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Creation Effects: Pixel Pusher

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Creation Effects: Pixel Pusher
  

Create better 3D particle animations in After Effects - without plugins!

Create 3D particle animations in After Effects without plug-ins!  Pixel Pusher allows users to create incredible 3D particle animations by unlocking the power of an underrated and often overlooked effect in After Effects – the CC Ball Action effect.

Included in the template are over 40 design presets to get you started. Presets range from 3D water and landscapes to a variety of abstract designs. Customize the presets with easy-to-use controls, and create an endless variety of looks with the optional effects.

The Pixel Pusher effect pushes pixels forward or backward, based on their brightness values. Use the effect to enhance your motion graphics, or use it on your footage to create a stylized, 3D halftone look that is sure to grab a viewer’s attention.

Turn any texture, footage, or animation into a 3D element by “pushing” pixels based on their brightness.

pixel pusher ripples

Pixel Pusher Key Features

  • Design Presets – 41 comps featuring unique animations, including all of the animations from the demo video above.
  • Easy Customization – The presets can be customized with convenient slider controls. Detailed instructions are found throughout the template.
  • 3D – The designs are three-dimensional, and are compatible with After Effects camera layers. Reposition or animate your camera to view the elements from any angle.
  • Landscapes & Water – Create basic oceans or landscapes. Control the amount of detail in the waves or mountains, and animate them to move in any direction to simulate camera flyovers.
  • Optional Effects – Each preset includes multiple effects that you can unhide to quickly create unique new looks.
  • Works with footage – The Pixel Pusher effect allows you to push areas of your footage forward or backward, depending on the brightness, creating a stylized look for your footage that can be used for transitions, glitches, or a futuristic, 3D pixelation effect.
  • Includes both HD and 4K projects

 

pixel pusher red

Create abstract 3d particle animations from 2D textures

pixel pusher face before and after

 

pixel pusher waves

Need to Know

LIMITATIONS – This effect does not have all the capabilities of a high-end particle plugin. It is best suited for making abstract designs and animations, or using it on footage. You can not move individual particles (balls) to form specific 3D objects or shapes, nor can it create networks of dots and lines. Unlike other particle plugins, new particles are not continuously generated. Each design, or “element”, is made up of a limited number of small balls. Sometimes, the size of the balls prevents lines and surfaces from looking completely solid or smooth. You can easily add more balls by increasing the resolution of the element, but this adds to the render time. The balls are not compatible with Light layers or camera depth of field, so a ball that is close to the camera will not have a different focus than a ball in the background. However, a number of presets use effects to simulate depth of field blurring. The Pixel Pusher effect can create the popular, retro wireframe landscape look, but the “hills” will not be solid, since you can see through the spaces between the balls.

  • This template is compatible with Adobe After Effects (v.17.0 and all later versions). Works on both PCs and Macs. No plugins required.
  • This template includes separate project files in HD (1920×1080) and 4K (4096×2048). Other resolutions can be attained by changing the resolution of comps, corresponding precomps, and solid layers.
  • Footage and music in the demo video are not included.
  • This template has been “universalized”, so it will work in After Effects running in any language.
  • Detailed instructions are found throughout the template, as well as in the video tutorial. A “Presets Preview.pdf” file is included, allowing you to quickly browse preview images of each preset.

The Pixel Pusher template is not a plugin, so there is nothing to install. Rather, it’s an Adobe After Effects project file, commonly known as a “template” because most of the work is already done and the user needs only to make their own customizations. This template is compatible with version 2020 (17.0) as well as all later versions of After Effects.

Pixel Pusher contains copyrighted intellectual property. The animations you create with this product are yours and can be used for commercial purposes, but the sharing or online posting of project files with or for anyone other than a client is prohibited. See the Terms and Conditions for more details.

Compatible with Adobe After Effects (v.17.0 and all later versions).

Works on both PCs and Macs.

No plugins required.

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Creation Effects Pixel Pusher - Make 3D Particle Animations without Plugins #gettingstarted

Want to make better 3D particle animations without the use of third-party plugins in After Effects?  This tutorial shows you how to do just that.  Using the Pixel Pusher template makes it super easy.

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