Creating a specific type of flame !

[Kurt Muller]

Yes, Chris, that’s the only way. But believe me, it’s time well-spent!

Here’s a link to the Wondersoft page where there are some simple “getting started” instructions.

https://www.wondertouch.com/pillusionSE-3.asp

I’m almost certain you would have got a manual when you downloaded the demo. It’s not a long-winded, complex tome; far from it. It’s actually quite straightforward and will get you up and running immediately.

Matter of fact, it looked so simple that I didn’t bother reading it all through, with the result that I had to post a few dumb questions after struggling a bit.

Fortunately, Alan and the other guys here have a lot of patience. 🙂

Cheers,
Kurt.

[Christopher Rotter]

I haven’t got around to getting those emitters, until now 🙁 Although I read that manual link that you gave and I realized that I pretty much had it figured out from the time I installed the demo 🙂 Now I’m going to download those emitters and hope I get that effect of flames I’m after. I hope if I don’t you or someone else could offer a hand but I have confidence that I’ll get it, just as a backup 🙂

[Kurt Muller]

I’d be glad to help if I can, Chris. Just remember that the guys who really know what they’re talking about are Alan Lorence and the other company guys here.

But I think you’ll probably figure it out for yourself anyway.

When you do, how about showing me how to do it? 🙂

Cheers,
Kurt.

[Christopher Rotter]

I just wanted to mention that I’ve downloaded one of the presets and played around with Particle illusion the other day and I have made progress. Although a PDF as mentioned for particle illusion would be benificial, how do you make a brush as seen in particle illusion ?

[Kurt Muller]

Chris,

I gather you’re either using someone else’s computer for Web browsing and want PDF tutorials so you can copy them and read them on your own computer – or you just don’t like learning from video tutorials! Am I right? 🙂

Personally, I prefer videos because you can see what happens. But to each his own.

Glad to hear you’re picking it up. Good way to learn, too. Trial and error.

When you say “brushes”, I take it you mean “particle shapes”? If so, here’s a link to a tutorial about making those little critters in Photoshop. You can probably make them in other graphics apps, too.

This one is a text-based tutorial. Below is the link.

https://www.wondertouch.com/tutorials.asp

[Christopher Rotter]

I gather you’re either using someone else’s computer for Web browsing and want PDF tutorials so you can copy them and read them on your own computer – or you just don’t like learning from video tutorials! Am I right? 🙂

I prefer the PDF files so I can read them whenever and you are right one of my computers that I use for all my work is not linked to the Internet, I don’t mind video tutorials I’ve watched enough of them on various graphic related subjects but I like to try the PDF manual first 🙂

Particle Shapes that is what I was referring too, thank you for that link. Although I think I hit the nail perfectly and got my desired effect. Good to know how to create other particle shapes for other projects. Particle illusion is such a easy, effective program to create any kind of flames, smoke effects.