Advanced CC Ball Action Techniques /// After Effects Tutorial

Take 10% off Launch Into After Effects with code "SAND" at checkout: https://jkinmo.com/qh6hw6 Project Files: https://jkinmo.com/0aglp6 Fractal Noise Generator: https://jkinmo.com/1z5i36 Jake In Motion Discord: https://discord.com/invite/b5PkuCCCAu --------------------------------------- CC Ball Action is one of the most powerful effects in After Effects, and with its recent updates adding the option for displacement maps, it's more powerful than ever! In this tutorial, I'll teach you how to create an infinite number of noise textures using a free script I made called Fractal Noise Generator. We'll use those textures to generate displacement maps for CC Ball Action to build dynamic and procedural 3d particle systems. Plus, you can download my project files for free and see how I built even more examples. --------------------------------------- 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakeinmotion 🐤X: https://x.com/jakeinmotion 🏷️ Tag @jakeinmotion if you learned something! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:16 Displacement 02:41 Noise Textures 04:29 How to Handle Clipping 08:31 Fractal Noise Generator 11:20 Terraformation 12:57 Adding Color 17:16 Creating a Background 18:38 Revealing the Terrain 21:23 Dealing With Opacity 23:23 Combining Noise Textures 25:21 Offsetting Position 26:20 ...and it gets everywhere. 29:45 Benefits of an Adjustment Layer 31:00 Scattering the Particles 31:41 Animating the Dunes 33:37 Sculpting the Sand 34:57 Camera Movement 35:44 Revealing the Text 39:45 Adding Depth of Field 42:47 Final Examples 43:57 Thanks for Watching