If you are sick of the April Fool’s day silliness all over the net, I have some seriously cool stuff for you today. SplatterType is a custom preset I have developed recently that will allow you to create amazing ink and paint splatter animations with just a few clicks.
Updated! Please read the update info underneath the videos and use the preset instead of the project files!
Much like my previous tutorial, SplatterType relies only on After Effects text animators and does not require any additional plugins (3rd or even 1st party). Robust set of controls make it highly customizable, while the expressions work in the background to do all the hard work for you.
Whether you’re after a dark, grungy look or happy-go-lucky colorful design, whether you’re compositing 2D, 3D, mattes, transitions, you name it – this little free preset will let you spend time on creative choices rather than tedious keyframing. Enjoy!
Running time: 35min
Difficulty: Easy
Required tools: After Effects
Preview video:
Tutorial:
Update:
With some help from Dan Tore Jørgensen I managed to turn SplatterType into an actual preset. You may now download it, install into After Effects and create your own splats directly from the Effects&Presets panel, without the need to import my project file. Snake Plissken provided a French localization.
SplatterType preset may be applied either without any layer selected or onto an empty text layer and is compatible with After Effects CS3 and above.
Download the files associated with this tutorial below:
- SplatterType Preset
(After Effects CS3 and above, includes fonts)
Localized for US English and French
http://downloads.qubahq.com/tutorials/QubaHQ_SplatterType_Preset.zip - Project File
(includes SplatterType project, fonts and other assets)
http://downloads.qubahq.com/tutorials/QubaHQ_SplatterType.zip - Tutorial (112MB MP4)
http://video.qubahq.com/tutorials/QubaHQ_SplatterType.mp4
Other free resources used in this tutorial include:
WC Rhesus A Bta typeface by http://www.wcfonts.com/
Sound sample by Rock Savage, via http://www.freesound.org/
You may also download this tutorial video from its Vimeo page. The preview can also be watched on YouTube.
Two more things
I want to see what will you come up with using SplatterType! Post links in the comments section. Also, just FYI, I am still not done with text animators. More cool stuff to come!
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Hoho!!! Very good tutorial! Thanks man!!
Great job. Kudos
Fantastic preset, and a very effective and well explained tutorial. I’m new to AE, and this tutorial provides a lot of good information and techniques. I will be checking out your other tutorials. Thanks soooo much!
cheers,
Dave
Great tutorial, very creative – love the spatter font.
Hey, thanks so much, I appreciate your efforts !!-Cheers, Craig
The Tutorial is great but the preset isn’t working with Abode After Effects CS6. I tried to import it into the comp but it pops with an error saying “After Effects error: Can’t import file “SplatterType.ffx”: unsupported file type or extension.” Please reply me with the solution.
Thanks
You cannot simply “import” the preset. You need to place the file in the appropriate presets folder. I believe the procedure is explained in the tutorial.
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Excellent tutorial, thanks
hi i tried importing the files into AE but it said that it doesnt support the file or extension anddd i tried installing it through the presets folder in bridge because i cant find the folder for AE( i have creative cloud btw) so im stuck at the moment- im working on a windows
I believe it’s in the tutorial, but once again:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Support Files\Presets
Looks great, but i think im having a localization trouble. I´m spanish and im trying to use it with AE in spanish. As soon as i load the preset it finds lots of errors because “slider” it´s not a valid property or method.
Any suggestion?.
Ok, i manually changed the names to spanish and now it works!! Great thing :D
I will try to translate and save both presets, although i dont have a clue about how to save. I tried with the first one, but it doesnt do the work when you reload it… Something im missing in the process i guess.
Sorry because posting 3 times in a row…
Here is the expression working in CS5 Spanish. If you use the path preset, you need to choose the right path in the text atributes, in “path options” and change path to “mask 1”
Then the animation will correctly work.
Thanks because this GREAT preset!!.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/63353618/SplatterType_ES.rar
@Rodrigo
Thanks for not only solving it all by yourself, but also sharing with the community. I don’t have much spare time on my hands these days to maintain the site properly, so I appreciate it a lot!
This is amazingly useful!! Thank YOU!!!!
Thank you VERY MUCH for offering this for free. It helps newbies like me SOOO much.
Happy Holidays!
not able to import it in cs6 :( it says its invalid file type….(its downloaded as .fx not .ae ) !!!
Watch the tutorial again and listen to the part about installing it. This is not an After Effects project (.aep) but an effect preset (.ffx)
You can also follow this link: http://bit.ly/1vwePf6
Hey Quba,
Used your splattertype here:
https://vimeo.com/112897079
Great resource!
Hello Quba,
first of all, thank you for your Presets and Tutorials.
WIth this Splatter Type Preset, when i make the animation time more then 7 frames, i always get the impression, that at the beginning the splatters are coming from the inside of the picture and not from behind the camera.
It seems like the Animation Slider is somehow conected to the position and/ or the size.
Do you have any recomendations, if somebody ( in this case me ) want to enjoy the flight of the splat more and want to have the Splatts coming from behind the camera.
Best for You
Anton
Hei Quba,
congratulations for your work in helping others!
So nice there is people like you!
I have an idea and difficulties to create it.
I will try to express is the clearest so you can see what i mean:
I would like to introduce a video with splatting in negative.
Let´s say i want to splash not colors, but parts of the image till i can see the video surface in a whole. I hope I expressed myself clearly enough and I would be really happy if you have any idea, how can i do that or where can i find something similar in a tutorial form…
I have been looking for hours and unsuccess.
Best Greetings,
N-
You can create your splats and then pre-compose them into a single layer. Put your video layer underneath and set it to use the splats comp as an alpha matte. That will do it!
awesome Tutorial & presets.. this is very useful for me. thank you sir.. i really love ur tutorial. can you please make a tutorial on Mosaic photo reveal.