Create an Atmospheric Smoke Effect in Adobe After Effects

In this quick video tutorial, you'll learn how to create, animates and control your own smoke effect in Adobe After Effects.

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[cg]

Awesome Tutorial - To ADD Color to it, it is simple. Create a New Solid (right click-new solid) and cover the smoke + pick the color you wish. Then change the Opacity to something like 30% - you can always add more having it travel through different colors etc.

[AduKofs]

5 years later and this tutorial is EXCELLENT!🔥🔥🔥

[mentalost]

Thanks a lot! it works




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[lilithskye-barnes]

Great tutorial! Holds up in 2023 and is certainly helpful for any smoke effect needs! I personally am using this for my stinger transition on my twitch streams. Works excellently!

[arielzajac]

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[ondrejtregler]

This is what tutorials should be like. Thanks a lot.

[Lumariiio]

Thanks for the video!
Especially the feather part was really helpful, thanks!

[aboy]

Thank you so much!!! You explained it very friendly, slowly and informatively. It was very helpful! Thank you!

[HolianDaCreator]

Watching this in 2024 and I'm way too excited and grateful for this😂😂😂

[KATSUKATOLIK]

Thank you for the tutorials, i find it is helpful to create some new idea for video....

[subagiahadinata]

Agreed. All the others just turn your brain upside down. Nice tutorials is simple.

[acmtttechnology]

TNice tutorials one is really good, among all other basics videos <3 love it

[madhushanrathnasiri]

to add color i just downloaded video copilot VC color vibrance. by the way it was awesome tutorial. Thank you

[Missin]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but It's not looping, is it?

[uygarozturk]

Great tutorial for real. Thanks alot. Thumbs up, subscribed.

[queenofthepierats]

Thanks so much for the tutorial! Got a bit stuck a couple of times, but that was purely my own errors. I'm extremely new to After Effects and have to learn quickly for work projects. Tutorials like this are a godsend!

[MyaraChan]

Thank you very much. Such an easy an calm explanation. :)

[mikxqc]

Thanks for the tutorial, exactly what i wanted/needed. Subbed!

[PlanetTrueCrime]

Amazing tutorial. Was laughing at me pausing and rewinding for the [value blah blah etc]

[TheMastrBuilder]

Thanks! I learn something new every day! Now I can create a spooky fog for my Halloween Special video!