Create an Atmospheric Smoke Effect in Adobe After Effects

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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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[@CreatedInHisImageStudios]

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[@lilithskye-barnes2403]

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!

[@Lumariiio]

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

[@aboy7956]

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

[@cg5469]

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.

[@ivanlenter76]

or u can just add tint

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[@AramZero]

As simple as effective, thanks a lot man!

[@TheLu3]

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Your explanation is really cool.

[@SuperPistolboy]

Hey thank you for this video, I just want to know if it’s possible to make my smoke more noticeable on brighter surfaces?

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[@queenofthepierats3488]

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!

[@envatotuts]

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[@rzldesign1944]

thank you for your tutorial! can you tell me how to make a loop on this effect?
Thank you in advance .

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thank you again and again...

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[@tubenrulle]

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[@envatotuts]

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[@MaNcoZe]

i used this method to add smoke to my steam artwork. worked perfectly but a steam artwork loops forever and when it loops you can see it. is there any way to make the animation smoother when it loops?

[@LucasRibeiro-gw3vi]

thank you so much

[@TheMastrBuilder]

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

[@envatotuts]

Glad we could help!

[@elitgunz2459]

@@envatotuts Hi, how could I slow down the movement of the smoke? Is it posible?

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7 months later and is still saving some time

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[@Pop8Tart]

Hi guys. Is there a way to loop this whole animation to make it endless smoke generator?
Also is there a way to add color to that effect?

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thank you guy~~

[@jasonthai5188]

I love the tutorial! Just wonder, how can you get erase some of the smoke?

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It's working thanks my friend

[@envatotuts]

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[@natalielomske]

How do you adjust the speed of the smoke? Is that the evolution number or the offset turbulence?

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[@madhushanrathnasiri9595]

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

[@bigneism]

awesome dude, nice video, but what if i want the smoke to go from the bottom to the top? what code shoul i write?

[@Abicierum]

thx!

[@johnrobertson7616]

awesome!! you made my life so much easier!!

[@user-nt4ht2vc4y]

Looks good)
I maked similar effects and use movement points border mask in time, for more expressivenes, sorry for my English)

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

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very usefull

[@someshvemula9966]

Video is super cool :)
Can you tell me how to change the color of that smoke?

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[@LaughingKarrot]

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[@vikrantjadhav7745]

I can't see what u have written at down for loop a animation please mention if anyone has cleared

[@abeee11]

Is it possible to create seamless smoke loop? Maybe with crossfade? A tutorial would be great! 🙏

[@bigkidcircus1825]

Hi, I have a question. I did this and it was great! so thank you. however, I then went to add a video and the smoke effect layer slowed down the video. any chance you know why this is and how I can have the smoke without slowing down the actual video behind it???? thank you!!!

[@annaohagan4886]

This happened to me too! It's just slow because you've added in another effect (I think) It shouldn't slow down the actual video once it's been rendered

[@vaneses240]

Try render first smoke and then add it to new composition

[@SwitchBNE]

how would you make it less blurry or look more realistic

[@RapidBlindfolds]

why does it stop evolving when you add other layers to your composition? i even exported it as a video and added the video to my timeline and it just frustratingly plays as a static still

[@ViktorRocka]

hello , thanks author for the tutorial ,i have question though , how to slow down the way smoke moving ?

[@elitgunz2459]

I have the same question but it seems nobody answered you in a year

[@Mcsilver12]

@@elitgunz2459 Woo, heres to another year

[@tmstudiotv]

Great, thank you. Is it simple to make it loopable?

[@crusadervfx]

You can adjust the time of the layer to the end of the evolution and then duplicate the layer and reverse it then finally put it after the first solid