Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this tutorial Ben, our in-house trainer, will be showing you how to use EmberGen's looping tools to create short, repeating VFX assets that can be brought into an After Effects scene and added to your own footage!

Here's a download link to the Project file we use in this tutorial:
jangafx-software-files.s3.amazonaws.com/share/JANGAFX_TUTORIALS_FIRE_LOOP_1.zip

Don't forget to show us what you make!
You can join our discord server at jangafx.com/discord

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Chapters:

00:00 - Mastering Loops In EmberGen
00:50 - Simulation Overview
01:14 - Camera Bounds Considerations
01:36 - Volume Slicing Mask
02:55 - Render Node Options
03:23 - Loop Bounds
05:10 - Capture Types Setup
06:53 - Looped vs non-looped
07:57 - Importing your files into After Effects
09:28 - Troubleshooting
09:48 - Troubleshooting: Use a volume emitter!
10:13 - Troubleshooting: Don't use Vorticles with Loops
10:31 - Troubleshooting: Straight vs Premult. Alpha
11:03 - Wrap Up