Mattias Peresini (AKA Mattrunks) has posted 4 really cool FREE Trapcode Presets up on Red Giant People – Our community site for sharing presets and templates. Thanks for Sharing Mattias!

Get the Orgasphere Preset HERE.

Get the Nebula Preset HERE.

Get the Falling Text Preset HERE.

Get the Dynamic Pulsation Preset HERE.

In this rockin’ episode of Red Giant TV, Motion Designer Harry Frank shows you how to create a realistic crowd scene using Trapcode Particular 2. He’ll also create a similar scene using Trapcode Form.

Watch it here.

We strongly encourage you to visit Harry’s site @  GrayMachine.com – an awesome resource for AE users.  While there, check out the free training and templates, as well as his highly popular training series for Expressions (Vol. 1 & 2) and Trapcode Form.

This tutorial uses Clips from Crowd Control - my company’s library of pre-keyed alpha stock footage – and believe it or not this entire crowd was created using ONLY 5 clips:

OK, OK, enough already! Ever since I posted that Vortex Transition on my site, you haven’t stopped asking about it.  So…

Red Giant TV – Episode 23: Peel-Away Vortex Transition

In this episode of Red Giant TV, I’ll show you how to create an insanely cool transition for text and other elements. This tutorial builds on RGTV Episode 21, where I covered a text-to-sand transition, so make sure to check it out.

You can watch the episode here.

And of course, just for watching, we’ll give you a discount on Trapcode Form and Knoll light factory. You can get that discount here.

I’m baaaaack….

In this episode of Red Giant TV, I’ll show you a technique for placing layers inside the middle of a particle system – crucial to truly integrating your CGI effects with your live action footage or motion graphics.

Click the above image to see an example video.

You can watch watch the episode here.

And, of course, just for watching, you can get a discount on particular here.

By the way, Actor footage Courtesy of Crowd Control from All Bets Are Off Productions, Inc.

Alright folks -

Here’s another tutorial I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I see people struggling with Particular’s emitter position controls, so I figured I’d pass a long a few things that will make your life easier…

WARNING: Objects in tutorial image are a lot more interesting than they appear!

So, in this Episode, we’ll look at some very useful techniques for Trapcode Particular that will give you better control of emitter position in 2D and 3D. You’ll also learn how to capture the motion of your mouse (or stylus) to control emitter position.

You can watch it here.

OK folks – Part 2 is up and running. In this episode of RGTV, we’ll continue with using sound to effect time, but we’ll also focus on sound effecting the look of the footage, as well. Here’s an example:

Click the image to see the example video.

This uses both Trapcode Soundkeys and Magic Bullet Looks. Hope you enjoy the show!

You can watch the episode here.

New episode of RGTV is up, folks…

RGTV Episode 05: Controlling Time with Audio – Pt. 1

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use audio to control time. You’ll learn how to make your video automatically move forward in time to the music’s beat – a technique used in tons of music videos and commercials.

Click on the image to see the example video.

I’ve noticed that the sound on MP4’s can be a few frames off when uploaded to the web – but rest assured, the motion is to the beat.

If you have never used Trapcode Sound Keys (and maybe even if you have), I’ll bet you’re surprised by what you can do with audio and time.  Anyway, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this one so please sound off.

Watch it here.

And don’t forget you can get great deal on Sound Keys through Red Giant TV. Just swing by the Promo page for details.

Got a new tutorial for you, folks – Creating a Looping Particle System.

OK, some of you have probably been following my work for a while and know that I already did a looping particles tutorial at Creative Cow. But this is much more in depth and covers both creating looping particle systems and creating looping particle shapes using Trapcode Particular’s custom settings. You can find that tutorial here.

We’ll also use some of these techniques in a later tutorial… (more…)

That’s right. Part 2 is finally here!

Click the image to watch the sample video.

Watch the tutorial here.

And in it, we’re using Trapcode Shine and Magic Bullet Looks. You can always download trial versions to work along with me, but we’re also giving you a 30% discount on both products if you want to buy one or both.

Last night at After Efects New York, one of my friends came up to me and said he really liked the binary transition tutorial, but felt that in the final result, you couldn’t see the numbers clearly.

Well, the simple solution is to just slow things down a bit.  (more…)