Create an expression on the “Y rotation.” To do this “option/alt click” on the stopwatch icon next to “Y rotation” property. So, twirl down the transform properties of the “right wing” layer. And that’s exactly what we are going to do – use expressions to animate our wings. In a nutshell, expressions use math and scripts to animate certain properties of a layer. This isn’t a tutorial on expressions so I won’t really get into how they work. Now instead of keyframing the wing layers to make them appear like they are flapping, we are going to add in some expressions. Now for the fun part! Turn both “wing” layers into 3D layers by clicking the switch/button that looks like a 3D box. Once you are done you should have something like this. We want the anchor points to practically be in the same place on both the layers. And remember to move the mask NOT the layer. Delete some points and align the mask up so it completes the bird shape. So once you have the right half of the bird assembled, you’ll want to turn on the “left wing” layer and do the same to that layer. Notice on the images below where the anchor point is.
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Select the mask and hit “Command/Control+T” to free transform the mask around the layer. An easy way not to screw this up is to just move the mask, NOT the layer. You will want to to have the center of the bird’s body to be right on top of the anchor point. Be aware of where you put the mask shape in relation to the solid layers’ anchor point. Now you will have to delete some points from your mask because we only want half of the bird on each of our wing layers. You can turn off the “left wing” layer for now. Now you have the bird shape copied into After Effects as a mask. Remove half of the bird and line up the anchor point Also paste the path into the “left wing” layer as well.ĥ. Now, go back to your opened after effects project, select the “right wing” layer and Paste in the path by either hitting “Comand/Control+V” or by going to Edit>paste. So, with your bird path selected in Illustrator go to Edit>copy. Paste the shape into After Effects as a Mask So once you have your bird created, simply click and select the shape like so:Ĥ. Fortunately, Go Media has already done the job in their “Flock of Birds” vector pack. So you can draw this yourself in Illustrator. All you need is a silhouette of a bird shape. We need to create our wings which will be animated in After Effects (AE). Name one of them “right wing” and the other “left wing.”ģ. Once you have your composition set up, create two new solid white layers both about 300×300 pixels. So what we are going to do is create a flock of birds in After Effects using Trapcodes plugin, Particular.Ĭreate a composition called “bird.” Set your composition settings to something similar to this: (To view the entire promo reel, click here and scroll down to the bottom of the tutorial).Ī working knowledge of Adobe After Effects Here’s a short clip of the Go Media promo reel that utilizes the bird animation that you will learn to create. perhaps a flying skull with flapping wings? You can also adapt this technique to create other flying creatures…. Creating an animation like a flock of birds is very versatile and is a great filler animation which can add a lot of style to a piece. This tutorial utilizes Trapcodes Particular, which is one of After Effects more popular 3rd party plugins. Like a lot of motion designers I spend many hours trying to accomplish complex animations in a short amount of time, while attempting to optimize my workflow within After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator. After Effects Tutorial from Cleveland Graphics firm, Go Media
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