• Adobe After Effects

  Particular Question

  Posted by Max Jackson on September 13, 2012 at 2:41 am

  Hi, sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I am using After Effects.

  I have this particle stream where it’s pouring out like salt. I’m looking for two things to happen that I can’t seem to alter.

  1) I would like the particles to kind of curl up and whisk away like smoke and dust does with enough interference. I can use turbulence but it just seems to bend and twist the stream out of shape. I’m looking for random particles to curl up and disappear. Almost like an upside-down fountain.

  2) In the scene these particles must hit a floor and curl up at a certain x-point, much more severe than merely pealing off. In addition to 1) I need them to react to a surface and float upward like dry ice.

  If anybody has run into this before and can help point me in the right direction I’d appreciate it.

  Thanks for reading 🙂

  Max Jackson replied 13 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Vishesh Arora

  September 13, 2012 at 6:36 am

  Mr. Jackson
  To create a smoke like dry ice, you can learn something from this tutorial:

  https://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/motion-graphics/create-a-mysterious-smokey-logo-reveal/

  Hope this will help.

  Vishesh Arora
  VFX and Motion Graphics Artist

  Blog:
  https://digieffects.wordpress.com

  Demo Reel(3D):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHPgIJU_BR8
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  Max Jackson

  September 13, 2012 at 7:05 am

  If somebody stumbles upon this forum thread I found the answer to question #2:

  It’s called Motion Path. Particular has a thing called motion path where you create a light and give it keyframes in a ‘particular’ path (har har) and then attach your smoke to this path like a null object and it travels like a motion guide. Way cool.

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