-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [AE] cartoon smoke puff effect
From: Anders Sundstedt <anders@sundstedt.co.uk>
Date: Tue, April 29, 2014 1:34 pm
To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>


Hi Roei,

I did one by first drawing a few small puffs and then animating a really small puff with those 3-4 hand drawn puff shapes.

I then pre-comped that animation and copied it many times but with different rotations and timings so it doesn’t look symmetrical.

It’s a bit different in style, but you can have a look here at 00:51:
https://vimeo.com/71830662

I was playing around with timing and opacity to get the look I wanted.

Kind Regards,

Anders Sundstedt
http://sundstedt.co.uk


From: Roei Tzoref
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 5:13 PM
To: After Effects Mail List
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