Text disolve into smoke?

Render · Post by **Render** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:37 pm

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 <-_->

Nolan Scott · Post by **Nolan Scott** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:25 am

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

arfa · Post by **arfa** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:28 pm

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

Render · Post by **Render** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:05 pm

thanks arfa,

ill give it a try!