How many times have you added fog or mist footage to a comp and then reached for that Add or Screen blending mode? VFX blogger Daniel Broadway says don’t do it. After you read his After Effects tip you’ll know why. Daniel explains why real world fog doesn’t ‘add’ to the scene. Don’t worry, though. He’s got a great alternative and shows you how. I tried this in a mograph project and it worked brilliantly. Take a look at Daniel’s post VFX Tip #3 – Compositing Fog or Mist.
No fog footage?
Aetuts+ has a tutorial that shows how to create fog from scratch using Fractal Noise and CC Vector Blur. The tutorial is a bit of a chore to get through, but the end result is amazing. Watch Realistic Fog Without 3rd Party Plug-ins.
