Particles....

[infokill]

I just saw the work of one of my favorite posters here (Judo) and saw an effect i've wanted to try in AE.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=39365
Its the firefly type effect he uses there. It looks like little glowing nats all over the place.
I think he said they used shake for the FX, so is this effect possible in AE?
and if so how? I was thinking something with particle playground.

[kai]

Particular by Trapcode is probably the best out there for particles in AE. You could easily do the effect you're describing with it.

[Matt Grunau]

Edit: I see they used shake itself. I'm downloading now. I'll take a look. I have a hunch this could be done (and improved upon) with the use of 3D particle systems and linking objects to the particles. If so, maybe I'll put something togethr for the new 3D forum.

[infokill]

Sweet. Rapier.
Thanks Kai.
I've been playing around with partcle playground and making a masked wall for the particles to bounce off of. Its kinda along the lines. I just have to figure out how to colorize them the way they are in judo's video.