After Effects: Easily Create a Complex Flocking System

“After talking with Paul Conigliaro (aka @conigs) about how Tutorial 95: Fluid Motion was similar to flocking,” Joe says. , “I decided to go a little bit more in-depth on the subject because it’s a pretty interesting subject—and one I’ve been interested in since [Processing] first came out.”

Found via Lesterbanks.  Thanks for sharing.

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