Tutorial: How to Composite Smoke Plumes in After Effects

Tutorial: How to Composite Smoke Plumes in After Effects

August 17, 2017
Lendon Bracewell
Compositing elements into a real life scene and blending it seamlessly can be fun and frustrating at the same time. Luckily, our Large Scale Smoke Plumes are as close to plug and play as you can get.

In this tutorial I will show you how to make it look like an entire town is going up in smoke, and it's pretty easy to learn! Follow along with me as I guide you through each step to make this possible in any scene.

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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and were able to discover new ways to better composite our stock footage into your projects.

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