Send A Happy 2010 New Year Card

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Tutorial


Step 1


First we create new compilation.

Step 2


Menu -> Layer -> New -> Solid...

Step 3


Menu -> Layer -> New -> Solid...

Step 4


Draw equilateral triangle using "Pen Tool" on layer "Tree".

Step 5


Menu -> Layer -> New -> Light...

Step 6


Animate "Position" parameter of the level "Motion Path 1"

Step 7


Open view in two dimensions, top view window to the right "Top", "Active Camera" to the left. Using "Convert Vertex Tool" and "Selection Tool" fix curves in animation.

Step 8


In the "Top" view window using "Convert Vertex Tool" and "Selection Tool" we make rounded spiral.

Step 9


Switch right window to "Front" view. Arrange curves in both windows.

Step 10


Select all animating points of "Position" parameter, and move all points to the middle of the "Top" window.

Step 11


Select all animating points of "Position" parameter and, holding down "Alt", click on the last point and drag it to 15th second.

The point is to stretch animation points proportionally in this time segment.
Step 12


Hide layers "Motion Path 1" and "Tree". Add effect "Particular" to the layer "Tree Particular". Select "Tree Particular" layer and go Menu -> Effect -> Trapcode -> Particular. Here are the settings of this effect. Thoroughly check them all:

Step 13


If you have done everything right, you must see this picture:

Step 14


Now let's change balls on our fur-tree to snowflakes. Create new composition. Menu -> Composition -> New composition...

Step 15


Find a vector snowflake in the Internet, clip-arts or draw yourself. Add .eps file with snowflake to composition "snowflake".

Step 16


Make the snowflake larger.

Step 17


The snowflake needs to be white. Menu -> Effect -> Color Correction -> Hue/Saturation

Step 18


Insert "snowflake" composition into "New Year Card" composition, turn it off and lock.

Step 19


Open "Particular" effect settings of the "Tree Particular" layer.

If your computer began to work slowly, you should switch "Particle Type" parameter back to "Sphere", so calculations would take less time.
Step 20


Add camera to the project: Menu -> Layer -> New -> Camera...

Step 21


Camera adjustment is very creative task, you can do everything up to your imagination. Here are my camera's settings:

Step 22


Let's add a reflection to our fur-tree. It wolud not be correct, but it doesn't matter for the time being. Select "Tree Particular" layer, Menu -> Edit -> Duplicate... Rename it to "Tree Particular reflection". Change "Scale" and "Position" parameters and make this layer to start from 0:00:10:05.

Step 23


Add Menu -> Effect -> Transition -> Liner Wipe... effect to the reflection. Also add transparency animation points: in first point it equals 0, in last - 100.

Step 24


Add more snow to the background. Menu -> Layer -> New -> Solid...

Step 25


Add "Particular" effect to "Snow" layer. Select "Snow" layer and go Menu -> Effect -> Trapcode -> Particular. Here are the settings for this effect:

Step 26


Add background. Menu -> Layer -> New -> Solid...

Step 27


Color background, add "Ramp" effect to it. Menu -> Effect -> Generate -> Ramp... Also add animation to the effect, so background color would change with camera motion. Don't forget to move layer to the bottom of our composition. Here are the settings:

Step 28


Add black margins. Menu -> Layer -> New -> Solid...

Step 29


Add mask to "Black field" layer with "Rectangle Tool" and invert the mask.

Step 30


Add the name of this wonderful site "AE TUTS". Menu -> Composition -> New Composition...

Step 31


Select "Horizontal Type Tool" and write "AE TUTS" in the middle of the screen.

Step 32


Add "Text" composition into "New Year Card" composition, then turn it off and block.


Step 33


Now let's make our text to appear vividly. Menu -> Layer -> New -> Solid...

Step 34


Add "Particular" effect. Menu -> Effect -> Trapcode -> Particular... Settings:

Step 35


"AE TUTS" layer animated parameters settings:

Step 36


If you did everything correctly, you should see this:

Step 37


Lesen a bit "AE TUTS" text. To do so, move text a little in depth on Z-axis and a bit move up:

Step 38


Add a glow to "AE TUTS" and "Tree Particular" layers. Select "AE TUTS" layer. Menu -> Effect -> Stylize -> Glow... You can leave the settings default.

Step 39


Repeate Step 38 for "Tree Particular" layer. Menu -> Effect -> Stylize -> Glow... You can leave the settings default.

Step 40


With "Horyzontal Type Tool" add "Happy New Year!" text and turn it a little.

Step 41


The last touch. Add a star to the fur-tree. Menu -> Layer -> New -> Solid...

Step 42


Using "Pen Tool" draw small star on "Star" layer. Don't forget to put it where it would appear.

Step 43


Make that layer to start from the moment, the star would appear and add "Shine" effect to the layer. Menu -> Effect -> Trapcode -> Shine... Carefully setup all parameters of effect.

Step 44


"Shine" effect animated parameters

Step 45


That's all. The project is ready to final render. Attention! If after Step 19 you switched particles from snowflakes back to circles, then before the final render repeat Step 19 and switch particles back to snowflakes.