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thanks everybody.

Nathan you're right- but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing on some repeater or plugin trick.

Danny I tried shape layers but its labor intensive to get the amount of control

in details of shading around the curves. you could tweak all kinds of controls but

its much easier to paint it. with ae paint its labor intensive. so the best solution from

what I gather is draw the damn thing :) and shade it accordingly with brushes.

its just a few frames. I'll just keep repeating that in my head.

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Anders Sundstedt <anders@sundstedt.co.uk> wrote:

Thanks Robert that is very kind of you I really appreciate the comments.

By the way the puff shapes were shape layers, drawn in AE.

Cheers
Anders

-----Original Message----- From: Robert W. Walker
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 6:37 PM

To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] cartoon smoke puff effect

Anders, that's great. Exactly the method Roei needs to adapt for his
needs. Nice work.

Robert W. Walker
WalkerSound
Walker/Fitzgibbon TV & Film
Los Angeles CA USA

-------- 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

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