Change particle type

[Mike Clasby]

1) You can do it with something like CC Particle World, by dropping your image you want to be a particle into a comp the size of your final comp, name it something like “My Particle” then put that in your final comp.

To that layer add

CC Particle World
Particle Type:Textured Square
Birth Size: Crank it up until you see the whole image you have in the comp “My Particle”. Usually it’s cutoff, so you need to increase that Birth Size.

Now you should have custom particles.

2) Also, for true 3D, I really like Dan’s tut, “Building Your Own 3D Particle Generator “. here:

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/ebberts_dan/particle_gen.php

Open any COMP, THEN Swap in your particle for Dan’s. Swap by Alt-Dragging your particle from the Project Window onto a selected layer in the timeline window. Then delete his others and Duplicate yours until you have as many as you want.

There are several types of simulations in the tut, great fun.

3) Foam Also lets you use custom Particles,

Foam (on a Solid, comp size)
View: Rendered
Rendering: Bubble Texture: User Defined
Bubble Texture layer: Choose you image layer (like the note you mentioned)

Foam is very cool for floating objects like bubbles and dust, Notes? you can even put reflections on the particles.

[Tim Millaway]

Thanks a million!! I’ll try it out and let ya know how it works.

[Tim Millaway]

Mike,

The foam effect is working perfectly for the effect I am trying to get. I am still playing around with all the settings including the reflective settings. Thanks again for your help!!

[Mike Clasby]

Cool. Foam, not often used, but really great for some things.

I love the wobble for somethings, and youcan even controlthe flow with a gradient map.

Enjoy.

[David Bogie]

Yar, Foam is a great particle system, tremendously underused in this day of “Trapcode for this” and “Trapcode for that.”

The effects supplementary PDF that is on your installation disk is handy. There’s a long section on Foam but, unfortunately, it doesn’t get into the more subtle features and functions. For in-depth Foam, Shatter, Card Dance, Caustics and Wave World instruciton , you need Total Training’s materials.

No, I don’t get any compensation from TT, more’s the pity.

bogiesan