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Text disolve into smoke?

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:37 pm
by Render
hi, all

i was trying to discover a way to create the effect of text dissolving away into whisps of smoke.

itd be a cool effect if i can get it to work right. so far my feeble experiments have proved unsuccessful.

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

-Render <-_->

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:25 am
by Nolan Scott
Well, you might have to fake a little...
Use a text-layer and keyframe the visibility...
Use particles for the smoke....
(here one has to experiment with the intensity)

If you like, here is a very simple example:
http://files.me.com/nolan.scott/15uigq.mov

Regards
Nolan

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:28 pm
by arfa
Masking and particles would be my suggestion. Have a look at this.
Just replace the grumpy nurse with your text. Adjust background, particle size, transparency, etc. I originally had this as a pixelation dissolve and have here just set the particles with variable blur and transparency.

http://www.BuddhaMind.info/as/bits/dissolve.anme

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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:05 pm
by Render
thanks arfa,

ill give it a try!