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January 20, 2026
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Does anyone know how to recreate this particle shimmer effect in Adobe After Effects?

  • January 20, 2026
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Hey Everyone,

 

I would be enormously appreciative and grateful, if someone who is knowledgeable in After Effects could explain to me how to recreate this really nice particle shimmer effect. Hopefully, there is a method to accomplish this only using the built-in plugins and effects presets. If there is a third-party plugin that I can purchase to achieve an effect that looks nearly identical to the 5 examples I will provide below, please let me know! Thank you so much, and many blessings to all of you!

 

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-18261589-elegant-silver-abstract-snowflakes-christmas-animated-grey

 

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-18229975-elegant-silver-abstract-snowflakes-animated-grey-background

 

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-18229972-elegant-silver-abstract-snowflakes-christmas-animated-grey

 

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1008201244-elegant-gold-background-abstract-snowflakes-christmas-animated

 

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1019000497-elegant-gold-background-abstract-snowflakes-christmas-animated

 

  

1 reply

thepixelsmith
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January 23, 2026

It looks like a particle system with added blurs and glows.

Something like: 

1. CC Particle World

2. Compound of maybe a depth blur

3. Glow

But thats just a guess cased on what it looks like.