Experimenting

I wanted to create a dark atmosphere for my background with moving particles, so I googled tutorials on how to create a particle movement. I found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq2op6yqvFk
and it was so easy to follow and once i learned the basic steps i had created a background in about half an hour.

First I created a colour gradient with four different shades of dark greens and blues.

Then I added an animation preset called particle world.

I then changed the colour of the particles going from black to green using a color ramp and changed the gravity and birth rate.

I really liked how this effect turned out but once i added text i found the moving particles too distracting from the text. Once I took the particles away from behind the text, the background was boring. So i added a layer of grunge texture and blended it with the coloured layer.

So now, once the text appears, the particles slowly and subtly fade out so there is a nice background still left and the only thing you are focused on is the text. Below is the first word and how the background will look throughout.