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In this tutorial will be using the EZ Tools
script, which is free to download. So let's
start.
Import the files you need into After Effects.
You can download the project files and the
template separately, this way you will be
able to create this beautiful particle kinetic
text animation even if you don't want to download
my template. You can find the links to the
project files, and to the example animation
template in the description.
Create a new composition and name it: text
animation. For this example, I'm using a FULL
HD 1080 pixels preset, with 30 frames per
second, and 6 seconds long, but you can make
it as long as you need.
Create another composition, and name it typography.
Use the same length and settings as before.
Select the horizontal type tool, and start
writing your texts. In this example, I will
use 3 texts. Also, I am using the Bebas Neue
font family, which is free to download, but
you can use any other font.
Place your texts in their final places, you
can even use different sizes, or rotate them.
Be creative.
Now, it's important to place them in the exact
reveal order, from top to bottom, then, select
each text layer, and pre-compose it. Name
the first one Text 1, the second one Text
2, and so on...
Move to 2 seconds, select all the text layers,
split them, then, delete the newly created
compositions.
Offset your texts layer as much as you need
for your animation. In this example I will
make them start from the 15th frame, then,
overlap them 15 frames each one, but you can
play with the start times until it fits your
needs.
When you are done, select the typography composition
from here, and duplicate it.
Enter the new composition and follow my steps.
Place your playhead at the beginning of your
first text layer, select it, move 15 frames
forward, and change its start time, move another
15 frames forward, split your layer, and delete
the new one.
Repeat this actions with each text layer you
have. All these pieces of layers will serve
as emitters for the particles, that's why
is very important to respect the timings I
gave you.
Go to your typography composition, select
the text 1 layer, and apply the fast blur
effect to it.
Move to 15 frames, where this layer starts,
create a keyframe on blurriness, and change
its value to 30.
Move 20 frames forward, and change the value
to 2.
Move back to 15 frames, open the opacity options,
create a keyframe, and change the value to
0%.
Move 20 frames forward, and change the value
to 100%.
Move another 25 frames, and create a hold
keyframe, then move 15 frames more, and change
the opacity value to 0%.
Search for turbulent displace, and apply it.
Change the amount to 100, and create a keyframe,
move 40 frames back, and change the amount
to 0.
Change the size to 6,
and the displacement to twist.
Search for fractal noise, and apply it.
Change the contrast to 450,
create a keyframe on brightness, and change
its value to 350,
then, move 40 frames forward, and change the
value to -260.
Click transform, and change the scale to 23.
Your animation should look like this.
Now place your playhead at the beginning of
your second text layer,
select all the effects from your Text 1 layer,
copy them,
select your Text 2 layer, and paste them.
Move at the beginning of your text 3 layer,
select it and paste the effects and so on.
Select the opacity from your text 2 layer,
copy it, and paste it to each text layer,
the same as you did with the effects. Remember
that is very important to be at the beginning
of your layer before pasting the effects or
the opacity.
This was the most difficult part of our tutorial.
Your text animation should look like this
now.
Go to your text animation composition, and
bring the Typography and Typography 2 layers
into it.
Make them 3D, make the Typography 2 layer
invisible, open the opacity of your Typography
layer, and change its value to 80%.
Create a new black solid,
Place it between your Typography layers, and
rename it Particle 1
Now, will have to use the Trapcode Particular
plug-in, which is a paid plugin as you know.
For those who don't have it yet, go to the
Red Giant official website, and download the
trial version. You can find the link in the
description.
Search for particular, and apply it to your
solid layer.
Open the emitter,
change the number of particles per second
to 100000,
change the emitter type to box,
the emitter size x, y, z to 0,
then, change the emitter type to layer.
Open the layer emitter, and change the layer
to Typography 2,
and the layer sampling to particle birth time.
Change the velocity to 15,
the velocity random to 35%,
and the velocity distribution to 2.
Open the particle,
change the life to 2 seconds,
the life random to 30%,
the size to 3,
and the size random to 45%.
Open size over life,
apply this preset,
then fill the right size like me.
Open physics, click on air, and change the
wind Z value to -50.
This is how it looks until now.
Select the particle 1 layer, and duplicate
it.
On the particle 2 layer, open the emitter,
and change the number of particles to 20000,
and the velocity to 35.
Open the particle, and change the life to
3,
and the life random to 60%.
Open the opacity over life, and change the
graph like this.
It does not have to be perfect, just make
it look like a weird comb.
This will create a beautiful glitter effect.
Select the particle 1 layer, and duplicate
it again,
On the particle 3 layer, open the emitter,
and change the number of particles to 50000,
and the velocity to 5.
Open particle,
apply this preset on the particle over life,
and fill the left corner.
In physics, change the wind value to 0.
Create a new composition, and name it particle
kinetic typography. Use the same settings
as before.
Bring the background and the color palette
files into your composition,
then, bring the text animation layer on top
of them.
you can use it just like this, but to make
these black marks disappear, change its blending
mode to add.
If you want to color it, apply the tin effect
to it, make the color palette visible, and
change the white color to this color, or to
any other you like more.
You can delete the color palette file.
To change the color of your background, search
for hue and saturation and apply it.
Changing the master hue angle, you can get
any color you want, but in this case, we will
use a 115 degrees angle.
to make your particle animation even more
interesting, select the text animation composition
from here and duplicate it,
Open the new one,
select the typography, particle 3 and particle
1 layers, and delete them,
on the particle 2 layer click the effect controls
panel, open the emitter, and change the random
seed value, to any other value.
Go back to your particle kinetic typography
composition,
bring the text animation 2 comp here, and
place it between the other 2 layers, and you
are done.
Let's see the final result.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to
create a particle kinetic text animation in
After Effects.
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