• Adobe After Effects

  Suggestions for 3D particle effects for fire, smoke, explosions, falling water, etc.

  Posted by Eric Goldstein on November 18, 2005 at 11:22 pm

  Hi,

  Does anyone have any suggestions for AE plug ins to create realistic fire, smoke, explosions,
  falling water, etc.?

  Thanks for your help,

  Eric

  er**@*********lm.com

  Eric Goldstein
  Giraffe Film Company
  Los Angeles
  er**@*********lm.com

  Tom Daigon replied 20 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 12 Replies
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  Tom Daigon

  November 19, 2005 at 12:22 am

  Stand alone Particle Illusion 3 is spectacular ffor all the above. Soon to be a plugin for AE…See wwww.wondertouch.com.
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  Eric Goldstein

  November 19, 2005 at 12:54 am

  Thanks for the info. Any idea when the AE
  plugin will be available?

  Eric

  Eric Goldstein
  Giraffe Film Company
  Los Angeles
  eric@giraffefilm.com
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  Tom Daigon

  November 19, 2005 at 4:44 am

  It was originally promised on June 26 ….so I wont even hazard a guess. The company is thriving and PI3 is great for stuff even as a stand alone program.
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  Eric Goldstein

  November 19, 2005 at 6:42 am

  Thanks for the info. Any other suggestions? I’m working on a project
  and need something now.

  Thanks,

  Eric

  Eric Goldstein
  Giraffe Film Company
  Los Angeles
  eric@giraffefilm.com
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  Kenny101

  November 19, 2005 at 6:57 am

  you can try trapcode particular.
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  Naveen Mallikarjuna

  November 19, 2005 at 2:19 pm

  I’ve used Trapcode Particular for smoke effects, and it’s worked pretty good. Be prepared to have A LOT of RAM or time for the rendering.
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  Tom Daigon

  November 19, 2005 at 2:37 pm

  Then buy the stand alone version,now.
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  Eric Goldstein

  November 19, 2005 at 6:16 pm

  Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

  Eric

  Eric Goldstein
  Giraffe Film Company
  Los Angeles
  eric@giraffefilm.com
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  Aharon Rabinowitz

  November 20, 2005 at 10:23 pm

  particleIllusion standalone works very well with AE. Download a trial from wondertouch.com to give it a shot. It comes with over 1300 preset effects, which particular doesn’t come close to. Not that particular is a bad plug-in – it’s pretty good, but you need to build almost everything from scratch. pIllusion will give you what you need in minutes if not seconds.

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  Eric Goldstein

  November 21, 2005 at 7:07 am

  Thanks for the suggestion. Are you at a disadvantage working with Particle Illusion in that
  it is not incorporated in AE in terms of modifying the effect directly in your comp?

  Thanks,

  Eric

  Eric Goldstein
  Giraffe Film Company
  Los Angeles
  eric@giraffefilm.com

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