Create a Rainy Scene Animation Using Default After Effects Plugins
Step 25
Go back to the Rainy Day Composition and drag and drop the Text Composition.
Put it on the top and change the Blending mode to Overlay.
Layer order
Step 26
Go to Layer > New > Adjustment layer and apply it. Name it Lightning.
Layer > New > Adjustment layer
Step 27
Go to Effect > Color Correction > Exposure and apply it. Animate the Exposure.
Go to the first frame and click on the stopwatch. Move forward a few frames and then change the Exposure to 3,00.
Move forward a few frames and change the Exposure to 0. Repeat this process a couple of times to get a nice lightning animation.
Effect > Color Correction > Exposure
Step 28
Go to Layer > New > Adjustment layer and apply it. Name it CC.
Layer > New > Adjustment layer
Step 29
Move the Lightning adjustment layer to the top and put the CC Adjustment Layer under it. It needs a little color correction.
Use the Mega Cinematic Color Presets Pack with the CCP_Green Goblin preset on the CC Adjustment Layer.
It needs some adjustments, so increase the Blue Gamma to 2,00 under the Color Properties and the Tint amount to 87%
Color correction
Add color grading preset
Conclusion
There are many powerful default plugins in After Effects. In this tutorial, I showed you how to create a rain effect with CC Particle World.
I also described how to create organic edges with Roughen Edges and how to create water drops with CC Drizzle. I showed you how to use Auto Trace and the Linear Wipe plugin to create a stylish text animation.