Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this very long tutorial, I explain how to use the Particle Playground effect in Adobe After Effects. I'll also show you how to simulate a flock of birds dynamically flying across your comp.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:00:48 Setup & Overview
00:04:24 Canon Emitter
00:07:49 Custom Particles
00:08:53 Grid Emitter
00:10:01 Layer Exploder
00:11:15 Particle Exploder
00:15:41 Gravity Force
00:17:55 Repel/Attract Force
00:24:00 Wall Collisions
00:26:56 Persistent Property Mapper
00:32:04 Ephemeral Property Mapper
00:35:29 Mapper Operators
00:51:15 Simulating a Flock of Birds
00:59:51 Using Color Channels with Mappers
01:05:37 Affecting Particles by Age
01:07:40 Using Text as Particles
01:11:23 Text Selections
01:15:07 Wrap Up
01:16:16 Thanks for watching!