Create a Wormhole Particle Tunnel in After Effects

[@ShiveringCactus]

If you like using CC Particle World, then my second favourite use of it is my Comet tutorial ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4rLoJljqKepiLs )

[@greykoi9750]

Hi, where are the expressions for the x,y, and z producers? I looked in the description but cannot find them.

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@greykoi9750 do you mean these ones, in the description of the Comet tutorial I linked to: Position X: x=thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[0]-thisComp.width/2; x/thisComp.width; Position Y: y=thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[1]-thisComp.height/2; y/thisComp.width; Position Z: z=thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[2]; z/thisComp.width;

[@Banana-pd4qs]

That was great! Thank you for the effort that you've put into this. Btw, I love the small talking character!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you. I’ve got a great(?) gag in my next video about him.

[@HarryBinstead]

Position X: x=thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[0]-thisComp.width/2; x/thisComp.width; Position Y: y=thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[1]-thisComp.width/2; y/thisComp.width; Position Z: z=thisComp.layer("Null 1").transform.position[2]; z/thisComp.width;

[@ShiveringCactus]

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[@DamonWhatif]

@@ShiveringCactushe’s saying it because you didn’t put them in the video description 🫤

[@abhishek_1898_]

thankyou i was having errors you typing it down helped me

[@MrAndrei124]

Excellent Quality Smart Tunnel! Many thanks to the author.

[@ShiveringCactus]

Glad you like it!

[@joefilter2923]

Very interesting, deserves some time to follow!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you

[@panoskoutelas9542]

You are amazing! Thank you!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Well… I try my best.

[@jonathanwebster1452]

This is Great, do you think you would be able to figure out how to do the earlier seasons of Sliders wormhole, as in what's generated by the timer that they jump into, not what they slide through?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Is that the outside “plug hole” effect you’re thinking of? I think it would be possible but too complicated to explain it comments. I’ll look into it for a future tutorial

[@jonathanwebster1452]

@@ShiveringCactus yes the exterior. I've tried loads of things to build it, but it always ends up totally 2D and flat. But you seem to have an absolute knack for being able to make 3D things in After Effects that just shouldn't be, but you do it, like an after effects wizard!

[@Yvenou]

On my AE when I put the expressions for X and Y producer, they tell me there is an error " Cannot Read property 'position' of undefined . Can you help me ?

[@ShiveringCactus]

That sounds like you've null layer is not named the same as mine. Undefined relates to the name of the null layer. Edit the expressions to match your null's name and it should work.

[@jacksimcox]

You should consider making a Cinema 4D tutorial

[@ShiveringCactus]

I'm not a big fan of C4D Lite, they've taken too much away from the main version. I'm currently planning tutorials showing how to use Blender from an After Effects user's perspective. This year has been quite hectic, so I've not had the headspace to learn the program first, but that's changing.

[@mystik5003]

It's great but i don't understand why my tunnel has holes during the video and I would like it to be continuous... Please help me :(

[@ShiveringCactus]

Head over to my website ( shiveringcactus.net ) and use the contact form, we can chat and you can send over your project file and I’ll take a look

[@theoisomno]

The multiplier expression is giving me an error saying, “ property, or method name to zero in class number is missing, or does not exist. It may have been renamed, moved, deleted, or the name may have been miss typed” I switched the expression code to JavaScript, then the error said, “undefined value used in the expression”. I restarted the software and it’s still there. Anything I can do to fix it?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Sounds like the multiplier needs to be re linked to the slider. Replace everything after the equals and see if that fixes it

[@theoisomno]

@@ShiveringCactus WOW! Oof. I realized I put the expression in the multiplier slider instead of the possession. Man, I feel silly, sorry for wasting your time man. Your videos are awesome!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Please don’t feel silly. It’s never a waste of time trying to help people. Glad you figured it out though.

[@Xzerixan]

My worm hole sometimes gets these very large gaps in it, how do I fix it?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Try increasing the birth rate

[@Xzerixan]

@@ShiveringCactus So what I think caused this was that I was trying to extend the duration of the tunnel by dragging the tunnel position keyframe to the right

[@MadameZaza-m9x]

Jabberwocky!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Yay! Thank you for paying such close attention!

[@JumpManProductions]

Great video! How am I able to make the vortex move faster? Thanks!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Two things you can do: extend the length of the original null’s position, so that the camera travels further in the same time. Second thing: make the tunnel’s particle smaller. The smaller the tunnel the fast it will feel.

[@cafey2148]

might be a dumb question but, when trying to implement the effect into another project, it kind of messes up, so what would be the best way to connect the tunnel I've made into another project? (on premiere)

[@ShiveringCactus]

My guess is you already have another camera so it’s messing up with that. If you’re doing this in premiere, I’d be tempted to render out the tunnel so it’s a video you can add where you need

[@cutsin3d]

So im at the part where you create the new comp and put it into the original, and once you turn off the second comp and start editing the settings, i followed, but once i turn it back on its just a 512x512 flat image and nothing has changed. i have no clue what im doing wrong, any help would be appreciated:)

[@ShiveringCactus]

Are you looking through the camera? Are you 10 seconds into the timeline? Have you pointed the particle texture to the precomp?

[@videojay]

jabberwocky!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you! I’m no longer gutted.

[@terminatorplayz4614]

Is there nothing like this in blender? It honestly feels a little ridiculous I can’t find a good one FOR BLENDER

[@ShiveringCactus]

You absolutely can fly a camera along a spline : Learning to animate in Blender for After Effects kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWSXnIOmgbqUbsk As for distribution of planes, I’m almost positive that’s possible too.

[@terminatorplayz4614]

@ I’ve got a bezier circle set up and I’m wondering if I can use that I think most of troubles come from me trying to recreate the current title sequence for Doctor who, with all the different colours and then that massive galaxy scape section

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@terminatorplayz4614 This short of mine used the same wormhole as this video, but made the clouds purple then overlaid an orange feathered solid: kzbin.infoHhogdKBQP-0 To recreate the other elements of the new Who titles, this video I just published talks about using stock footage of clouds in 3D space to recreate the Briar Patch from Star Trek: Insurrection. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGTcfIeQerWigsk Don't get hung up on using 3D particles, you can get really good results using real world imagery instead.

[@markhalberg8086]

when i highlight all keyframes my rove across time is greyed out anyone have ideas?

[@markhalberg8086]

figured it out it was because i had the xyz split up into different dimensions

[@ShiveringCactus]

Hey nice one. Thank you for coming back with the solution

[@leonardwolf3036]

your bitly link is blocked ...

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you. That’s annoying, I’ve contacted bit.La, but in the meantime here is the direct link: www.dropbox.com/s/vjlnrtjyklp8cqu/Wormhole%20-%20CC%20Particle%20World.aep?dl=1

[@leonardwolf3036]

@@ShiveringCactus hmmmmm - thanks = I tried to follow your instructions for a good while yesterday but got stuck at the position slider typed in command over and over - I do think your work looks awesome look so forward to figuring this out! MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Jump over to my about page and click on the For Business link. Send me your project file and I'll see if I can spot the issue

[@leonardwolf3036]

@@ShiveringCactus You are TOO NICE! unfortunately I never saved at the point where I got stuck because AE kept telling me after I typed the pick whip command in that I had something wrong - I'm on apple, are you? could the command be different cause I tried writing it a number of times and even started over a few and it never stopped complaining.

[@mrnoname3855]

Isn't this taking alot of time from you? How long does it take for you to create a video lile this from start to finish? I think you are doing a great job though. However, it seems you have been at it for a long time without many knowing you exist. What is your goal with the channel personally? Maybe post some of your vids on after effects reddit forum for more views,if that is what you are afte

[@ShiveringCactus]

Hi David, thank you for your suggestion and kind words. I do post to the After Effects reddit forum and on the Adobe Community forums and CreativeCow.net too. I make these tutorials because I enjoy them and like to think they help others. I only got “serious” about sharing tutorials a couple of years ago, so the channel is a lot newer than it really is. You sharing links to my videos is the sort of thing that can help a lot.

[@composedcamper]

Jabberwocky

[@ShiveringCactus]

♥️♥️♥️♥️ yay! You’re awesome!!!

[@Tangomango1720]

Makin bacon

[@XxtheonexX10111]

the camera goes under the vortex

[@ShiveringCactus]

You might need to increase your particles scale.,

[@XxtheonexX10111]

@@ShiveringCactusThank you i wish i could kiss you it worked

[@nobleorderofthebluebutton]

Jabberwocky!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Yay, thank you for posting!!! Well spotted

[@L4W5P34K3R]

Jabberwocky!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Yay! Thank you for posting.