Melting a Candle: After Effects
A tutorial on how to make a candle melt in Adobe After Effects. Skills include parenting, adjusting path animations and adding a smoke layer.
0:00 Getting Started
0:20 Parenting
1:12 Position Keyframes
3:00 Path Animation for the Candle
4:51 Path Animation for the Drip
6:20 Melting the Bottom of the Candle
7:53 Adding Wiggle to the Inner & Outer Flame
10:44 Adding Smoke