Comments on: Graphic Design – Making Smoke in Flash

By: Stevie steve

Stevie steve — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:22:52 +0000

Thanks! was looking for this for 2 days! Thank you very much!

By: APepIT

APepIT — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:52:01 +0000

Hi there,

I’m a complete novice when it comes to AS3, how would I duplicate the smoke so I could have to smoke trails?

By: sean steezy

sean steezy — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:44:29 +0000

This is a great effect and coded very well. Great job, keep up the banging job! this site has taught me so much I can’t get enough, thank you for taking the time to explain so much!

By: Bob91

Bob91 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:49:34 +0000

Here is something like this:
http://activeden.net/item/dynamic-smoke-fx/481438

By: Candlejack

Candlejack — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:12:39 +0000

I found that using:

if (this.alpha < 0)
{
removeSelf();
}

meant that none of the particles ever removed themselves. I changed it to ‘alpha <= 0′ instead and that seemed to fix the issue. Other than that, I’ve had no problems with this code whatsoever, it’s a really fun particle design

By: KingNo1.com

KingNo1.com — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:18:35 +0000

Great! Let’s add some wind now!!
in the Loop, change:

x += vx

x += vx + wind_speed

and then, see the result

By: gotoAndStop

gotoAndStop — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:06:59 +0000

I’m curious about efficiency of the code is it better to use “Math.random() – Math.random()” or “(Math.random()-.5)*2″?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:59:04 +0000

Nice to see a tutorial start out in Photoshop before getting to the Flash implementation!

If you look at real smoke (search google for “smoke column”) you’ll notice that smoke actually has a lot of volume and as a result it has clear lighting and shading. If you implement that in your smoke sprite, so it almost has a 3D sphere appearance (but smokey, of course) you end up with a much more realistic end effect.

By: Juan Fernando Velez

Juan Fernando Velez — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:07:29 +0000

Great, it’s as simple as useful.
You could add some realism just adding a little rotation:

In the constructor:
rs = Math.random() * 6 – 3;

In the Loop:
rotation += rs;

An it will look with a little turbulence effect.

Thank you very much.

By: Andrew Odendaal

Andrew Odendaal — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:40:37 +0000

Nice way of doing it!