IcePattern for Adobe After Effects

Introduction

IcePattern is a set of plug-in modules for Adobe After Effects and other applications that support this plug-ins format. With IcePattern you can create a variety of interesting effects, such as frost flowers and frozen patterns. More than that, you can animate the created patterns and adjust their size, shape, motion parameters and material properties, as well as lighting of the glass. Frost patterns can also be animated. No other plug-ins can do it beside IcePattern. Frostings, for example, can grow up along some contour. You can create complex multi-layer compositions made up of frost flowers, animate their parameters so that your ice-pictures look as alive! IcePattern is a unique and powerful tool designed to help you create amazing animation and videos that will definitely attract everybody's attention. We hope that IcePattern will help you create lots of pieces of computer art!

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Description

IcePatternis set of plug-ins for Adobe After Effect and contains three modules:

As you see, each module lets you design a specific kind of frostings. Try combining them and you'll be able to create complex multi-layer compositions. Each module and their parameters are described in more detail below.

1. IcePattern Geometry

This module lets you create frostings covering window surface. In multi-layer compositions this pattern can be used as a background that you can then cover with more complex ice patterns and elements. You can cover the whole window surface or just a part of it, or you can gradually grow the frostings so that they eventually cover the window surface completely. Described below are the adjustable parameters of the module:

Rendering mode - lets you choose the drawing mode for the frostings. This option is useful when you want to speed up the process of geometric properties adjustment. Keep in mind that checking the Quality checkbox improves the drawing quality but reduces the drawing speed.

1.1. Geometry parameters

IcePattern kind - lets you choose the frostings type.
Max iterations - defines the maximum number of branches for the frostings.
Max triangles - defines the maximum number of triangles on each iteration.
Width - defines the average width of the frostings.
Length - sets the frostings length.

1.2. Mask parameters

Mask kind - lets you choose the contour for the growing frozen pattern. You can choose among the suggested masks or set a custom path.
Path of custom contour - lets you specify the mask (see After Effect Help about Mask) that will act as a custom path for the frostings to grow along.
Grown direction - lets you choose the direction for the frostings to grow towards (this direction is defined by the normal to the path).

Density - defines the minimal space between the frost elements.

Completance - lets you specify the part of the contour that will be covered with frostings. With this parameter equal to 100, the contour is covered completely. If the value equals to 0, no frostings cover the contour.

Completeness distance- defines the width of the contour part where the frosting grows from their initial length equal to 0 to their normal length.
Interval dependence- defines how frostings' length and width depend on the space between neighboring frostings. This lets you add more chaos and thus make the picture more realistic.

1.3. Chaos parameters

These parameters allow add realism in your scene. You can simple adjust few parameters and they will influence on IcePattern appearance.

Random seed - defines the initial value of the random number generator.
Dispersion - defines the deviation of the grow direction from the direction defined by the position of the normal to the contour in the initial growing point of the frost element.
Lose initial direction - defines how much the direction can deviate from its initial contour when the frostings are growing.
Proportion length - indicates how the frostings' length differs when branches are added.
Proportion width - indicates how the frostings' width differs when branches are added.

Position - lets you shift the frostings in relation to the specified contour.
Scale - lets you scale up the pattern.
Material is a list of parameters used for adjustment of the optical properties of frostings' material.
Light is a list of parameters used for a composition lighting adjustment.
Cut alpha -makes transparent the parts of the layer not covered with frostings.

This module is really easy to work with. You can adjust a variety of frostings' properties and create fantastic animation with very little effort!

2. IcePattern Floral

This module lets you create ice patterns with amazing frost flowers and plants. Combing this module with the previously described IcePattern Geometry will help you to create really incredible ice compositions. IcePattern Geometry can be used to create a background and IcePattern Floral - to create a more complicated ice pattern. For better results try adjusting the material and lighting properties of both modules. Described below are the IcePattern Floral basic parameters.

Rendering mode - lets you choose the drawing mode for the frostings. This option is useful when you want to speed up the process of geometric properties adjustment. Keep in mind that checking the Quality checkbox improves the drawing quality but reduces the drawing speed.

2.1. Geometry parameters

IcePattern kind - lets you choose the frostings type.
Max iterations - defines the maximum number of branches for the frostings.

Max triangles - defines the maximum number of triangles on each iteration.Width - defines the average width of the frostings.
Length - sets the frostings length.

Turn main- lets you twist the frostings.
Turn add - twists the frosting's elements.

2.2. Mask parameters

Mask kind - lets you choose the contour for the growing frozen pattern. You can choose among the suggested masks or set a custom path.
Path of custom contour - lets you specify the mask (see After Effect Help about Mask) that will act as a custom path for the frostings to grow along.
Grown direction - lets you choose the direction for the frostings to grow towards (this direction is defined by the normal to the path).
Density - defines the minimal space between the frost elements.
Completance - lets you specify the part of the contour that will be covered with frostings. With this parameter equal to 100, the contour is covered completely. If the value equals to 0, no frostings cover the contour.
Completeness distance- defines the width of the contour part where the frosting grows from their initial length equal to 0 to their normal length.
Interval dependence- defines how frostings' length and width depend on the space between neighboring frostings. This lets you add more chaos and thus make the picture more realistic.

2.3. Chaos parameters

These parameters allow add realism in your scene. You can simple adjust few parameters and they will influence on IcePattern appearance.

Random seed - defines the initial value of the random number generator.
Dispersion - defines the deviation of the grow direction from the direction defined by the position of the normal to the contour in the initial growing point of the frost element.

Position - lets you shift the frostings in relation to the specified contour.
Scale - lets you scale up the pattern.
Material is a list of parameters used for adjustment of the optical properties of frostings' material.
Light is a list of parameters used for a composition lighting adjustment.
Cut alpha -makes transparent the parts of the layer not covered with frostings.

As you see, this module is also easy to work with. With this tool you can create a great number of beautiful compositions.

3. IcePattern Single

This module is designed to help you add a final touch to your ice compositions. If you feel that something's missing in the composition, simply add a frost twig and place it wherever you wish.

Described below are this module's basic parameters.

Rendering mode - lets you choose the drawing mode for the frostings. This option is useful when you want to speed up the process of geometric properties adjustment. Keep in mind that checking the Quality checkbox improves the drawing quality but reduces the drawing speed.
IcePattern kind - lets you choose the frostings type.
N iterations - defines the number of branches of the frost elements.
N triangles - defines the number of triangles on each iteration.
N1 triangles - defines the density of the frostings' elements.
Proportion - defines the pattern for the space between frostings elements to increase or decrease.
Proportion turn - defines the pattern for the frostings elements to gradually twist.
Width - defines the average width of the frostings.
Length - sets the frostings length.
Turn - lets you twist the frostings.
Turn1 - twists the frostings' elements.
Angle - defines the rotation angle of the frostings.
Position - lets you shift the frostings in relation to the specified contour.

Material is a list of parameters used for adjustment of the optical properties of frostings' material.
Light is a list of parameters used for composition lighting adjustment.
Cut alpha - makes transparent the parts of the layer not covered with frostings.

4. Materials list

You can adjust the properties of the material that your frostings are made of. This option helps you express your creative idea a lot brighter.

Diffuse color - defines the basic color of the material.
Specular color - defines the glare color.
Shininess - defines the capacity of the material to reflect light.
Shin straight - defines the shine intensity and adjusts glare size.
Self illumination - adjusts the self-illumination of the material.
Transparency - adjusts the transparency of the material.
Glass - makes the material look as glass. The initial image is then refracted in the frostings.
Refraction - defines the light refraction by the glass.
Optical coefficient - sets the optical coefficient.
Aberration - defines chromatic aberration.
Bump percent - lets you make the frostings more dimensional.
Texture reflection - lets you specify the image to be refracted on the frostings' surface.
Reflection percent - defines how clear the refracted image will be seen on the ice surface.

5. Lighting list

For better results try adjusting the lighting properties of the composition. More than that, animating the lighting parameters can make your ice image sparkle and glare with a rainbow of colors. This will surely make your video a lot more attractive and interesting.

Multiply - defines the light source intensity.
Light color - defines the light source color.
Rotate UV, Rotate WV - define the direction of the light source in polar coordinates.
Opposition light - lets you add a second light source located opposite to the first one.

Conclusion

IcePattern is a unique and powerful tool designed to help you create a variety of fantastic effects with frostings of the window surface. No other tool will let you obtain similar results. Let your imagination to fly with IcePattern and design professional videos that deserve to be called true pieces of computer art. We hope that our modules will help you become more successful in your work! Good luck!