{"id":572,"date":"2011-09-22T07:08:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T07:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/?p=572"},"modified":"2012-03-11T07:32:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T07:32:44","slug":"tutorial-learning-at-the-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/?p=572","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: Learning at the Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GlxSPOV6_A8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At school there were always teachers who in all honesty were experts in their field simply because they knew 10% more about it than 10% of the students they were teaching. But if I took the chance to look beyond my own &#8220;pretentiousness&#8221;, I would find there was always something invaluable to learn from them. It may not be what I was expecting and it may be completely different than what I was studying, but it was always beneficial and always unexpected. And that&#8217;s what learning is about, right?<\/p>\n<p>So here is my first tutorial on Blurrypixel using an often overlooked particle effect in After Effects, Particle Playground. Which takes a bit of effort to learn compared to the plethora of turnkey particle generators out there, but I think it&#8217;s a good start for a tutorial since it encapsulates so much of digital compositing. So even though you might be saying, &#8220;I can make this effect happen in Particular in 5 minutes,&#8221; keep in mind there&#8217;s always another 90% out there.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a video tutorial. I hope you find it invaluable. Please let me know how I did and if you have any tips or corrections please leave a note. I want to get better! So watch my first tutorial and let&#8217;s Learn at the Playground!<\/p>\n<div><div style=\"padding-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;\">Share this post!<\/div><div class=simplesocial><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/?p=572\" data-text=\"Tutorial%3A+Learning+at+the+Playground\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div><div class=simplesocial><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fblurrypixel.com%2F%3Fp%3D572&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div><div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><a class=simplesocial onclick=\"return simplesocial(this,500,400)\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" style=\"background:url(http:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-social-sharing-widgets-icons\/icons_32\/facebook.png)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblurrypixel.com%2F%3Fp%3D572&t=Tutorial%3A+Learning+at+the+Playground\"><\/a><a class=simplesocial onclick=\"return simplesocial(this,435,500)\" title=\"Email a Friend\" style=\"background:url(http:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-social-sharing-widgets-icons\/icons_32\/email.png)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freetellafriend.com\/tell\/?heading=Share+This+Article&bg=1&option=email&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblurrypixel.com%2F%3Fp%3D572\"><\/a><a class=simplesocial onclick=\"return simplesocial(this,700,500)\" title=\"Share on Reddit\" style=\"background:url(http:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-social-sharing-widgets-icons\/icons_32\/reddit.png)\" href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblurrypixel.com%2F%3Fp%3D572&title=Tutorial%3A+Learning+at+the+Playground\"><\/a><a class=simplesocial title=\"RSS Feed\" style=\"background:url(http:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-social-sharing-widgets-icons\/icons_32\/rss.png)\" href=\"http:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/?feed=rss2\"><\/a><\/div><div style=\"clear:both;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At school there were always teachers who in all honesty were experts in their field simply because they knew 10% more about it than 10% of the students they were teaching. 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