This is pretty sweet, using the trapcode particulars plugin in after effects to create a ribbon that has two movable ends like the beam effect would behave. You can download the AE file to try out here.
3D Ribbon / Wire in After Effects from Hypoly on Vimeo.
A quick overview of my 3D Ribbon / Wire After Effects project which can be downloaded at www.hypoly.com
Dan
Hi, really interesting but for the life of me i can’t understand how you get the ribbon ‘look’ at the end just by adjusting the particle. Any advice you could give a newbie??
Nick
Hi
Nice tut, but again I have no idea what you did at the end!
hayvan
worst tutorial ever
rex
i will never get those 8 minutes back. worst tutorial on the internet; you should be ashamed.
lesterbanks
Thanks for the comments, i will pass along to James Chiny @ HyPoly
daveveal
Wow. Agreed. Worst tutorial ever. dude. been an AEX artist for years and you gave no clear info on what steps you took to get to this great look. Sorry. But fail.