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In this Episode, Rob Birnholz shows you a great technique for quickly creating a 3D picture montage with Trapcode Particular. It takes just minutes to set up, but can save you hours of work.
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Re: Creating a 3D picture Montage with Trapcode Particular by Josh Cook26174610
I needed something interesting and dynamic to showcase my airbrush art in a commercial and this tutorial was just the ticket. I'd love some feedback if possible. I know there are some errors (I couldn't get the entire text to be transparent and I think it was the lens flare that may have caused the issues so there is a little bit of issue there) but I can always use other eyes on it. Thanks again for the information. Invaluable!
Re: Creating a 3D picture Montage with Trapcode Particular by Alessandro Landolfo26914527
Hi,
I have problems on output quality. On the project quality seems nice, but I cannot get a good output. Can somebody give me some suggestion ? My photos are 2046x2693
Re: Creating a 3D picture Montage with Trapcode Particular by Gary Krauss54899689
Think I found the answer:
In Trapcode Particular v2 the "Custom" particle type was renamed to "Sprite". It has exactly the same functionality (but with some added features like a separate random seed). The custom input layer was renamed to "Texture".
Was there ever an answer on how to continue without custom particle settings? I got all the way there and don't see that option available. Using version 2.0. Is there a work around? Thanks, TR
unable to link pictures to sprite and texture layer with version 2.0 by karl wallace68354646
I have spent nearly 2 days trying to complete this tutorial as it is exactly what I'm looking for for my current project. Unfortunately I cannot get any further than the Custom Particle settings!!!
problem with keyframe and sequencing by jean paul mifsud69083679
hi
i followed all the advice but still getting the problem which gabriel got ... basically i amnage to make frames of 1 sec for each pic but i dont manage to create the sequence then
I just wanted to say I really appreciate this tutorial. I haven't seen anything like it and it is a really great and fast effect.
Rob Neal - Thanks for the tip you made as well. Those are really good suggestions. I've never tried using a light with Particular or using the shading options though. There is so much to learn about Particular.
Once you have imported the folder of images to the projects panel, drag the folder icon to the New Composition icon and you will get a dialogue that offers to create a new sequence. Set the value to 00.00.00.01 (ie: 1 frame) and it will create the comp of the right frame lengths and comp duration. Select all the layers and select layers>transform>fit to comp and they will all adjust to optimum size.
It's also worth switching on 'depth of field' in the camera settings to get a nice blur for more distant or close panels. If you have Particular 2.0, add a light and use the new shading function to really make the whole thing 3D.
Hi! I have a question about the tutorial. When I was using the keyframe assistant to make the photos 1 frame each, after I used it, just one photo become 1 frame size, the others all became the same size as the time line (wich by the way is 30s im my project). How can I do to make all of them just 1 frame size? Please, PLEASE somebody help!
Great tutorial !! I haven’t used Particular much but I’m going to use it more now.
Is there a way to use 60 second video clips instead of photos and if so, what tweaking in Particular would need to be done. A tutorial on that would be fantastic but it’s probably too much to ask.
Thanks again for the tutorial,
Ed
Yes, but that is a tutorial all unto itself. It is too much to explain in this post, but I may make a tutorial on it because I have used that technique before to make a slide show and it does work.
Preview without rendering in FCP by Edward Brosens83785249
I saw you scrubbing trough the timeline in FCP, but you can also hit alt+p to preview your timeline without having to render even when the clips are marked red on top of the timeline.
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