This plugin is so authentic, it'll have you questioning whether you're watching a video or witnessing a 'mur-mur'-ation of real birds, entire flocks that move and behave with 'tweet' precision, delivers 'feather'-perfect results every time!"
Thanks so much, Bryan - I'm thrilled you like it! With your permission, I'd like to copy and paste your review into the Flocks reviews. Or if you'd like to yourself, that's good too! You just click "Read Reviews" under the price: www.creationeffects.com/flocks
I purchased this yesterday. I have been looking for something like this for a while now to add some movement to my concept images. I will more than likely pick up Swarm as well. Love it.
Thanks for developing this plugin! I bought it yesterday and played with it a bit withing adding my footage yet. Seems like an awsome add on for my professional drone footage. Tomorrow morning i will use it on my footage 👌
Hi. at 18:52 it starts explaining the Wiggle controls. You will need to turn down the all the "Wiggle Amount" controls to remove all the motion in your butterflies. To make them stop flapping their wings, you'll need to keyframe the checkbox named "Turn on Manual Control", in the "Wing Flapping" section of controls.
There's no way to do it automatically, but it can be done. I would put the leader bird in the middle of the shape, and then adjust the "Spread" controls and decrease the Wiggle Amount controls to bring all the birds close to the shape. You can then position each bird manually to more precisely fill the shape. You can move each bird individually by adjusting the Position property of the 1st layer (top layer) of each bird. If the birds have still some wiggle added to them, they're going to quickly exit the shape's boundaries, so if you need them to fly around inside the shape, it's going to take more work and more keyframing.
You would need to start the animation with all of the Wiggle Amount values at 0, and then keyframe them to increase in the first few seconds. Animate the leader bird to fly in a circle/loop. Then as the reach the end of the loop, keyframe wiggle values back down to 0. The wing flapping might not be seamless, but if the wings are flapping quickly, no one would notice. Or you could animate the wings manually in Manual Mode.
Do you know how i can change the duration of the birds flying? I added my footage to the comp and its set to 1:55 minutes but the nested comps stay 30 seconds?
If you double-click a nested comp layer, the comp will open and you can change the duration in the "Composition Settings" panel. Make sure all the layers are extended to go to the end of the comp. Then be sure to extend the layers in your main comp.
I am exporting the exact way you are - same setting in media coder etc, and my crows have a white glow around them (I have them flying against a fairly dark sky). It looks like that photoshop halo effect you get when you cut something out poorly. Any ideas how to get rid of this? they look OK in after efffects, its just when I render.
I can't really say without seeing your project. Did you render with an alpha channel and then composite them on the dark sky? Or render them with the dark sky? If alpha channel, try changing the Straight/Premultiplied option in the export settings.
@@creationeffects I rendered with alpha. I am then projecting the video onto a dark grey background. I tried using levels and just cranked the black. In after effects they look like silhouettes (which is what I want), even when I put them in another comp or where ever, but when I render, they have the glow. I'll try the premultiplied thing.
You'll have to change the duration of the precomps, and then extend the layer durations. It shouldn't take long - you don't have to do it for every bird, since each bird uses the same precomps. The shortcut, after you open the precomp, is Control-K, or Command-K.
@@chadiabo1972 Yes. All you're doing is extending the duration of the precomps, then extending the layers inside. I don't think it should take more than 2 minutes.
Hi Hugo. I would just set all the controls in the "General" section and "Wiggle" sections to zero. Then you can follow along with the tutorial, adding values to the controls one by one.
This plugin is so authentic, it'll have you questioning whether you're watching a video or witnessing a 'mur-mur'-ation of real birds, entire flocks that move and behave with 'tweet' precision, delivers 'feather'-perfect results every time!"
Thanks so much, Bryan - I'm thrilled you like it! With your permission, I'd like to copy and paste your review into the Flocks reviews. Or if you'd like to yourself, that's good too! You just click "Read Reviews" under the price: www.creationeffects.com/flocks
@@creationeffects sure go ahead...
I've used this several times and it's amazing. Really easy to use and well thought out.
I love you, your knowledge, and your puns with all my heart. Thank you for this!!!!!
"You know that moment when you realize 4 types of wiggle just won´t cut it? Well I had that moment. So I added a fifth wiggle." #Favoriteline!
I purchased this yesterday. I have been looking for something like this for a while now to add some movement to my concept images. I will more than likely pick up Swarm as well. Love it.
Hi brother do have pelican bird video ..?
@@hubertsunil6390 I believe the pelican is one of the birds in this flock series. I have not used it though.
@@gstapleton OK brother... Thanks for u r reply 🙂
Hey Gregory, what is your email adres? Can I send you an email about this plugin?
Right now i buy those birds! I have swarms already and i love it, Great stuff!
creation atmosphere for life, beautiful
Thanks for developing this plugin! I bought it yesterday and played with it a bit withing adding my footage yet. Seems like an awsome add on for my professional drone footage. Tomorrow morning i will use it on my footage 👌
Glad you like it - Best of luck!
how do i get my butterflies to stop wiggle around and stay still? you said to watch this video but im not seeing where that was covered
Hi. at 18:52 it starts explaining the Wiggle controls. You will need to turn down the all the "Wiggle Amount" controls to remove all the motion in your butterflies. To make them stop flapping their wings, you'll need to keyframe the checkbox named "Turn on Manual Control", in the "Wing Flapping" section of controls.
Great approach!
lol i love how you kept subtly adding those puns into your tutorial without even laughing.
This guy sounds like Edward Norton in the bird-themed spin off of Fight Club... Flight Club.
Is there a way to make the flock fill a certain shape?
There's no way to do it automatically, but it can be done. I would put the leader bird in the middle of the shape, and then adjust the "Spread" controls and decrease the Wiggle Amount controls to bring all the birds close to the shape. You can then position each bird manually to more precisely fill the shape. You can move each bird individually by adjusting the Position property of the 1st layer (top layer) of each bird. If the birds have still some wiggle added to them, they're going to quickly exit the shape's boundaries, so if you need them to fly around inside the shape, it's going to take more work and more keyframing.
Hi there, any tips on how to loop this seamlessly? I feel like the random values might make that hard, but any advice would be appreciated :)
You would need to start the animation with all of the Wiggle Amount values at 0, and then keyframe them to increase in the first few seconds. Animate the leader bird to fly in a circle/loop. Then as the reach the end of the loop, keyframe wiggle values back down to 0. The wing flapping might not be seamless, but if the wings are flapping quickly, no one would notice. Or you could animate the wings manually in Manual Mode.
@@creationeffects thank you so much for the detailed instructions 🥹
Thank you a lot
Do you know how i can change the duration of the birds flying? I added my footage to the comp and its set to 1:55 minutes but the nested comps stay 30 seconds?
If you double-click a nested comp layer, the comp will open and you can change the duration in the "Composition Settings" panel. Make sure all the layers are extended to go to the end of the comp. Then be sure to extend the layers in your main comp.
@@creationeffects Thanks i succeeded. Looks good now. Its a bit tedious but the results are worth it.
I am exporting the exact way you are - same setting in media coder etc, and my crows have a white glow around them (I have them flying against a fairly dark sky). It looks like that photoshop halo effect you get when you cut something out poorly. Any ideas how to get rid of this? they look OK in after efffects, its just when I render.
I can't really say without seeing your project. Did you render with an alpha channel and then composite them on the dark sky? Or render them with the dark sky? If alpha channel, try changing the Straight/Premultiplied option in the export settings.
@@creationeffects I rendered with alpha. I am then projecting the video onto a dark grey background. I tried using levels and just cranked the black. In after effects they look like silhouettes (which is what I want), even when I put them in another comp or where ever, but when I render, they have the glow. I'll try the premultiplied thing.
@@creationeffects Rendering Straight worked!! Thank you so much!
Without feather ado! hahah :D
Can this be used in other editors such as Edius?
Hi Ian. No, it's for After Effects only.
@@creationeffects That's a shame. Really looks good.
How we can increase the duration of the bird appearance inside comp without getting inside each sub-comp and change it there?
for now it seems to be only 30 sec
You'll have to change the duration of the precomps, and then extend the layer durations. It shouldn't take long - you don't have to do it for every bird, since each bird uses the same precomps. The shortcut, after you open the precomp, is Control-K, or Command-K.
@@creationeffects OK great, but in the case, I am using a 15 segments bird, that will force me to open each and extend?
@@chadiabo1972 Yes. All you're doing is extending the duration of the precomps, then extending the layers inside. I don't think it should take more than 2 minutes.
Hello, how do I start from scratch like you did at around 20:39?
Hi Hugo. I would just set all the controls in the "General" section and "Wiggle" sections to zero. Then you can follow along with the tutorial, adding values to the controls one by one.
@@creationeffects thank you sm for your reply.
amazing
nice noel
Thanks, James!
Very useful
Great...
This tutorial is something to crow about! ding!
Isn't the template free?
The template can be purchased at the link in the description.