Episode 31 - Building '2012' Motion Gfx. Part 3

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In this third installment, we start to put our 2012 end-of-the-world movie comp together. We'll see the Earth brown and die and our 2012 text suck the atmosphere from the Earth. Depressing yes, but fun inside of After Effects!

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