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Virtual Light Painting Using Trapcode Particular in After Effects

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Overview

In this After Effects tutorial, we'll learn how to create a long exposure light painting effect using Trapcode Particular. Software required: Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe After Effects CS5.5, Trapcode Particular 2.0.

In this After Effects tutorial, we'll learn how to create a long exposure light painting effect using Trapcode Particular. Along the way, you'll learn how to create spline paths in CINEMA 4D from Illustrator paths and how to import the lights from CINEMA 4D into After Effects to use as particle emitters. By the end of this After Effects training, you'll have a solid understanding of how to create your own effects using splines as motion paths to animate particle emitters in 3D space. Software required: Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe After Effects CS5.5, Trapcode Particular 2.0.

Taught by

Joshua Smith

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