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rolf_7787
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December 27, 2024
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How to get a fire sparks & smoke effect in Premiere Pro?

  • December 27, 2024
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Hello,

 

I am a complete beginner to Premiere Pro and cannot find anything on the forum on my question (most likely because I do not know the correct words).

 

There is a video to which I want to add a few fire sparks and a bit of smoke coming from the bottom and moving upwards. I have a bit of experience with Photoshop and think of it like laying an additional layer with the effects above the original video in Premiere Pro. 

 

I already used Google, but it confused me even more.

1. Do I need to learn how to create these effects in AfterEffects and only then can use them in Premiere Pro?

2. It seems some people sell these effects, but I do not understand what the difference between an element and a plugin is. And is that a good solution overall?

3. What would you recommend is the best way for a beginner to get this kind of effect?

 

I hope you can help me out and it is understandable. If there are any questions I am happy to help.

 

Kind regards,

Rolf

    Correct answer Dreamtime8

    Also try Pixabay.com, everything on that site is free to use. I found these:

     

    sparks-fire-burn-particles

    particles-sparks

    smoke-ascending

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    Warren Heaton
    Community Expert
    Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 31, 2024

     

    Video Copilot Tutorial 169. Crossfire Particle FX!

    https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/crossfire_particle_fx/

     

     

     

    Video Copilot Tutorial 107. Green Smoke

    https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/green_smoke/

     

     

     

    Video Copilot Tutorial 102. Smoke Trails

    https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/smoke_trails/

     

     

     

    Video Copilot Tutorial 66. 3D Sparks Title

    https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/3d_sparks_title/

     

     

     

    How To Create the Fallout Burn Title Animation

    https://borisfx.com/videos/how-to-create-the-fallout-burn-title-animation/

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Dreamtime8Correct answer
    Inspiring
    December 28, 2024

    Also try Pixabay.com, everything on that site is free to use. I found these:

     

    sparks-fire-burn-particles

    particles-sparks

    smoke-ascending

    Warren Heaton
    Community Expert
    Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 31, 2024

    If using content from Pixabay, be certain that usage is done so under their "Free for use under the Pixabay Content License".


     
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    rolf_7787Author
    Participant
    December 28, 2024

    Thank you very much @R Neil Haugen @RobShultz @Ishan Y for your fast and helpful support! 

    That helps me a lot and it is great to get such high quality feedback from the community.

    I think I understood now how this works and will try that out what works best for me 🙂

      Ishan Y
      Community Manager
      Ishan YCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      December 27, 2024

      Hi there,

      As Rob pointed out, overlaying stock footage to your project will be the fastest way to get the effect. You can find the stock video in Adobe Stock (https://adobe.ly/3PbTNQH). I found a tutorial that covers the workflow here: https://adobe.ly/4fD2L40.

       

      Thanks,

      Ishan

      Please tag me (@) in your replies so that it notifies me and helps me respond promptly.
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        RobShultzCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        December 27, 2024

        You may want to consider stock footage from Adobe Stock or a company like Artbears.. if you use footage against a black background you can use the "Screen" blend mode to make the black transparent.

          R Neil Haugen
          R Neil Haugen
          Legend
          December 27, 2024

          An "element" is similar to a graphic or shape, some discreet item in a format/form that can be imported, used, and modified in the NLE.

           

          A plug-in is a functional additional sort of "panel" with other capabilities based on it's own software.

           

          AfterEffects has a fair amount of special-effects stuff included, and there are major tools for modifiying the view of the effect, far more than in Premiere. So Ae may have what you need.

           

          There are also plug-ins available through places like aescripts.com and Maxon/Red-Giant and others that have all sorts of special vision and sound things that can be worked with directly in Premiere.

           

          And everyone does this differently. 

          Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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