Text to Smoke

This project shows how to turn text or logos into smoke.

The text is created in a pre-comp "text - SMOKE". The text can be edited in the pre-comp or a logo can be placed in the pre-comp. Note that if the size of the pre-comp is changed, some paramters may need adjustment - if the comp is made larger, the Particles/sec parameter needs to be increased. Also the particle size may need adjustment. The finer the details in the text/logo, the more and smaller particles are needed to account for the detail.

The pre-comp "text - SMOKE" is switched to 3D and selected as a Layer Emitter in Particular. The layer contains keyframes on the Opacity parameter and quickly fades out when the smoke is emitted. The smoke is emitted in a short burst.