Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A simple After Effects tutorial on how to easily achieve 2D cartoonish explosions and smoke effect. This method can also be used in order to give your After Effects animation a traditionally- animated look without animating it frame-by-frame.

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