Kinetic Text Polar Coordinates After Effects Tutorial

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Published 2020-08-10
Hey what's up in this after effects tutorial, we're exploring another way to play with kinetic typography with the Polar Coordinates!

I am sharing a Kinetic Typography Template Beta Test. Here's the walkthrough video:    • Kinetic Typography Loop Template | Be...  

In my next tutorial, we use the same base comp and create a circular tunnel effect with the CC Cylinder effect.

And in the following tutorial, we create a 3D cube like tunnel effect.


Tutorial details:

So just to be clear, the recommended size for the text source comp is 1920*1080 divided by 2, 4, or 8.
So you can do 960*540, 960*270, 960*135, 480*540, 480*270, 480*135, 240*540, 240*270, 480*135.
The idea is to divide the main tile comp's width and height by 2, 4 or 8 so that it can tile seamlessly with the motion tile.


Expressions used:
Motion Tile:

var x = time * thisComp.width / thisComp.duration * thisComp.layer("Controller").effect("Motion Tile X speed")("Slider") ;
var y = time * thisComp.height / thisComp.duration * thisComp.layer("Controller").effect("Motion Tile Y speed")("Slider") ;

[x,y] / 2


Phase:
thisComp.layer("Controller").effect("Phase Rotation")("Slider") +
time * 360 / thisComp.duration * thisComp.layer("Controller").effect("Phase Speed")("Slider");




Download the project file here by signing up to my email list:
mailchi.mp/6658ceba8a9d/typography_polar_coordinat…

You can also get the project files on Gumroad and support me here:
gumroad.com/neonmotions

All Comments (6)
  • @snaffa4000
    Thank you very much for the video! Really well done
  • @noyceofficial
    it doesnt work when im putting the coding in to the tile center . it says everytime that it is an error and that it doesnt work like that in the program.. i dont know what to do ... but thank you for the tutorial
  • @johnfisher3602
    Sorry...The expression doesn't work at all! Your project I downloaded doesn’t even work. I use After Effects 2019. Can it be a problem of incompatibility?