Creating a Field of Green Grass

A Creative Cow Basic Adobe After Effects Tutorial

Omar Alkattan Iraq ©2010 Omar Alkattan and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

Article Focus: In this basic tutorial, Omar Alkattan will describe the process for creating a field of green grass. The final view resembles that which you might see from a car window.

Do the following:
1-Create new composition with the following properties:

 

 2-Add black solid layer with comp size

 

3-Name it grass and add make it 3D, then change the following properties (scale, orientation)

 

4-Add Fractal Noise fx with the following properties:

 

 5-At the end of timeline change the Offset Turbulence property to (change the X axis Only):

 

6-Add CC Toner fx with the following properties:

Highlights (100,175,75)

Midtones (50,115,50)

Shadows (25,75,25)

 

7- Add the black solid again and name it Sky and make it 3D with the following properties:

 

8- Add Ramp fx with the following properties:

Start Color (100,200,255)

 

9- Add Fractal Noise fx with the following properties:

 

 

10-At the end of timeline change the Offset Turbulence property to (change the X axis Only):

 

Now your Timeline should look like this:

 

And now you’ve got this nice view:

 

Have fun
Omar Alkattan