Portland, OR – April 2, 2020 – Red Giant has just released a quick and easy tutorial on creating a forcefield/watery surface effect. Now out on YouTube, Aharon Rabinowitz showcases his process of developing this effect using tools from Red Giant Complete. In just under 5-minutes, the tutorial shows viewers how to use a displacement map along with other tools to create a beautiful flowing, prismatic surface with refraction - all from the comfort and safety of one’s living room. Because it might be nice to shield oneself from work-at-home distractions using a forcefield, even if it's just by pretending to make one.
WATCH NOW: Forcefield Tutorial
To showcase the effect, Aharon starts off with some footage he shot of himself on his smartphone, waving his hands around in his living room. Working in After Effects, he pulls in plugins from Red Giant Complete to create particles emitting from his hands while adding various layers to enhance the effect. Aharon used Trapcode Particular to create the particles, then employed VFX Chromatic Displacement to add prismatic distortions.
The full set of tools used includes:
- Trapcode Particular: Create organic 3D particle effects, complex motion graphics elements and more in After Effects. Now with Fluid Dynamics.
- VFX Chromatic Displacement: Easily create beautiful prismatic displacement effects in After Effects or Premiere Pro
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Red Giant is a software company made up of talented artists and technologists who collaborate to create unique tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists, and motion designers. Our company culture is focused on finding balance between work and life – we call it “the double bottom line” – this philosophy helps us ignore complexity in favor of building simple tools that yield giant results. Over the last decade, our products (like Magic Bullet, Trapcode, Universe and PluralEyes) have become the standard in film and broadcast post-production. With over 250,000 users, it’s nearly impossible to watch 20 minutes of TV without seeing our software in use. From our experiences as artists and filmmakers, we aspire to not only provide tools for artists, but inspiration as well. Watch our films, learn from over 200 free tutorials, or try our software at www.redgiant.com.
