After Effects Tutorial - Create a realistic fire / flame effect without plug-ins
Want to create a realistic flame or fire effect, but don't want to spend money on royalty-free footage or expensive plug-ins? Here's a plugin-free method that works with the standard toolkit in After Effects from CS3 upwards.
You can also grab an animation preset for this that will let you instantly add it to future projects by downloading it from my website - shortformvideo.co.uk