Lesterbanks.com welcomes Daniel Brodesky hosting a look at how to create animated hand written type using Trapcode Particular in After Effects.
Learn how to use Trapcode Particular in After Effects to animate hand written type
Inspired by the work and After Effects preset set out by freelance motion designer Sara Bennett (@Shabello23), Daniel breaks down how to create this effect on your own in After Effects, showing some of the simple underlying techniques and settings that come together to create the final result.
There is a host of resources out there on creating animated handwritten type that certain “write-on” effect with type, lines and graphics in After Effects, and undoubtedly this is similar. This does expand a bit on the whole premise, where you are able to add two unique properties to the written-on animation look – A more organic and natural aesthetic, and adding a sense of 3D space to the effect by creating overlap.
Animated Handwritten Type With Trapcode Particular
Objectives
To explore methods for animating type effects using particles in After Effects
Level
Intermediate, some knowledge of After Effects Keyframe animation, and familiarity with Trapcode Particular is needed.
Runtime:
11 minutes 26 seconds
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this tutorial, users will be able to:
Establish a workflow between using bezier paths in After Effects and Trapcode Particular
Understand the relationship between main particle systems in Trapcode Particular and the Auxiliary System
Understand particle interactions and changes over animated time
Understand the relationship between lights, emitters and particle shading effects
Topics
- Creating bezier curves for the animated path
- Creating a light emitter
- Adding the path as animation to the emitter
- Setting the Trapcode Particle attributes
- Using Particular “Aux System”
- Creating the overlap look
- Finalizing the animation
- Adding the overlapping look
More Resources for Animated Handwritten Type
- Sara Bennett (@Shabello23) shared her preset on Mattrunks.com a while back, you can check out the preset and how to use that here: Preset effect psychedelic painting with Particular
- Felt Tips had a look at taking a more manila approach to the hand written type look in After Effects with the post Creating Write On Type in After Effects With a Stop-Motion Animation Feel.
- Mt. Mograph had a great tutorial showing how to use both Photoshop and After Effects to create animated type that had a rough and fluid look to it – check out the post Animating Typography in Photoshop and After Effects.
- Jorrit Schulte demonstrated a similar hand writing effect in After Effects that incorporated Time Remapping and Expressions to mimic the Ae “write-On” effect – Create A Realistic Handwritten Write-on Effect Using Expressions in After Effects
