoCopilot.net
10 Free looping Backgrounds
Job:
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How to:
inspiration: Create an abstract design with patterns in Photoshop
Some Expressions used:
Position the grid in the grid top left corner
posX=content(“Grid”).content(“Rectangle Path 1″).size[0]+effect(“Grid Spacing”)(“Slider”);
posY=content(“Grid”).content(“Rectangle Path 1″).size[1]+effect(“Grid Spacing”)(“Slider”);
[posX,posY]
How many copies are needed:
content(“Elipse Mask”).size[0]/(content(“Grid”).content(“Rectangle Path 1″).size[0]*2+(effect(“Grid Spacing”)(“Slider”)*2))
Inspiration:
Freebies
6 Responses
Preset link not working… Page cannot be found
Link should be fixed now. You can download at http://churchmediadesign.tv/downloads/aeCirclePre…
Having a total brain fart..
What is the "add or set keyframe" command using the keyboard?
Check this out:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/…
Basicly it is ALT+Shift+(shortcut for property) or you can just click the stopwatch or change a value if something is already keyframed.
I'm an AE newcomer…How do I add a gradient to the preset? Is there another episode where you talk about this?
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