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Trapcode Particular V’s Particle Illusion
I am tight for cash but needing to buy a particle emitter for a project that may lead to more work.
I know that TP works within AE and is cheaper than PI both of which are attractive but wondered what you peeps thought about best bang for buck, ease of use, capabilities etc etc.
Thanks for any input.
RD
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Particular is a very solid, robust particle creation tool with options that meet a lot of folks needs…but when compared side-by-side with PI, Particular is plain vanilla. As a long time user off Particle Illusion, I’ve found literally hundreds of places that it made the best tool for the requested effect. On one hand it makes reasonably realistic flames with interaction, explosions, light beams and solar flares, and on the other it can make a flock of birds, butterflies, snow, rain, gunshot hits, dust clouds and so much more.
Consider these uses;
I’ve blow up and crumbled buildings with near natural physics, I’ve set cars ablaze in close quarters for FEMA (they won’t watch them…but I made them), I blew a plane to bits in a high-speed chase on a national program for the History Channel, I created a “bullet-time” snow fall as a man propose to his future bride in a huge campaign this past Christmas. I’ve also used PI to multiply and manage a massive flock of chickens (yep, chickens) for Visa in a spot called “Possibilities” and I did some work for Cadillac GMAC where a fictitious credit history comprised of hundreds of sheet of paper had to follow a potential buyer to his new car and then drop to the ground when he closes the door as if they were naturally motivated.Neither tool is the “perfect” choice for all things, but given the range of things that PI does with spectacular clarity and ease, it outweighs the Particular toolset without a second thought.
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The deal is this –
Trapcode Particular Pros:
-Works within AE
-3DTrapcode Particular Cons:-Not too many preset effects
-Runs inside AE’s architecture and therefore runs slower than it could.particleIllusion Pros
-1800+ presets out of the box
-Runs very quickly via Open GL
-Can exchange position data with AEparticleIllusion Cons
-2D only
-Runs outside of AESo in short, if you are interested in having a very robust library of effects (Like BG’s, fire, water, sparkels) that can be easily customized and works quickly, the pIllusion is the one to go with.
If you need to be working within AE, and you need 3D, then particular is the way to go.
For me, unless I’m doing a shot that needs 3D, and that rarely happens because you can fake a lot of 3D, then I use particleIllusion. I do have particular, and like it (and have had occasions where it was the ONLY way I could have done things), but pIllusion is my weapon of choice for fast turn around time and effects.
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As always guy’s thank you very much for the detailed input. I will go the PI route for the immediate future.
Again cheers.
Rd
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