VinhSon Nguyen covers some of the intricacies that are needed for creating fire and flames with Trapcode Particular. The fire will be used as a transition that will essential “wipe” the type off the screen, as it is being consumed by the flames.
[blockquote source=”VinhSon Nguyen – CreativeDojo.net”]In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at some ways to simulate a burning disintegrating logo transition, complete with flames, sparks, atmosphere, and much more[/blockquote]VinhSon shares some of his tips for getting a smooth transition for the effect, noting that the key lies in the matte that is used to drive the particle emission. There are also some great pointers here for creating a real nice fire effect. Visit VinhSon Nguyen’s CreativeDojo for the complete tutorial here: Burning Fire Logo with Trapcode Particular
Going Further with Trapcode Particular and Fire
[well]We have had the opportunity to see many great tutorial that look at creating fire with Trapcode Particular. Reason is that Particular is the go-to particle generation system for After Effects.
From a previous post, we saw Adrian C. Koutz who took a look at how to create fireballs and smoke trails using TrapCode Particular in After Effects with the post Creating a Meteor Fireball Using TrapCode Particular.
IDigitalUniverse had a look at creating flames with Trapcode Form, the sister to Particular with Creating Fire with Trapcode Form in After Effects.
Daniel Brodesky had a good look at creating a fire effect that was used as a transition with Creating a Fire Transition Effect Using Trapcode Particular in After Effects.
Mohammad Bilal demonstrates the ins-and-outs of the colour range section of Trapcode Particulr with the post Adding Particles Based on an Image’s Color Range Using TrapCode Particular in After Effects.
And lastly a great stylized flame effect from Soetheby’s Chilltorial tutorial Creating a Stylized Flame using Trapcode Particular and After Effects.
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