Return-Path: Received: from mail-ie0-f181.google.com ([209.85.223.181] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5101285 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:30:54 +0200 Received: by mail-ie0-f181.google.com with SMTP id x14so17401819ief.40 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:40:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=xPeymzoBij+jPJPVCPPr/v2nkt4fi+p76M5cWOEikEc=; b=NFrS7rVbadLiT95f2NpdHPfR0LQ92jvDuRvRBrC0bjZJUmFAN/LSHvsKEO5FV5CBCi ZmoQ6InUPbvVzqkHJGGEbQFjyG54q4Vj5f6mr63ILo4oFwy6p0xQ3BAhk1YJFWOEBo4X ZxPOOnmXqcw44behkmEvF9KkIv63XDNMP6XNWWfr0ja1/H1L24sA8loz/sqw0DXSkBP8 sMxPxUKTcRNovq8VNIj+NMblMrBgC/17nE7f2zEvDZsJ59MX0EF4rmCZepzKXH5LODG8 9vU8yxgB4rhwpqNzDaoEnbNvzJ068N3BqP14Z7YCz9m4opnwtUKe6AoPXV4pJ8NcUa29 7aeA== X-Received: by 10.50.18.80 with SMTP id u16mr4661472igd.13.1370893244673; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:40:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.155.229 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:40:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: "Mr. Eric D. Kirk" Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:40:24 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Smoke animation To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e01493cbae0109e04ded1f4af --089e01493cbae0109e04ded1f4af Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable And to your original question, there are tons of tutorials on youtube. If you choose particular, you will find many. If you don't have particular, the built in plugin (CC Particle World) works just fine too, especially for what you are doing. I was looking for one of my favorite ones I used on that before but can't find it at the moment. Eric On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > If you don't have particular, Brian Maffitt did a tutorial a while back > that used Radio Waves, which is a native Ae particle plugin. > > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > > I will third Particular. Make sure to make use of physics for creating > complicated wind patterns to avoid fake look smoke. Also, I think multipl= e > layers with varying parameters is the best way for realistic complexity > rather than a single emitter to do all things i.e. main fire smoke, slowe= r > burning logs smoke, ember/ashes smoke etc.**** > ** ** > *stephen van vuuren* > 336.202.4777**** > * * > *http://www.insaturnsrings.com/*** > *http://www.sv2dcp.com/* > *http://www.sv2studios.com/* > * * > *A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It sho= uld > be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the > emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.* > =96*Stanley Kubrick***** > > > --=20 *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* *The Night Visitor | VFX* *443.206.1347 www.kirkproductions.com kirkproductions@gmail.com* *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/* * * --089e01493cbae0109e04ded1f4af Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
And to your original question, there are tons of tutorials on youtube.= =A0 If you choose particular, you will find many.=A0 If you don't have = particular, the built in plugin (CC Particle World)=A0works just fine too, = especially for what you are doing.
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I was looking for one of my favorite ones I used on that= before but can't find it at the moment.
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On Mon, = Jun 10, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:
If you don't have = particular, Brian Maffitt did a tutorial a while back that used Radio Waves= , which is a native Ae particle plugin.


On Jun 10, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Stephen van Vuure= n wrote:

I will third Particular. Make sure to make= use of physics for creating complicated wind patterns to avoid fake look s= moke. Also, I think multiple layers with varying parameters is the best way= for realistic complexity rather than a single emitter to do all things i.e= . main fire smoke, slower burning logs smoke, ember/ashes smoke etc.=
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stephen van vuuren
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A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction= . It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s beh= ind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
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