Animating Fractal Noise

Fractal Noise is a kind of mathematically generated randomness that has tons of settings to tinker with to make totally unique animated backgrounds. There are some "colorize" effects you can use to try and brighten things up, but it's hard to get any exact results you may have in mind.

Approach this from a "let's see what happens" point of view and have fun playing with a creative "nuclear reactor"! Just know that a meltdown is likely at some point - save frequently and if you end up at a dead end, you just have to back up and try another path. If you want to make looping backgrounds like the ones below, there's an extra option under Evolution called "Cycle" that allows that.

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Master Your Comp

Animating your Monster in place is the main work. Putting THAT composition on your master and keyframing its position with a background can make a mini-movie out of your Monster.

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