Return-Path: Received: from omr15.networksolutionsemail.com ([205.178.146.65] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4828017 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:52:04 +0200 Received: from cm-omr14 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by omr15.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q7SGqoEE010562 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:52:50 -0400 Authentication-Results: cm-omr14 smtp.user=torno@sydefxink.com; auth=pass (CRAM-MD5) X-Authenticated-UID: torno@sydefxink.com Received: from [75.51.172.56] ([75.51.172.56:37216] helo=[10.0.1.4]) by cm-omr14 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.41 r(31179/31189)) with ESMTPA id EB/F0-31423-267FC305; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:52:50 -0400 Subject: Re: [AE] Technique for animating fire? References: From: David Torno Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-61E3F564-E04F-499B-B724-2242F152A960 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9B176) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:52:47 -0700 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-61E3F564-E04F-499B-B724-2242F152A960 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Animate the Evolution property of the Fractal Noise plugin and the Offset pr= operty on Y. Precomp that layer and use it as a displacement map and it crea= tes decent heat haze/fire looking movement. David Torno Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor http://www.ghosttownmedia.com O: 213.739.2290 C: 818.391.6060 --------------------- http://www.sydefxink.com http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com http://mactex.blogspot.com "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" -Charles Field On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:39 AM, "Martin, Chris (HQP)" wr= ote: > Does anyone have a good technique for animating fire? I am not looking fo= r a process to create fire, but a good animation technique to create the mov= ement of fire. I want to take a vector-based graphic and animate it. > =20 > Thanks! --Apple-Mail-61E3F564-E04F-499B-B724-2242F152A960 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Animate the Evolution prop= erty of the Fractal Noise plugin and the Offset property on Y. Precomp that l= ayer and use it as a displacement map and it creates decent heat haze/fire l= ooking movement.

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On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:39 AM, "Martin, Chris (HQP)" <chris.martin@rhi.com> wrote:

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