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Intro to Plexus

Intro to Plexus

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Intro to Plexus

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- [Voiceover] On top of the DNA 3D animation, created by Trapcode Form, there's also a complex geometric shape made up of an array of lines, and this is the result of yet another plug-in named Plexus. Plexus is a 3D particle system that can create those trendy shapes quite easily. And to understand how it works, I want to dedicate this movie to introduce you to Plexus. As with other third-party tools this effect is quite deep, and there is no way I'll be able to cover all these options in this short movie. But hopefully, it will be enough to get you started, so I'm going to stop the run-preview for now, and as I did before, I'm going to create yet another composition, just a fresh one, and I'm going to call it Plexus. Once again, the setting doesn't really matter, you can work with any preset you like. I'm going to stick with what I have over here, and I'm going to say OK. Now, like any effect in After Effects, you need some sort of a layer in order to apply it, so let's create a new…

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