VEGA animation challenge · Editing Incubator

VEGA animation challenge

Here is my attempt to recreate the animation. I am going to describe what I did since this is all about learning and not just about money. First, I want to say that I do have VEGA's pack which gave me an unfair advantage. So I didn't use anything but the transitions & the money bags. I recreated the background using Solid layers & the grid effect in AE. I used CC lens to curve it and added some stars, film scratches and grain overlay. Secondly, I wanted to recreate VEGA's 3d spinning YouTube plaque. To do this, I created a gray rectangle in AE. I then downloaded a YouTube logo and placed it on there. I also followed a tutorial to learn how to make 3d objects in AE.

To make it spin, I just applied the "Basic 3d" effect. I also added 3 more effects to it to mess around with colors and lighting like VEGA. I applied CC spotlight, CC light sweep, & Lumetri Color. The arrows, you can get them from Envato Elements here: https://elements.envato.com/arrows-28A2B6N

The 99.9% animation is also from Envato Elements in this pack. Assuming VEGA used this one too?

https://elements.envato.com/infographics-AQLMSBW

Creating the shapes is easy, you can use the shape or pen tool in AE or PR whatever you prefer. To make it exactly like VEGA, I downloaded the video, placed it over my timeline and changed the opacity to 50%. This allowed me to have the exact positioning.

To animate the rectangular lines of the blueprint, there are 2 methods you can use. You can either apply "Trim Paths" In after effects or create a mask and keyframe the mask path to animate just the last part connecting.

In the last animation when closing in on the 99.9% animation, you can see a glow and what looks like a vertical grid lines with some RGB distortion. I couldn't get it exactly the same but here are some tips. Download vertical lines from google that has no background or white background. Mine had a white background so I just changed the blending mode to Darken. Then I applied two effects in Premiere Pro. "VR chromatic Aberrations" & "VR Digital Glitch." In AE, I applied UNI.RGB separation. To add a glow, a good tip is duplicating the layer and applying gaussian blur on the bottom one.

If you still didn't give in your submission, you can use this for help (I don't really mind) as long as we all crush this together 💪

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