Creating a Sunset View

Adobe After Effects basics Tutorial at Creative COW

Omar Alkattan Iraq ©2009 CreativeCOW.net. All rights reserved.

Article Focus: In this simple tutorial, Omar Alkattan demonstrates how to create a sunset view with After Effects and only After Effects. We'll touch on 3D layers, Fractal Noise Effects, simple masks and reflections.

Hi
We will learn how to create :

• sun
• sky
• river
• buildings

now just do the following steps

create new compositing with following properties

River Layer

create new solid layer with comp size and black color name it : river and make it 3D layer

show position, scale and orientation and change to the following values :

Now go to Effects menu and chose Noise & Grain then chose Fractal Noise Now change the following properties only :

At the end of timeline

Now add the fx CC Toner with these properties :

Now add CC Glass fx with these properties :

Buildings Layer

add the solid layer again and name it Buildings just draw buildings by using masks like this :

You should end up with something like this:

And change the Mask Feather of each mask to : 2.5

Buildings – Reflection Layer

To make reflection of buildings layer just do the following :

1. duplicate the buildings layer
   
2. change the following properties
   
   
   
   
3. add Linear Wipe fx with following properties :
   
   
   
   
4. add Wave Warp fx with the following properties :
   
   
   
   
   

Sky Layer

Add the black solid layer again and name it : sky

1. add Ramp fx to Sky layer with no changes in properties
2. add CC Toner with change color like this
   
   
   
   

Now move the Sky layer to the end of layers in the timeline

Sun Layer

Add the black solid layer again and name it : Sun

Draw the sun by using mask ( just draw circle )

Then change the Feather of the mask to : 10

Add Fill fx to fill the sun with white color

Put the Sun layer over the Sky layer

Now you've got this nice view :

Have fun
Omar Alkattan