Flying Bats Effect
Warp time and motion in After Effects!
Download for
$
29
What is it?
The Flying Bats Effect allows users to create realistic 3D bat animations in After Effects. Animate a single bat, or add as many bats as you want to create an entire colony. Simply animate the 3D position of a single "leader bat" with two or more keyframes, and the other bats will follow - but with their own automatic zig-zagging, swooping, and other random bat-like flight behavior. The bats are ideal for halloween-themed animations, or even for creating realistic colonies flying in the distance, when composited over footage. A "Control Layer" with over 50 neatly-organized controls allow you to customize the bats' appearance, flight behavior (like automatic wing-flapping), and colony characteristics (like randomness and 3D spread). Or to save time, go with with the default settings. A link to an in-depth video tutorial is included.
3D models are constructed from 2D images in AE (see rotating bat in video). When the bats are in the distance or moving quickly, they appear to have mass and are very convincing. This template is not for animating bats that are landed. Music & backgrounds not included. This effect works in any resolution. Compatible with AE v.16.x and up.
Details
Want a better deal? These time-warping effects are taken from the Creation Trippy Effects template, a huge collection of custom trippy animations and psychedelic looks for footage, for Adobe After Effects.
The Slit-Scan Effect is compatible with Adobe After Effects, v.17 (2020) and all later versions. Works in both Windows and macOS. No plugins required.
This template has been "universalized", meaning it will work in After Effects running in other languages.
Included are two project files, in HD (1920x1080) and 4K (4096x2160). For other resolutions, you can change the resolution of the comps and precomps.
Footage and music in demo video not included.
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