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Intro to Particular

Intro to Particular

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Intro to Particular

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- To create and animate the stars and the rocket shapes, we'll use Trapcode Particular. Now Trapcode Particular is a plugin used throughout this project a few times. So before we explore how it was used, I want to introduce you to the plugin, and show you a short overview of how to use it. Now, I must declare that this is not the full course about Particular. Particular is a complex and deep plugin. And what I'm offering here is just a basic overview, so you will understand the power of this tool, and of course how it was used in this project. So, I'm just going to hide Safari for a moment, and then, let's just create the new composition over here, the size doesn't really matter, and the duration, we can set it to five seconds, I'm going to name this guy Particular, and I'm just going to select and copy the same name because I'm now going to create a new solid, and name it the same, this is just so I know that I'm going to apply the plugin to this solid. Make sure to press on the Make…

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