Free After Effects Project: 2D Smoke and Explosions (Ben Marriott)
Original title: 2D Smoke & Explosions in After Effects Tutorial
Overview
Ben Marriott's free After Effects project shows how to create cartoonish 2D smoke and explosion effects with native tools only. Shape and solid layers are pushed through distortion effects such as Turbulent Displace and posterized time so the animation takes on a hand-drawn, frame-by-frame look without drawing every frame; no plugins are required and no version is stated.
The gum.co/aesmoke link in the description leads to the Gumroad product '2D Cartoon Smoke + Explosions | After Effects Project File', pay what you want from $0. Excellent for explainer videos and game-style FX.
What You Can Learn
- Cartoon smoke from shape layers plus Turbulent Displace
- Posterized time for a frame-by-frame, hand-drawn feel
Access: Pay what you want ($0 allowed)
