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Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects

You're reading from  Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects

Product type Book
Published in Feb 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804617281
Pages 332 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Vishu Aggarwal Vishu Aggarwal
Profile icon Vishu Aggarwal

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1: Working with Motion Graphics
2. Chapter 1: Getting to Know the User Interface and Workflow 3. Chapter 2: Applying Effects and Presets to Create Animated Graphics 4. Chapter 3: Deep-Dive into Text Animations 5. Chapter 4: Animating Shape Layers 6. Chapter 5: Adding Motion to Photoshop and Illustrator Graphics 7. Chapter 6: Creating Motion Graphic Templates for Premiere Pro 8. Part 2: Post-Production and Visual Effects
9. Chapter 7: Color Correction and Color Grading 10. Chapter 8: Rotoscoping and Mask Tracking Techniques 11. Chapter 9: Chroma Keying 12. Chapter 10: Working with Particle Simulations 13. Part 3: 2D and 3D Tracking, and Rendering
14. Chapter 11: Working with 2D and 3D Tracking 15. Chapter 12: Exporting and Managing Projects 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using the Foam effect to create a snow effect

The Foam effect is a versatile tool that can be used to create a variety of different effects. It is a particle effect, which means that it creates a simulation of individual particles that interact with each other and with the environment.

We will be using the Foam effect to create a snowflake effect in video footage.

Follow these steps to use the Foam effect:

  1. Locate the Snow Effect composition in the Project panel, and double-click to open it in the timeline.

    The Snow Effect composition contains two layers: Snow city.mp4 and snowflake.png. The snowflake.png image will be used as a texture for the particles in the Foam effect to create falling snowflakes from top to bottom.

  2. Right-click in the Snow Effect composition, and then go to the New | Solid... option.
  3. In the Solid Settings dialog box, change Name to Snow Foam and Color to black (#00000) and click OK:
Figure 10.2: New settings for the Snow Effect composition

Figure 10.2: New settings for...

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