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October 16, 2009 by John Dickinson  | 1,817 views | Comments (5)

In this Adobe After Effects: Effects A-Z tip, I  demonstrate Beam and share two more unusual ways to use this handy effect.

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  • Scott Fedor
    October 16, 2009 at 10:00 pm | Reply

    I recently used beam in a corporate project discussing networking and the client wanted neon lights to encircle the globe showing the “net-connections”. Add an index time offset expression, to have the beams start at 0% and grow outwards at slightly different rates, and you got some tech-looking cyber-networks in no time. Must admit it wasn’t the fastest render though with 40+ layers of beam…

    • John Dickinson
      October 17, 2009 at 6:19 pm | Reply

      Thanks for that Scott. Perhaps you can give us a link to your finished spot? Best, John.

  • Scott Fedor
    October 18, 2009 at 12:11 am | Reply

    Hi John–

    Here’s a quick clip. Unfortunately due to a NDA I can’t show more, but this should get the effect across. If anyone has questions, feel free to email…

    http://vimeo.com/7123604


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