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  After Effects Tutorial VideoFort Jon uses Trapcode Particular to create lottery balls. Create a new comp, make sure the height is double the width (250×125), with a duration of 1 second 15 frames, 30 fps, name it “BallMap”. Create a new white solid and then make a text layer on top. Type “1” and center it on the white solid. Now toggle down the text controls for your text layer and option click the Source Text stopwatch to bring up your expression controls. Type in “timeToFrames(time)+1” this will have the your “1” increase by +1 each frame it moves forward until you reach the end (45). Now create a new square comp (150×150), duration 1 second 15 frames, 30 fps, name it ball. Drag the “BallMap” into the new comp and drop the CC Sphere effect on to it. Bring the radius down to 65 and adjust the lighting to your liking. You should now a lottery ball that counts up and stops at 45 as you scrub forward. Add a wiggle expression to the x,y, and z rotations by option clicking on their stopwatches and entering “wiggle(30,40)”. Make sure the first value is the same for each, but.......