Some forthcoming insight into how the Plexus Text Transformation piece was created from VinhSon Nguyen, who walks us through the process using Plexus 2 in After Effects to create a dynamic animation of linked particles that will transform into a line of type.

In this tutorial, we’re going to take a look at how to create a dynamic and interesting text transition using Plexus 2

Plexus is deemed the “next generation” of 3D particle systems in After Effects, and Plexus 2 proves extremely versatile for motion graphics work. VinhSon notes that the geometry for the scene just one instance of Plexus that exists on a text layer making it easy to edit and update the type in the animation. Check out the tutorial for Creating Text Transformations Using Plexus 2 here.