Anime Dash Effect

HOW IT'S MADE

Anime Dash Effect stacks 11 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: collisions, particles stretched along their motion, keyframed parameters and post filters (bloom).

It loops seamlessly every 0.8 s, and 6 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0 s to 0.12 s, so the layers arrive one after another. To change its colour, select "Afterimage Smear" in the studio and edit Colour A and Colour B. Size on the same layer sets how big its particles are.

Layers, in draw order

1. Launch DustparticlesOne burst of 16 smoke puffs from a disc at 0.02 s. They float upward, grow as they age, spin and slow down with drag. Colour: grey.
2. Dust TrailparticlesA stream of smoke puffs across a box, its rate keyframed over the loop. They float upward, grow as they age, spin and slow down with drag. Colour: grey.
3. Skid CloudparticlesOne burst of 10 smoke puffs from a disc at 0.12 s. They float upward, grow as they age, spin and slow down with drag. Colour: grey.
4. Afterimage Smearparticles / additiveA stream of soft glows, its rate keyframed over the loop. They shrink as they age. Colours range between white and pale orange.
5. Smear Coreparticles / additiveA stream of soft glows, its rate keyframed over the loop. They shrink as they age. Colour: white.
6. Air Crescent, Shockwaveparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.02 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: white.
7. Air Crescent 2particles / additiveA single particle at 0.12 s. Colour: pale orange.
8. Ground Streaksparticles / additiveA stream of streaks across a box, its rate keyframed over the loop. Colours range between white and pale orange.
9. Speed Linesparticles / additiveA stream of streaks across a box, its rate keyframed over the loop. Colour: white.
10. Skid Sparksparticles / additiveOne burst of 22 streaks at 0.12 s. They fall under gravity, bounce when they hit something and slow down with drag. Colour runs from white to orange over each life.