Real volumetric
fire & smoke
A GPU-accelerated After Effects plugin that sets any logo, text or scene on real fire. A true 3D grid-based fluid simulation — organic flames and rolling smoke with temperature-driven color, motion blur and bloom, all solved on your GPU inside your composition.
Pyron
Pyron brings a real, grid-based volumetric fluid solver to After Effects. Fire and smoke are simulated in a true 3D grid and shaded by temperature — so flames flicker, roll and dissipate like the real thing. Fifteen presets, over ninety parameters across nine tabs, every one of them keyframeable, all native to your timeline.
A real fluid solve, in motion
Flames rise, curl and tear apart the way real fire does — driven by a grid-based Navier-Stokes simulation with combustion, buoyancy and vorticity. Not particles, not looping sprites.
Out of the smoke
Let your emblem emerge through drifting smoke before the first flame licks it — a slow, cinematic burn-on reveal.
Tearing born in the simulation
Turn up Flame Tear and the fire front shreds into rising licks and torn pieces — computed inside the fluid solve itself, so every tear moves with the flow. Rendered at 4K on the Tiny voxel grid.
True 3D Simulation · Volumetric Raymarch
Ignite anything in one click
Drop Pyron on a logo, emblem or title — it reads the layer's shape and emits fire from every visible pixel, so temperature-driven flames climb, wrap and consume exactly your artwork. No pre-comps, no mattes, no compositing.
One layer, a wall of flame
Stretch the emitter and Pyron fills the frame — a full burning line with rolling smoke, self-shadowing and real depth, still one effect on one layer.
Light shapes and colors the smoke
Use smoke and light together — a light's color bleeds straight through the volumetric smoke, so you can tint and colour-grade the whole look. Soft, self-shadowed and fully interactive: move the light, change its color, and the smoke reacts in real time.
Note — all clips are rendered in Tiny quality mode.
One plugin, every kind of fire
Fifteen presets across the Logo Fire, Fire Trail and Burn families — here are a few looks straight out of the box.
Motion blur, bloom & heat, built in
Velocity motion blur, GPU bloom and heat-haze distortion are part of the render itself — no extra layers, no third-party glow stacked on top.
Pyron Plugin Tutorial | Volumetric 3D Fire & Smoke in After Effects
Key Features
Volumetric Fire & Smoke
A real 3D grid-based fluid solve — physically-based flames and smoke with genuine depth, not flat sprites.
Logo & Text Ignition
Any layer becomes the source — Pyron reads its shape and alpha and sets exactly your artwork on fire.
Fire Trails on Paths
Emit fire that follows motion — streaking trails that linger behind moving text and objects.
15 Presets
One-click looks across the Logo Fire, Fire Trail and Burn families — instant starting points you can push further.
GPU Accelerated
A GPU-accelerated solve (OpenCL / Metal) and volumetric raymarch keep the simulation fast and interactive as you work.
Temperature Color
Physically-based blackbody shading — set the color range and the flame grades itself from deep red to white-hot.
Full Smoke Control
Independent density, buoyancy, dissipation and color — dial the smoke from a thin wisp to a rolling wall.
Organic Flame Detail
Layered turbulence, vorticity and flame tear break the fire into the sharp, organic shapes of the real thing.
Motion Blur
Velocity-based motion blur baked directly into the volumetric render.
Glow & Bloom
GPU bloom with intensity & radius for cinematic, radiant heat — no extra layers.
Heat Distortion
Real heat-haze refraction rising above the flames, straight out of the plugin.
8 / 16 / 32 bpc
Full bit-depth support for clean gradients and HDR-friendly compositing at any project depth.
Every parameter, at your fingertips
Pyron exposes the full simulation through over ninety parameters in nine clean, grouped tabs — tweak anything, keyframe everything, all solved on the GPU.
Presets
15 one-click looks across the Logo Fire, Fire Trail & Burn families — the fastest way in.
Emitter
Emit from any layer's shape and alpha or a moving source — position, size, strength & source pattern.
Fire Physics
Combustion, expansion & flame aggression — how violently the fire burns.
Physics
Buoyancy, rise & the fluid solve that drives how flames and smoke move.
Burn
Ignition, spread & sustain — how the fire consumes your layer over time.
Turbulence
Curl-noise detail, vorticity & flame tear for sharp, organic, breaking flames.
Heat Distortion
Heat-haze refraction — strength, scale & speed of the shimmer above the fire.
Color
Temperature-based fire gradient, smoke color, lighting, grading & sharpness — the full look in one place.
Render
Quality, motion blur, bloom & 8 / 16 / 32 bpc output for clean, HDR-friendly compositing.
Instant delivery, easy activation
Buy
Your license key and download link land in your inbox instantly — and the key is shown on screen right after checkout, ready to copy.
Install
Copy the plug-in into your After Effects plug-ins folder — a step-by-step guide is included. Works with After Effects 2021 & later.
Activate
Apply Pyron, click Options, paste your key — done. Your license works on up to 2 machines.
✓ 30-day money-back guarantee · ✓ One-time purchase · ✓ After Effects 2021 & later
Real fire, native to After Effects
One-time purchase. Commercial license. Windows & macOS.
📖 Please read the documentation. Every download includes a complete installation, activation & parameter guide.