Hey Brian.M for the sake of better understanding 

(because I will resort to frame by frame seems the best course of action)

 about the radiowaves effect it seems it doesn't have a fill or am I wrong? i.e it only

allows the duplication of the contours but not the inside. (guess otherwise it would be a particle system)

so I would get empty puffs I guess..

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 7:17 PM, <brian@totaltraining.com> wrote:

It honestly doesn't take long to draw three or fours cartoon puffs on Photoshop layers and sequence them in AE, but if you want to automate it, use an AE mask shaped like a puff, as a source shape for Radio Waves.

 

Brian

 

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From: "Roei Tzoref" <yooofi@gmail.com>

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Subject: [AE] cartoon smoke puff effect

 

hey fellas

I'm trying to figure out a way to make a cool cartoon puff of smoke

but avoid doing it frame by frame in photoshop. 

I'm trying to achieve this type of effect

http://vimeo.com/65131997

I think particular won't do and ae shapes give too symmetrical results

for this type of animation. 

any workflow suggestions?

or do I have to resort to frame by frame in flash or photoshop?

(which from my research is the preferred technique for this type of animation)

 

Thanks