How to get Trapcode Particular to respond to 3D lights

[Darby Edelen]

[Rutger] “For example, say that I want to have an animation of a flashlight that shines in the dark while it is snowing. Wherever the beam shines I want to be able to see the particles generated by Particular.”

I don’t think this will work. At least not in the way you want it to. Particular plays nice with AE cameras, as you noted, but lights are a whole different matter. You can make the layer that you’ve applied Particular to into a 3D layer, which would allow it to be affected by lights. However, the lights will treat the layer as a single plane, which is not nearly as elegant as how Particular handles the AE Camera.

[Jan Sherlink]

A good approach when staying in AE would be;
Make your Flashlight’s lightbeam with Trapcode Lux and use it as a Luminance Matte on your Particular layer.
The best approach would be a 3D-app !

cya,

Jan

[Rutger]

Thanks for your suggestion. I was afraid that there would be no elegant way of doing it.

Rutger

[Carlos Vernaza]

Very helpfull…thanks,

And if i want the particles to cast shadows on a wall or something? is there any solution for that?

Thanks in advanced,

Carlos Vernaza
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