Course For After Effects - Particle Playground

Learn the little-known secrets of After Effects Particle Playground plugin with special effects expert & Star macProVideo.com Trainer Richard Lainhart. App Features: • 209 minutes of video training • Super clear explanations • Offline Playback (no internet connection needed) • Easy to navigate Course Outline: 1. Introducing the Secrets of Particle Playground (00:58) 2. Keyframing vs. Procedural Animation (04:06) 3. How Particle Systems Work (03:43) 4. About Property Maps and Simulators (04:47) 5. Particle Playground Parameters (05:18) 6. Varying Particle Velocity (02:07) 7. Varying Particles Per Second (04:46) 8. Simulating a Fountain - Randomizing Direction (04:57) 9. Randomizing Velocity (03:04) 10. Setting the Initial Particle Snow Parameters (05:31) 11. Refining the Particle Snow Parameters (05:38) 12. Creating Stylized Snow with a Layer Map - Part 1 (05:17) 13. Creating Stylized Snow with a Layer Map - Part 2 (04:23) 14. Setting Up a Photoshop Sequence as an Animated Layer Map (04:35) 15. Applying the Animated Layer Map (03:51) 16. Setting Layer Map Time Offsets (02:16) 17. Relative and Absolute Layer Map Offset Types (04:15) 18. Setting Up Cannon Text (05:17) 19. Adjusting Cannon Text Parameters (04:06) 20. Bouncing Cannon Text off a Wall (05:38) 21. Using Selection Texts (02:51) 22. Using Particle Exploder with Cannon Text (04:10) 23. Using Time Offsets with Particle Exploder (04:15) 24. Combining Wall with Particle Exploder (04:46) 25. Property Map Concepts (03:46) 26. Creating a Simple Property Map (04:29) 27. Adjusting Property Maps Offsets (05:16) 28. Scrolling Characters with Property Maps (05:40) 29. Applying Multiple Property Map Channels (03:17) 30. Enabling Grid Text (05:23) 31. Creating Animation Presets (02:20) 32. Creating a Noise Map to Randomize Properties (06:00) 33. Randomizing Characters with the Noise Map (06:25) 34. Introducing the Matrix Code Effect (05:42) 35. Generating the Text Grid (05:53) 36. Creating the Random Noise Map (05:30) 37. Creating the First Gradient Opacity Map (03:26) 38. Creating Additional Gradient Opacity Maps (03:26) 39. Animating the First Four Opacity Gradients (06:55) 40. Adding Additional Opacity Gradients - Part 1 (06:22) 41. Adding Additional Opacity Gradients - Part 2 (05:03) 42. Increasing Animation Density by Duplicating Elements (07:37) 43. Setting Channels for the Master Property Map (03:31) 44. Applying the Custom Map to the Particle Playground Matrix (07:32) 45. Simulating the Code Effect with Standard Fonts (04:22)