Comments on: Particle Playground on Fire

By: JR

JR — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:58:13 +0000

This is great, but is there a way to acheive a similar effect with trapcode and it’s built in fire presets? I’ve tried to use a layer as the emitter, both with it as a precomp and without, and I just can’t get it to produce anything. Any ideas?

By: Bowie Presto

Bowie Presto — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:27:21 +0000

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By: TGD

TGD — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:41:15 +0000

[...] Particle Playground on Fire [...]

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:16:40 +0000

Hm…. I realy need to take another look, because I still don’t see the problem. Everything works as it should as far as I’m concerned.

By: DawnTreader

DawnTreader — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:53:49 +0000

Hello Maltaannon

thanks for the Tute. the time difference has come in handy elsewhere.

as for the shifting to the right problem experienced by the other poster. it is not actually shifting the original footage, it is shifting the effect.

if you watch your own tutorial you will see that when you get to the part of where the “smoke” is shown on the subjects hands, it is slightly to the left of the placement of the original footages hands.

i have been having the same trouble and wondering if it was the text i was using, but then i went back to watch the tute to see if i had done something wrong and noticed that your effect was doing the same thing as mine.

it is easy enough to move the effect over and match it, but then you end up pushing over the edge of the comp for the effect and this becomes a problem if you are creating fire right accross the screen. if you figure out a solution that doesnt involve moving the effect precomp over please post it somewhere, preferably on Creative Cow.

thanks for the amazing tutes, keep them coming. :)

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:43:04 +0000

Strange. My first thought was that the comp size differs accros the project, but since you’ve checked that it’s hard to say, or I’m simply missing something. Contact me through the Contact section on this site, and make sure to provide your real email. I’ll write you back, so you could send me the project file. I’ll take a look in my spare time (yeah… like I ever have time for myself)

By: Henry Lankila

Henry Lankila — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:04:43 +0000

Awesome tutorial!!! I had a question regarding the particles comp. When I select my source file for the “Layer Exploder” the source layer gets offset to the right. Have you seen this before? If I turn off the effect, my original source looks good. Once I turn on the effect the particles appear, expand slightly and shift to the right. All the comps are the same size and I ran the tutorial several times. When I look at the final comp, the particles comp looks like they are different sizes. I checked the settings and everything is the same. I am using AE 6.5 Pro. Thanks for your time and this great tutorial.

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:01:06 +0000

That’s probably why it’s missing.

By: Ilya

Ilya — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:05:19 +0000

Nop, too expensive, about $1000, I can’t afford it, sorry.

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:10:49 +0000

Well… I hate to be the one pointing this out to you, but are you using legal version of After Effects Pro?

By: Ilya

Ilya — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:02:54 +0000

I can’t find “Particle playground” in my after effect, I use v.7.
Where can I find it?.

Beside it, a very useful tutorial, I was looking how to set my hands on fire, thanks.
By the way, how do I do it with my whole body?, like Human Torch, or something like that?.

By: Faisal Amin

Faisal Amin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:19:17 +0000

Thanks For A Wonderful Tutorial.You Are Great For After Effects.
Thanks Mr.Maltaannon.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:20:08 +0000

Wow this tutorial is hot indeed ! Great Job
I gonna play with this :D…
Very very usefull, you can use it for almost everything!
Keep up the good work ;)

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:39:33 +0000

Yes, but then it would burn his whole body. It “burns” everything that has changed in the video clip across last few frames.

By: cred

cred — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:25:04 +0000

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. One question: You mentioned that George doesn’t move, just his hands. Would it still work if, say, George was walking or jumping?

By: ilan

ilan — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:37:14 +0000

i dont understand how did we get the “particles playground ”
i dont have it in my effect

By: antory

antory — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:47:49 +0000

very simple and useful! big thanx!

By: yenuiyins

yenuiyins — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:49:38 +0000

Have got to really thank you for this! Is really helpful :D
and you are Great man ^O^

By: IllD

IllD — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:59:20 +0000

WOW, you created another Monster with that, this Technique gave me 10 new Ideas.

Maltannon you are getting better and better…AE seems so easy to use while you work with it.

People, donate for this side to keep it alive!!!
(George needs food :))

By: Crackfest

Crackfest — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:09:13 +0000

Great job on the tutorial! You make everything so simple. Keep up the good work!

By: Thea

Thea — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:08:09 +0000

I love AE and don’t get enough time with it - have CS3 now but am trying to use tutorials to save time learning - this was really a lesson on several different things - I just loved it!! Just been working on a project for a state fire marshal so it’s perfect. I will be checking out all your other tutorials - thanks for all your efforts.

By: Leo

Leo — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:32:45 +0000

Got to be careful at gas stations…

Great Tut, thanks a lot.
Keep up the good work.

By: arpit

arpit — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:44:46 +0000

awsum tut man….keep uploading…..im lovin it…

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:47:47 +0000

Hey great tutorial. Got me a little lost at some points but I caught on quick. Thanks alot. I look forward to more.

By: Maik Fleischmann

Maik Fleischmann — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:10:22 +0000

You are one crazy mind! Amazing doesn’t touch you. If I learned a fraction of what you know, I would be happy. Thank you for your GREAT tutorials.

Maik

By: Kevin Nabity

Kevin Nabity — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:07:15 +0000

Thanks for putting this tutorial up; I got a looooot out of it!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:44:24 +0000

Hi again,
starting at the beginning helped a lot!
an the wigglelayer has been a precomp, but I shot some footage today and will continue with that for now.

thank you very much so far
PP

By: 17th Letter Films

17th Letter Films — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:44:41 +0000

Thanks a lot! This effects is so amazing and there are lots of possibilities!

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:43:36 +0000

Had no idea you could do stuff like this in AE, been taking out ropes and things for sfx but nothing like this. Cheers bro, primo.. Couldn’t find how to put the expression on properly but still looks pretty cool, I’ll have to check out your earlier tuts to suss that I think.

Cheers again bro… you’ve got me thinking.

By: Michael Hardie

Michael Hardie — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:05:40 +0000

Ghislain you’re bound to have it in CS2. Back in the day I used to mess with Particle Playground with 6.0 :D

cheers for the tutorial!

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:03:17 +0000

is the wiggleing comp a precomp? it should be. and besides that always try to set the layer exploder when you’re at the beginning of your timeline. it’s easier for AE to calculate the particles. if that doesnt help than you might contact me directly using skype.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:30:31 +0000

Hi,

great tutorial with nice fire but I´ve got a problem:

As soon as I select a layer in the layer exploder (I use a comp as source with 1 wiggleing layer in it that has a feathered mask on it) my afterFX starts rendering millions and millions of particles. Yea, I set the particles/sec to “0″. It does the same without feathering or also without wiggle.

Any Idea?
PP

By: Ghislain, Québec, Canada

Ghislain, Québec, Canada — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:02:02 +0000

Hi,
First of all; great job on this one, you made a awsome effect look like “easy”…
I don’t have CS3 yet, so I would like to know if there a similar effect like the “playground particule” in CS2 ??? (I do have trapcode’s particular…is it something i can use?)
Thank you and keep on the good work !

By: rashid

rashid — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:37:11 +0000

Hi, This is Excellent Tutorial Thankx

By: Stefan

Stefan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:41:58 +0000

Nice i like it and i hope that you will make more tutorials =]

By: JD

JD — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:02:59 +0000

Clever work.

By: Harvest

Harvest — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:04:42 +0000

Uuuuhh! Excellent blend of effects! The result is awesome!.. Cheers from Portugal!

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:42:36 +0000

Sure. Just try it out. If it doesn’t work than try something else. Maybe an adjustment layer and a glow effect that will spread around the fire, or whatever. Just play around it for a while and I’m sure you’ll figure out some cool ways to use it.

By: cbowyer

cbowyer — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:18:14 +0000

Great tutorial. Could you duplicate that ramp and turbulence comp and use it to create lighting for the video layer, so that the light emitted from the flames can be seen on the subject, the surrounding walls, etc?

By: Homer

Homer — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:24:29 +0000

Great job guy! I wanted to reproduce that effect next to the video game “Bioshock”

Thx :)

By: SPOTS

SPOTS — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:02:04 +0000

Thanks for the great tutorial! Will you cover how to make it look more realistic by making the fire light reflect on the character, objects and room?

By: Way2Evil

Way2Evil — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:20:51 +0000

Very smart. thnx

By: Kopiart

Kopiart — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:44:45 +0000

There are plenty of fields when this one can be used. Starting from teleportation for example and finishing with a dragonball efect :-)

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:30:56 +0000

Oh if you want to know more about Time Difference effect just use my “Suggest a tutorial” form and send me some ideas. Besides… Time Difference is very easy on it’s own. Just try to play with it for a while. Cheers

By: Orangesoda

Orangesoda — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:20:44 +0000

Hey maltaannon, great job. I liked how you used time difference effect. I have never seen it done that way before. It beats the hell out of tracking. Where could I learn more about that effect?
Keep them coming.
Take care!

By: Robbert-Jan van der Does

Robbert-Jan van der Does — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:34:33 +0000

Hey Jerzy,

Very clever. Nice to see you back too!
You’ve got what the Germans call “Fingerspitzengefühl”. And to be honest, I hope you will still have it after the fire is extuinguished.

Cheers

By: Maciej

Maciej — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:26:22 +0000

Thanks !! I like it ^^

By: Umair

Umair — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:47:48 +0000

Nice Buddy very very impact full Buddy!!! ;)

By: Onno

Onno — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:49:50 +0000

I really like it, thanks mate! :D

By: DaMasteRZ

DaMasteRZ — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:54:09 +0000

You got wonderful fingers!!! :D

By: Scott Bishop

Scott Bishop — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:12:30 +0000

This is a real treat! Cheers

By: Pierce

Pierce — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:22:54 +0000

Nothing can be said about this tutorial that hasn’t already been said about Adobe After Effects itself :)