How To Simulate Caustics with Adobe After Effects | Animation Tutorial

[@yahabibih]

I'm closing in on one year of Illustrator/after effects, things like this will make all the difference in the long run.. thanks!!

[@Abbasaung]

thank you

[@stefanorolando6674]

Very useful, thank you very much for the video! I'm commenting also because I experienced as well quite often the lights not showing, it may be a bug of the CC 2015...

[@ktaha61]

very great tutorial .. thanks

[@AnindyaSengupta]

beautiful work please keep the tutorials coming it is really very helpful

[@ahmedalzadjali5578]

NICE WORK

[@BakerImageGroup]

Really great work! How are you doing the plants?

[@DanielGies]

+BakerImageGroup Maya Paint Effects

[@arturoaquino6768]

Hey! what's the music you use in the beginning called?

[@troobix_s]

Thank you, nice technique :) The "wobbling" effect that you can see on the rocks/weeds (in final shot) is applied on whole composition or somehow separately?

[@DanielGies]

+Sarge Trubix it's applied on the entire composition and it's done using a very similar effect as the caustics - using a displacement map on top of the art. there is a background that's more, and a foreground one that is less. hope that makes sense? also, if you are interested in behind the scenes, and early access to tips and techniques, we're putting together a monthly newsletter, please subscribe here: edfilms.net/keeping-in-touch/ thanks for writing!

[@GroundUpProduct00]

genius methods

[@SciMedViz]

Beautiful work. I'm curious about the fog effect-- is it preferable to do that sort of volume lighting/fogginess in After Effects instead of within 3D software programs?

[@MPQAnimations]

Hi, fabulous video, I was wondering how you have the caustic layer affecting the ground layer but not the fog layers? In my project, the caustic layer is casting its shadow on the fog layers too. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

[@MPQAnimations]

Actually, don't worry, I was able to remedy the problem by having a play around with some of the fog layers material options.

[@ppmm75]

im d big fan of ur work. Txs.

[@jj.talbott]

Hi Daniel. For the dolly forward scene, what kind of camera are you using? Settings? etc.

[@sebastianarias1562]

hi, where did you found the fishs? could you share the link .

[@MaksimZiabkin]

Mr. Gies, could you share soundtrack name, please?

[@DanielGies]

soundcloud.com/e-d-films/pipelines_score_draft_01

[@MaksimZiabkin]

@@DanielGies Great, thank you!