Creating an Animated Steam Sprite Sheet with After Effects

Learn to create a realistic steam animation with After Effects, using a particle system animation and a sprite sheet.

Introduction

• Introduction to this course
• About the exercise files

1. Creating Animated Steam in After Effects

• Setting up your project and applying particles
• Setting the physics properties of the particles
• Defining and styling the individual particles
• Setting keyframes for particle birth rate
• Creating a seamless loop for animated particles
• Exporting frames of the looping animation

2. Assembling and Testing Your Sprite Sheet

• Importing and aligning frames into a single graphic
• Configuring and reviewing your sprite sheet animation