Return-Path: Received: from exprod6og114.obsmtp.com ([64.18.1.33] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4828050 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:12:37 +0200 Received: from outbound-smtp-1.corp.adobe.com ([192.150.11.134]) by exprod6ob114.postini.com ([64.18.5.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKUDz8MnrbgtDwf7l0Q1SRIferSfr6i21P@postini.com; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:13:25 PDT Received: from inner-relay-1.corp.adobe.com ([153.32.1.51]) by outbound-smtp-1.corp.adobe.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id q7SHAok0003146 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:10:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nacas01.corp.adobe.com (nacas01.corp.adobe.com [10.8.189.99]) by inner-relay-1.corp.adobe.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id q7SHDMvm018785 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:13:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nambx09.corp.adobe.com ([10.8.189.47]) by nacas01.corp.adobe.com ([10.8.189.99]) with mapi; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:13:22 -0700 From: Todd Kopriva To: After Effects Mail List Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:13:02 -0700 Subject: RE: [AE] Technique for animating fire? Thread-Topic: [AE] Technique for animating fire? Thread-Index: Ac2FPr7zWtmP3p0cTpCJQkZvrWe5LwAAVZjg Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 For those recommending Fractal Noise, I have a question: Why not Turbulent Noise? We created this effect to be a next-generation Fractal Noise with more natu= ral-seeming animation---and greater performance. If we got this wrong and you're not using Turbulent Noise because it doesn'= t work for you, we'd like to know. > -----Original Message----- >=20 > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:52 PM, David Torno wrote= : > > Animate the Evolution property of the Fractal Noise plugin and the Offs= et > > property on Y. Precomp that layer and use it as a displacement map and = it > > creates decent heat haze/fire looking movement.