Create the Iconic Digital Rain Code Effect from The Matrix in After Effects

[@adidasLP11]

I usually never write comments on tutorials, but this one was made so well, that I had to. Straight to the point, no needless talking, humor involved, showed good examples on how to use it. 11/10. THANK YOU!!

[@Pixflow]

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[@seanfroelich4528]

I'm very grateful you published this video at the exact time I needed to recreate this effect. cheers!

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, Thank you very much for sharing your compliment with us.

[@angelaw7963]

Ditto! Great timing on a great tutorial!

[@Pixflow]

@@angelaw7963 Glad you liked it :)

[@georged.christensen1053]

Note if your particles/numbers happen to be swaying like they are blowing in the wind. Make sure "Extra" is set to Zero. This is an issue I had even with the effect reset to factory settings.

[@JCoyk]

Thank you so much for this, I will definitely be using this and then checking out the glitch titles. Amazing work and demonstration !

[@Pixflow]

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[@shiobhandeshields5379]

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[@Pixflow]

Hope you enjoy it more 🙂

[@OddClarity]

Sweet this is awesome! Thanks so much *thumbs up* indeed

[@Pixflow]

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[@Pathfinder_tua]

I did this and looks great however my characters are not randomly changing. They fall as the matrix effect does but the characters stay the same. please help

[@Pathfinder_tua]

never mind found it. changed it from birth to current.

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, Glad to hear that :)

[@svenstenberg2124]

@@Pathfinder_tua Thank you! I was having the same problem!

[@aclark210]

So I just did everything in the video and it works PERFECTLY but is there a way that I can get just the characters falling instead of the black background because I want to use this as an overlay

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, Thanks for contacting us. The easiest way to use a layer with a black background as an overlay is to set it's blending mode to "screen". you don't actually need a transparent background for something like this.

[@HHGD53]

Very cool - thank you. Do you know the font used for the numbers in the first Matrix movie?

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, thanks for contacting us. You can search matrix fonts to find the font.

[@jamesbrady9105]

very good

[@Pixflow]

Glad you liked it 🙂

[@pcosgrove1216]

Great tutorial! What do I do if I want my text to only be 0s and 1s randomized? I put 0s and 1s as my text but as the rain falls it uses all different numbers.

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, Thanks for contacting us. If you don't want the letters or numbers to change, you shouldn't add "character offset" to your text.

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[@Pixflow]

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[@jelielm.8103]

If I want to make it less dense, what do you recommend I change. I don't know anything about Ae. Thanks for the video tho, managed to reproduce it very easily!

[@Pixflow]

Hi there Thanks for contacting us. If you want less lines in your effect (if that's what you meant) go to the CC Particle World effect, and decrease the Birth Rate

[@MattjamesOfficial]

So... how did you get the writing on to the video? I've watched this a thousand times and still can't figure out. I drag my rain into the comp " there is no "FX" button available. I create Null and Camera but it doesn't let me apply the rain to anything.. what am I missing?..

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, Thanks for contacting us. Please explain more about what you want exactly. Also, please let me know which part of the video you mean, please let us know its time.

[@pai0703]

How do I offset the text but i only want 1 and 0 to appear? and my offset doesnt work for some reason the numbers are not changing while its in the particle hope you can help thank you!

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, Thanks for contacting us. To do that, please remove the animator offset. Then please copy the below code and paste it into the source text ( as an expression) tX = 1; //chars per line tY = 40; //number of lines tChangesPerSecond = 4; //how often a new random is generated posterizeTime( tChangesPerSecond ); tText = ""; //initialise text for ( j = 0; j < tY; j++ ){ //loop thru lines for ( i = 0; i < tX; i++ ){ tText += (( random() > 0.5 ) ? "1" : "0" ); } tText += " "; //add line break } [ tText ]

[@dubby9723]

How would I get the code rain to have blurred codes along with the normal codes for depth?

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, Try duplicating them and turn on Motion blur for some of them Also you can simply add fast box blur to the duplicate layer.

[@bySterling]

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[@Pixflow]

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[@JohnBenalay]

Thank you for this. But my text is not animating to different every one letter. I follow all your step but I don't know where I have been mistake.

[@JohnBenalay]

anyway I found it. I just change the "Texture time" to "Current" instead of "Birth"

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, glad to hear that. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

[@jochemterbeeke6517]

Great video, got real far! At 3:12 though, how do you get the green text only in the mp4 and not the black background?

[@jochemterbeeke6517]

Found it: blending modes, bottom left side: "Expand or collapse the transfers control panel" toggle, then under your channel, column "Mode"

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, glad to hear that. good luck :)

[@rodrigues5376]

hey, bro how can i use only tem green text?

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, please explain more about what you mean exactly.

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[@Godwillbegod]

after 2 mintues and 1 houre try out I got just blacknesss i request team viwer with you pal

[@Pixflow]

Hi there, Please check the video more than once because we explained the steps and the details one by one.

[@Godwillbegod]

@@Pixflow it worked yesterday after i brought larger screen

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