# AE Smoke to text?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ae-smoke-to-text/157213>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 31, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ae-smoke-to-text/157213 "2005-07-31T00:29:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vexir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@Vexir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vexir)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ae-smoke-to-text/157213/1 "2005-07-31T00:29:49Z")

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Hey all you AE experts out there, I was wondering if there was a simple NON PLUGIN related solution for making a bunch of smoke, then having that sort of morph really really fast into some text.

It seems everything in AE needs a $150 plugin these days… kind of makes it seem like weak software.