Still particles

[John Cuevas]

Depends on the emitter, but there are a couple of ways of doing it. With particular, you want to throw your particles out there, by setting a high initial particle count and quickly moving to 0, and using a high velocity. Then using hold keyframes, animate the Physics Time Factor to 0. If you have particular you can see this done in the Star field Static Preset. (You can get a free trial of particular from Red Giant)

With CC Particle World, you would set up a large particle emitter, animate the particle count from from a high number to 0 over a few frames, like particular. Just set the velocity and gravity to 0, and the particle life to the length of your comp. You also will want to adjust the particle opacity to be a constant rather then the default curve.

I made a couple quick example star fields showing how to do this. 7230_particlesystems.aep.zip

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Marko Gogić]

I thought it could be done with keyframing birth rate from high to low value and particle life the opposite way, but I couldn’t manage to do it.

Thanks a lot 🙂

[Mike Smith]

Or make it in Photoshop or similar …

[Marko Gogić]

I need the 3D field, with depth. I didn’t know that’s possible in Photoshop? Is it?

[Ridley Walker]

Trapcode Form.

https://www.redgiant.com/products/all/trapcode-form/

[John Cuevas]

Are you not able to do it in the way I suggested? What issues are you having?

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Marko Gogić]

John, I didn’t have time to try it yet. But I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.

Thanks to you all.