Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In this motion design tutorial you will see how to create smoke in After Effects. This smoke is fully procedural, meaning that it is created completely within After Effects. No plug-ins are needed and no stock footage is used. Another great thing about this procedural smoke is that it can be scaled up to any resolution and can be easily customized. With some minor adjustments, you can turn your smoke into fire. Expand your motion graphics skillset with some and fire whenever you need it without relying on stock footage or shooting the video yourself.
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Setup
0:34 - Basic Smoke Shape
1:12 - Distorting Smoke
2:42 - Feathering Smoke
3:11 - Adding Animation
4:21 - Value + Time Expression
5:10 - 2nd Distortion Effect
6:20 - Dissipate Smoke
8:19 - Inner Detail
11:18 - 2nd Smoke Layer
12:53 - 3rd Smoke Layer
13:19 - Recap
13:34 - Possible Revisions
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In this motion design tutorial you will see how to create smoke in After Effects. This smoke is fully procedural, meaning that it is created completely within After Effects. No plug-ins are needed and no stock footage is used. Another great thing about this procedural smoke is that it can be scaled up to any resolution and can be easily customized. With some minor adjustments, you can turn your smoke into fire. Expand your motion graphics skillset with some and fire whenever you need it without relying on stock footage or shooting the video yourself.
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Setup
0:34 - Basic Smoke Shape
1:12 - Distorting Smoke
2:42 - Feathering Smoke
3:11 - Adding Animation
4:21 - Value + Time Expression
5:10 - 2nd Distortion Effect
6:20 - Dissipate Smoke
8:19 - Inner Detail
11:18 - 2nd Smoke Layer
12:53 - 3rd Smoke Layer
13:19 - Recap
13:34 - Possible Revisions
To see what the future videos are on the way, visit our Instagram page at:
instagram.com/chrome_lion
