The Art of Flight Plexus Titles Tutorial

 

Gardner Raymond shows us how to use Plexus to make the awesome titles from the Art of Flight movie.

Art of Flight Titles


In part 1 he will show you how to create the titles as they appear in the movie "The Art of Flight":

  • Turning text into paths that can be used in Plexus
  • Setting up and animating the Plexus to appear as if it is creating the words on-screen
  • Creating a secondary Plexus to add extra motion and flourish after the initial build

Tutorial Part 1

In part 2 of this tutorial he will show you how to:

  • Motion track points in your scene using Mocha Pro/Mocha AE
  • Incorporate your Plexus Text into the scene so they're interconnected in After Effects

Tutorial Part 2

BONUS UPDATE: Some people had been asking about how to create the "magnified" effect within a Plexus as seen in The Art of Flight title sequence, so here's how to do it. Here is a quick overview of the steps needed to set up your Plexus - tracking, using Null Swapper, etc - and just focused on the "magnify" effect.

Bonus - Creating Mattes using Plexus

Tools Used

Gardner Raymond is the director and executive producer of Consequence Video Designs, LLC

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Check out the  interview with Chris Murphy the creator of the original title sequence.