Nebula Galaxy With Trapcode Form CreativeDojo 2

I believe in this tutorial I may have displaced the particles too much, causing them to look too messy. If you want to retain that spiral based shape, lower the displacement and dispersion of the particles. In the final preview, I also created a lot more particles, most of them very small (around .5-.8 in size). The more finer particles you have, the more complex and organic it looks in my opinion.

The hardest part of this tutorial is getting the smoke, energy, and shape just right. The amount of smoke and the shape of your nebula and energy can make or break your animation, so keep fine tuning it until it looks great. Play around with the different blending modes for your particles and image textures, those images can really add a whole new level of detail.

Let’s be honest, I will probably make another tutorial over this when I figure a way to make it look even better. If you want to get a head start, trying adding some 3D elements in there using Element 3D such as gases or energy models. Experiment with the fractal noise to get some pretty cool overlay textures. You can even use custom textures and images for your nebula/galaxy particles, which will give you a more realistic and interesting look.