Suggestions for 3D particle effects for fire, smoke, explosions, falling water, etc.

[Tom Daigon]

Stand alone Particle Illusion 3 is spectacular ffor all the above. Soon to be a plugin for AE…See wwww.wondertouch.com.

[Eric Goldstein]

Thanks for the info. Any idea when the AE
plugin will be available?

Eric

Eric Goldstein
Giraffe Film Company
Los Angeles
eric@giraffefilm.com

[Tom Daigon]

It was originally promised on June 26 ….so I wont even hazard a guess. The company is thriving and PI3 is great for stuff even as a stand alone program.

[Eric Goldstein]

Thanks for the info. Any other suggestions? I’m working on a project
and need something now.

Thanks,

Eric

Eric Goldstein
Giraffe Film Company
Los Angeles
eric@giraffefilm.com

[Kenny101]

you can try trapcode particular.

[Naveen Mallikarjuna]

I’ve used Trapcode Particular for smoke effects, and it’s worked pretty good. Be prepared to have A LOT of RAM or time for the rendering.

[Tom Daigon]

Then buy the stand alone version,now.

[Eric Goldstein]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

Eric

Eric Goldstein
Giraffe Film Company
Los Angeles
eric@giraffefilm.com

[Aharon Rabinowitz]

particleIllusion standalone works very well with AE. Download a trial from wondertouch.com to give it a shot. It comes with over 1300 preset effects, which particular doesn’t come close to. Not that particular is a bad plug-in – it’s pretty good, but you need to build almost everything from scratch. pIllusion will give you what you need in minutes if not seconds.

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[Eric Goldstein]

Thanks for the suggestion. Are you at a disadvantage working with Particle Illusion in that
it is not incorporated in AE in terms of modifying the effect directly in your comp?

Thanks,

Eric

Eric Goldstein
Giraffe Film Company
Los Angeles
eric@giraffefilm.com