How to Make a Retro Title Sequence in Adobe After Effects
Zap back to the 90s in this retro arcade inspired animation! Learn how to add some old-school video game charm to your projects with this fun tutorial from Noble Desktop!
Creating a Starfield
1. Create a new Solid.
2. Name the new Solid “Starfield.”
3. Add the CC Star Burst effect to Starfield.
4. In the Effects Control panel, adjust the Speed to 1.
5. Change Grid Spacing to about 6.
6. Now, set the effect size to 80.
7. Go back to the Effects panel and type in “Fractal.”
8. Add Fractal to the Starfield layer.
9. Within the Effects Control panel, change the Set Choice to Julia Inverse.
10. Toggle open the Color options.
11. Set Palette to Escape Angle.
12. Activate the Overlay option.
13. Using the Pixelate It plugin, hit the Pixelate It button. The plugin is located at https://eyedesyn.com/product/pixelate....
14. Select the Starfield layer and the layer below it.
15. Right-click on either layer and go to Make Precomp.
16. Name the new Precomp “Starfield Precomp.”
Compositing the Animation
1. Go back to the main composition.
2. Place the new Precomp just underneath the text layer.
3. Move the Playhead to about three seconds in.
4. Trim the Starfield Precomp layer to three seconds.
Game Over Screen
1. Double-click the Game Over Precomp to go inside it.
2. Place the Starfield Precomp on top of the Game Over text.
3. Set the Starfield Precomp Track Matte to the Game Over text layer.
4. Select the triangle layer.
5. Toggle open the Opacity option.
6. Alt-click the stopwatch next to the Opacity setting.
Within the Expressions panel, type in:
blinkRate=5;
n=Math.sin(time*blinkRate);
if(n~0) 0;
else 100;
**IMPORTANT: In the expression "if(n~0)", please replace ~ with an angled bracket. It should read: if (n is less than 0) 0; else 100;
YouTube does not allow angled brackets in the description box.
1. Select anywhere else in the interface to deselect the Expression.
2. Select the triangle layer again.
3. Hit the Pixelate It button to pixelate the layer.
4. Go back to the main comp.
5. Hit Spacebar to preview the animation.
Pixelate It Plugin (we use the free version for this tutorial): https://eyedesyn.com/product/pixelate...
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Starfield Precomp
05:08 - Compositing the Animations
05:31 - Game Over Track Matte
06:35 - Blinking Effect
9:58 - Final Details
10:26 - Outro