I need to do Cheesy Fireworks!

[Joseph W. bourke]

Here’s a good place to start:

https://www.planetaep.com/Particles_and_Text/

You can also get some smoke, sparks, and explosions (real) at:

Detonationfilms.com

The effects on Britain’s Got Talent look to me to be AE’s built in particle effects for the bursts, Particular, and a couple of real flame/smoke FX.

Joe Bourke
Creative Director / Multimedia Specialist
B&S Exhibits and Multimedia
bs-exhibits.com