- Find a picture where you can add smoke and open After Effects.
2. After you opened After Effects, create a new composition
Your settings should look like this:
3. Then import the picture you downloaded
Drag it to the black rectangle
4. Go to Layer (top) > New > Solid
This will show up: -If you want, you can name it
-press ok
5. This will come up after you pressed ok. Make sure the smoke layer stays in front of your composition.
6. Select the smoke layer and go to Effect (at the top) > Stimulation > CC Particle Systems ||
7. On the left side of your computer, this will show up
8. Then you can play around and make your smoke as you wish. For example, choose the right colour, place it at the end of the cigarette etc.
These are my final settings to make smoke:
And the final result is this: