Red Giant

It's gonna be a lovely day with a little hit of Red Giant Mojo and some Magic Bullet Looks

It's #ThrowbackThursday!
(Remember when that was a thing?)
Here's some tools to use for a retro, vintage look!

This lovely loop (and the music[!]) was created by motion designer, Jonny Grace (_jonnygrace on IG).
Red Giant tools in it include Mir for the chrome blob and Trapcode Particular for the smoke at the end.

#TipTuesday | Ever wondered why your glow didn't look right? You need color in all three of the color channels!
Don't miss the main tutorial for the full, sparkly particle effect! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8udlcu1XFo

YouTube video by Maxon Red Giant Sparkly Golden Glitter Text Tutorial

New Trapcode Particular tutorial now up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8udlcu1XFo

Comment if you want a link.
You asked, so Michael's recording a tutorial!
Golden, shimmering particles from your text or logo with Trapcode Particular!

🔊 Sound on
A killer groove and a killer glow; what a lovely combination!

a man with a beard is asking if he can please explain ALT: a man with a beard is asking if he can please explain

When you use Trapcode Particular, do you use the Designer?
Why or why not?

#TipTuesday | Stylize and animate arrows and lines easily right in your NLE

Right in your NLE!
Easiest animated arrows ever.

You want a tutorial on the "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" thing?
Michael is VERY HAPPY to deliver it.

Share some hope today.
Made with Trapcode Particular, Shine, Optical Glow, and Renoiser.

🤯 A simple trick that could change everything.
(Not clickbait)
Try this out and PLEASE let us know how it did for you (and your system info).
You might just fall in love with #TrapcodeParticular all over again.

Check out the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X9LJ6WMCnCc

#TipTuesday | Getting a cool 2D space scene with the NEW Advanced 3D renderer in #AfterEffects

We're so sorry.
(Not really)
Made with #TrapcodeParticular, Shine, Threshold Dither from #RedGiantUniverse, and #MagicBulletLooks

Lux adds atmospheric visuals to your otherwise invisible #AfterEffects lights.
Also, it's just a coincidence that we released French language support this week and then this post.
We swear.
S’il te plaît, ne nous en veux pas !

ICYMI, we released an update yesterday that introduced French language localization for all Red Giant tools (and lots of Maxon Studio bug fixes)!

Carl gets crabby sometimes
🦀
#TrapcodeParticular - not just for glowing lines, you can also use it for text animation!

#TipTuesday | How do you get different animation loops onto your #TrapcodeParticular particles all in one system?
Split Clip Loop!
Michael shows you how.

If you want to build the best tools to empower artists to realize their vision, we've got an opening at Red Giant!
📝 https://maxonvfx.com/3ZM4YVf

For those curious, this was built in #AfterEffects with #TrapcodeParticular, Depth Generator, #MagicBulletLooks, and #Supercomp

Couch, couch, couch, couch!

Easily add analog ambiance to your crisp, clean #mograph with #MagicBulletLooks

Variable fonts have arrived in #AfterEffects and we can't stop playing with them.

#TipTuesday | Easy freezy Trapcode squeezy. 🍋
Easily freeze your #TrapcodeParticular particles for a cool bullet time effect (or flip, reverse them).

Some lines, an arrow pointing to the right, and words saying, "Creating an ink pen look" all stylized like blue ink on paper.

1. Art 2. Invert 3. Uni.Ecto (with these settings) 4. Invert with examples of the steps demonstrated on line art. The uni.Ecto settings shown are: Glow Intensity, 0.70 Distortion, 103 Size, 2.00 Glow Color from Source, 100.00 Glow Settings Inner Intensity, 0.00 Outer Intensity, 52.00 Spill Width, 1.00 Post Glow, 0.00 Distortion Settings Pattern, Electric Animation Flow, 0.0 Evolution, 0.00 Pulse Speed, 0.00 Glow Behind, Off

Use as a Texture in Mir with these settings And Add AE Lights. The settings show for Mir are Geometry, Size, XYZ Individual Size X, 1080 Size Y, 1920 Position, 540.0, 960.0, -37.0 Vertices X, 90 Vertices Y, 160 Fractal Amplitude, 2.0 Individual Amplitude Amplitude X, 5 Amplitude Z, 5 Frequency, 261.00 Evolution, expression for time * 4000 Oct Scale, 3.0 Oct Mult, 01 FBend X, 0.0 Material Surface Preset, Custom Specular, 11.0% Specular Shininess, 1.0 Reflectivity, 19.0% Reflection Sharpness, 5.0 Reflection Rolloff, 51.0% Texture Texture Layer (your line art layer with effects and masks) Shader Shader, Smooth AE lights settings Point Light Transform Position, -508.0,-520.0,-138.0 Light Options, Point Intensity, 599% Color (a warm white) Falloff, Inverse Square Clamp Radius, 2190.0 Ambient Light Light Options, Ambient Intensity, 37% Color (a cool white)

Uni.Misfire and Uni.Texturize Motion with these settings uni.Misfire Effects Apply Softness, Off Apply Saturation, Off Apply Fading, Off Dust White Dust Amount, 0 Dust Frequency, 20.0% Apply Flicker, Off Vignette Vignette Size, 52.0 Vignette Intensity, 15.0% Apply Basic Scratches, Off uni.Texturize Motion Texture Select, Crumpled Paper Texture Opacity, 3.00 Texture Speed, 12 Displacement Map Horizontal Displacement, 0.01 Vertical Displacement, 0.01 Jitter Jitter Speed, 29.00 Rotate Amount, 02 Animate Scale, On Scale Amount, 020 Animate Position, On Position Amount, 0.20 Brightness Amount, 3.00 Mask Mask Size, 1810.00 Mask Aspect, 1.60 Mask Falloff, 0.94

Easy recipe to create a realistic ink pen look on your clean line art. 🖋️
💾 (Don't forget to save this for later.)
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The main trick for a subtle ink bleed effect is to invert your line art, apply Ecto from #RedGiantUniverse, and then invert it again. (More details in the pics.)

We are so sorry about yesterday. This one finishes, we swear.
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Ingredients: #TrapcodeParticular, uni.Ecto (for the ink bleed), Mir (for paper texture), uni.Misfire (for dust and overall vibes), and uni.Texturize Motion (for more texture) and to stop-motion-ize it.

This is how eyes are made.
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Ingredients: #TrapcodeParticular, uni.Chromatown, Optical Glow (with Radiate), Optical Glow (no radiate this time), Renoiser

Gorgeous work by Hakim Touhami using #TrapcodeParticular and shading the particles with #AfterEffects lights.
👀
See more from Hakimgraphiks here: https://www.behance.net/hakim2

Don't miss the bonus tip at the end!
#TipTuesday | Getting fresh looks out of your old favs.