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More than Pyrocluster, you need a tool that constrains your particles to a path and that would most likely be Thinking Particles. Haven’t played with it that much, but there is a path/ spline node in it, that probably does what you want. For the rendering you do not necessarily need Pyrocluster. Cigarette smoke is usually so faint, you’d use sprite particles (mapped planes). Depending on the situation, you may not need any particles at all. Just wrap an object mapped with a Fresnel shader around a spline using tools such as MoGraphs Spline Wrap object.

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Assuming you are rendering to NTSC DV, your render settings should be 720×480 pixels, pixel aspect D1 (0,9) and you should render fields with lower fields first. Your comp should have 30 fps or 29,97 fps. Check the manual for “Render Settings” and “Output Module”.

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Assuming you are only halting once, I’d hand-keyframe it. You can use this modified expression – it will respect all hand animation and still follow your head.

head=thisComp.layer(“Head”);
delay=0.1; // delay in seconds
offset_X=100; //offset from head in pixels
offset_Y=100;

X=position[0]+head.position.valueAtTime(time-delay)[0]+offset_X;
Y=position[1]+head.position.valueAtTime(time-delay)[1]+offset_Y;

[X,Y]

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Assuming you are only halting once, I’d hand-keyframe it. You can use this modified expression – it will respect all hand animation and still follow your head.

head=thisComp.layer(“Head”);
delay=0.1; // delay in seconds
offset_X=100; //offset from head in pixels
offset_Y=100;

X=position[0]+head.position.valueAtTime(time-delay)[0]+offset_X;
Y=position[1]+head.position.valueAtTime(time-delay)[1]+offset_Y;

[X,Y]

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Mmmh, you could try combining CC Cylinder for the curl with a linear wipe for the straightened out parts. It won’t look very real, though. There will be no shadows and it will also be difficult to sync everything so it doesn’t look like the curled up part is sliding. If you can get access to a 3D program, this would be much easier.

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You’re making yourself popular today! ;O). Thanks for taking the time to put those projects together and sharing them.

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You’re making yourself popular today! ;O). Thanks for taking the time to put those projects together and sharing them.

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Simply split the layer and only apply the expression to the snippet you want.

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Simply split the layer and only apply the expression to the snippet you want.

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Has it fields? Progressive doesn’t look too good when combined with interlaced otehr footage…

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