{"id":29750,"date":"2013-10-10T13:54:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T17:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=29750"},"modified":"2013-10-10T13:54:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T17:54:59","slug":"tutorial-after-effects-shape-array","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/tutorial-after-effects-shape-array\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: After Effects Shape Array"},"content":{"rendered":"

Create a manual array of shapes or icons that behaves like particles, but with finer control. In this After Effects tutorial we’ll show you how.<\/h2>\n

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You can use particles in After Effects<\/strong> to create the random movement of shapes, lights or any design element. But what if you want more precise control of the “random” particle movement? That’s where the After Effects array technique<\/strong> in the following video tutorial comes in.<\/p>\n

We’ll create each element in the particle cloud (or array) individually. By using After Effects expressions<\/strong> we can give the elements in the array random movement, but still have the ability to keyframe and tweak the size and position of each. \u00a0Here’s the basic steps covered in this After Effects video tutorial<\/strong>:<\/p>\n