A few TRON titles in After Effects

Andrew Kramer released his "Tron-Pilot" After Effects CS4 project file and a short video walk-through which describes creating the faux 3D text in AE (adding the Vegas filter for a volumetric effect) and building a few expressions. The project was previewed in December.

There's some other tutorials to mimic the TRON look, and some background on the VFX of TRON: Legacy from Fxguide (on face replacement effects), [update: Talking Tron with Digital Domain at Motionographer,] and in numerous "Making of" videos like those posted by Digital Domain. Here's a few more tutorials for After Effects, veering off with a few on neon:

• Tron Titles Part 1 ( Cinema 4D) and Part 2 (AE) by Antonio Cerri, part of Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Titles Series

• Nick Khoo posted Tron Legacy style titles in After Effects in 2 parts (1, 2) and a Tron font.

• Letrindle posted TRON Grid Tutorial in 3 parts on Youtube

• In a TRON trailer the title text flickered. Motion Graphics Exchange has an expression from AEnhancers that creates a flickering effect similar to a flickering neon light.

• Neal Barenblat posted Neon Text Graphic - After Effects at Vimeo

• Simulate A Glowing Neon Light Sign Of Your Logo by Juan Carlos Navarro on AEtuts+

But what if Saul Bass had done the titles for TRON?

Tron vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo.