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Trapcode Shine: Write it with Light A CreativeCOW Trapcode Shine Tutorial Mark Simpson, President,, California, USA Article Focus: Mark Simpson has written this tutorial in response to the many requests (mostly by one very persistent guy:) for info on a sample movie he posted in the Trapcode Forum using Shine in After Effects. This tutorial was done in AE4.1 using Filters from the Cult Effects Collection and the new Trapcode Plug-in Shine.

Here's the rundown of how Mark creates the effect. For this Project you will need the 'Cult Effects' Plug-ins or Equivalent For this Project you will need or Later For this Project you will need the Creating the Text Effect First Create a new Project and then create a new composition 1000 x 1000, 5 seconds long. Create a solid, 720 x 486, and apply the 'Basic Text' filter (Effects>Basic Text) to it. Create some text.

File Vni Font Vni-impact on this page. Then apply the Cult Effects 'Roughen Edges' (Effects>Cult Effects>CE_Roughen Edges) filter to it. Set the time to 00:00 and adjust the filters parameters as shown in the screenshot below.

Set a keyframe (click on the word evolution while holding down the 'alt' key is the easiest way to do this) for the 'Evolution' setting (should be at '0'). Move ahead to 1 second and set a keyframe for 'Edge Sharpness'. Move ahead to 2 seconds, and set a keyframe for 'Border' and another for 'Scale' Move ahead to about 03:25 and change the 'Edge Sharpness' setting to 0.3, creating a new keyframe in the process for each. Move ahead to 4 seconds and change the 'Border' setting to '0', and the 'Evolution' setting to '-1' (or -360 degrees), creating a new keyframe in the process for each. Create a new solid and then apply the 'Cult Effects CE_Paint' (Effects>Cult Effects>CE_Paint) filter to it.

(In AE 5, the effect is Vector Paint). Using a brush of sufficient size, Paint on the layer so as to cover the text on the layer underneath (see paint instructions to learn how to do this). Then, set 'Playback mode' to 'Animate Strokes' and 'Composite Paint' to 'As inverse Matte'. Preview your animation, and you should see your text being revealed over time as if it's being written onto the screen. Adjust the CE_Paint 'Playback Speed' to get the desired timing for your animation. Precompose the layers and name the new precomp something meaningful like 'Text/Paint Comp'.

Creating the Plasma Ring Effect Create a new Composition 1500 x 1500, 5 seconds in length. (If you don't have the Cult Effects plug-ins, download the.) Create a solid, same size as comp, and apply Cult Effects 'CE_Circle' (Effects>Cult Effects>CE_Circle) to it. Download Mr Hudson Straight No Chaser Rapidshare. At 02:15 create a keyframe for the circle radius with it set to '0'.