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  Smoke Trail

  Posted by Ido Steven on December 24, 2019 at 10:09 am

  Hello everyone!
  I`m trying to create airplane that leaves behind it Smoke trail that create in the middle of the trail Heart-
  So i`m using CC Mr.Mercury Effect and everything is going well except the fact i want specific the Heart shape to last way longer then the rest of the trail but i can`t figure out how to do this,
  Any suggestion will be appreciated!

  Richard Garabedain replied 6 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Graham Quince

  December 24, 2019 at 10:47 am

  I’d probably use CC Particle World instead of Mr Mercury. You can link it to a 3D Null and have it look like smoke with just a few tweaks.

  Haye to self promote, but here’s a tutorial I made showing how to link the null: https://youtu.be/dYYmeBOWXpw

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  Ido Steven

  December 24, 2019 at 12:12 pm

  Thank you! but i rather not to rely on expression
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  Richard Garabedain

  January 2, 2020 at 6:04 pm

  i dont understand how you are using mr mercury to produce a smoke trail with a heart in it. .but the answer is easy…do the heart seperately on its own layer

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