Creating a dust effect.

[stevenm9342790]

Hey, I was wondering if any one could help me.

I have been playing around with CC Particle world trying to create a dust effect, so I can add more detail to my animated Horse. But I can't get the look I'm after.

I'd like to be able to create the kind of effect in the short video linked below.

horse fx examples - YouTube

If anyone has any pointers or knows any tutorials let me know and that would be awesome.

Many Thanks.

[foughtthelaw]

The best tip I could offer would be to play with the "Particle Type" setting and use the Textured shapes at the bottom. then you can find stills of dust/clouds/paint chips/etc. that look kinda like what you're after as particles themselves. If you're feeling really crazy you could make a precomp with lots of different layered fractal noise effects to try and get the cloudy look you're after and use THAT as your particle texture.

[stevenm9342790]

I'll give it a try then thanks

[angie_taylor · Accepted solution]

There are a few tips on here that will help you. This tutorial covers smoke, fire and rough dust. I think the smoke one would be closest to the example you showed

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