"Final Render" QuicktimeMovie (84 KB) Example.24: Expression of a Flame (AE5.5 PRO) AE-TIPS 24 : Adobe After Effects CS5 (10.0.2.4) Resolution: 640x480 Third-Party AE Plugins: - No Use Third-Party Footages: - No Use Creating the Texture Map It does not use "Third party Plug-in" this time. I want to challenge Expression of a Flame. First, Create The texture map for particle. Create a New Solid in a New Composition. Apply Mask shape and Mask feather. "Particle Flame" QuicktimeMovie (88 KB) Motion of a Flame by Particle Adjust Particle to look like a "Flame". Although may be use "Particle Play Ground". It is daring create with "Bubble" Plug-in this time. * You can get the Plug-in "Buble" from "www.adobe.com" http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/ View Effect Controls Window "Bubble" "Fractal Noise" QuicktimeMovie (264 KB) The Fractal Material for Displacement In order to Express Fluctuation of a Flame, Create The Material for Displacement Map. Put the key frame into "Evolution". Apply Animation. View Effect Controls Window "Fractal Noise" Fluctuation Expression by Displacement Put The Material of STEP-3 into a New Composition. Turn Off the eyeball icon of STEP3.(Layer Invisible) Select the Layer of STEP2. Apply Effect > Distort > Displacement Map. Adjust the value of a parameter. View Effect Controls Window "Displacement Map" & "Gaussian Blur" "Final Render" QuicktimeMovie (84 KB) Completion Finally, Apply Color using "Colorama". Put The Material of STEP4 into a New Composition. Apply Effect > Image Control > Colorama. Adjust the value of a parameter. Apply "Glow" as a dessert. If somehow visible like a Flame, it will win a great success. View Effect Controls Window "Colorama" & "Glow" etc.