Swamp Sounds | Nighttime Ambience | 10 Hours | Nature Sleep Sounds
Swamp Sounds | Nighttime Ambience | 10 Hours | Nature Sleep Sounds
Soothing, ambient sounds of crickets and frogs at night for stress relief, relaxation, focus, meditation, yoga, studying, sleep, or drowning out distractions.
How it was made:
Sounds — I recorded these sounds in 2015 following a flood that left some very vocal frogs in my yard for months. :) The crickets were also recorded on my property in the fall of 2019.
Visuals – To make the new visuals, I took a picture of the forest bordering my property. In Photoshop CC, I edited the image to create a soft, moonlit background. I also selected a large portion at the bottom half of the image to make a copy, flipped it vertically, and blurred it to create the appearance of water in the foreground.
Using Photoshop brushes, I created each firefly on a separate layer, and saved each firefly separately as a PNG image. I moved all of this into After Effects where I animated each firefly using keyframes for opacity and position. I added “flying insects” using particles on the right and left of the visible area so they would appear to be flying in both directions across the screen. The water is animated using the ripple effect in After Effects.
The background image slowly slides across the screen to prevent image burn on device screens, and all layers and effects are linked to move with it.
All rights reserved © 2020 KDeKay
Soothing, ambient sounds of crickets and frogs at night for stress relief, relaxation, focus, meditation, yoga, studying, sleep, or drowning out distractions.
How it was made:
Sounds — I recorded these sounds in 2015 following a flood that left some very vocal frogs in my yard for months. :) The crickets were also recorded on my property in the fall of 2019.
Visuals – To make the new visuals, I took a picture of the forest bordering my property. In Photoshop CC, I edited the image to create a soft, moonlit background. I also selected a large portion at the bottom half of the image to make a copy, flipped it vertically, and blurred it to create the appearance of water in the foreground.
Using Photoshop brushes, I created each firefly on a separate layer, and saved each firefly separately as a PNG image. I moved all of this into After Effects where I animated each firefly using keyframes for opacity and position. I added “flying insects” using particles on the right and left of the visible area so they would appear to be flying in both directions across the screen. The water is animated using the ripple effect in After Effects.
The background image slowly slides across the screen to prevent image burn on device screens, and all layers and effects are linked to move with it.
All rights reserved © 2020 KDeKay