Alan Lorence
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No difference. It’s an academic discount only, not an academic version.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Have you restarted?
At what point does it give you this message?
There are 2 ways to run the installer: either unzip the files to a
temporary folder and double-click “setup.exe” from that temp folder, or just
double-click the “Setup.exe” file while the files are open in WinZip
(without unzipping to a temp folder).Whichever method you’ve used, try the other method. This usually works.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Want to send them to me, and I’ll add them to this month’s library so everybody can use them? I’ll credit you of course. Perhaps I’ll be able to make some of my own (variations or new) as well. People like those blood spurts it seems.
Alan.
wondertouch -
The demo is a ZIP file, so I’m guessing that Windows is trying to open the file before it is ready. Instead of L-clicking on the demo download link, r-click it and “Save Target As”, save the ZIP file somewhere, then open it after it finishes downloading.
Alan.
wondertouch -
You’ve already rebooted? If you’re running Anti-virus software, try disabling it. If you don’t have a debugger running, then you probably want to run some anti-spyware software or something.
Contact wondertouch support for more help.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Can you ZIP and email me the file at wondertouch support?
Alan.
wondertouch -
[knightro] “will your software output frames/alphas of the effects themselves – minus the initial footage”
Yes. There are a couple of different alpha channel settings that will allow you to generate a clean alpha for the particles.
[knightro] “And at what output resolutions? Or input resolution? 2k?”
In pIllusion itself, you’re currently limited to slightly less than your desktop resolution. For higher-res renders, use the included standalone renderer “pIllusionRender”. pIRender will render at 2K, but on Windows it uses software rendering which is quite slow, especially when compared to the hardware accelerated pIllusion. On the Mac, pIRender can use hardware acceleration (yay!) but it seems that most video cards limit the maximum output size to 2048×2048 (boo!), even with software rendering (app rendering including software rendering is done with OpenGL). Some newer Mac video cards allow 4096 x 4096.
One difference with pIllusion right now is that you’ll need to plan for your output res early on. Make the stage size what your final output res is, make sure your particle sprites are large enough, etc.
I think you’ll find it extremely useful, and capable of some quite realistic effects (if that’s what you’re looking for) — especially in the Pro Emitters “Eclectic” libraries.
Hope this helps.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Sounds like you need to reinstall.
Or stop using an illegal copy.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Just do it. It’s a combination of the particle shape (bitmap), size, size variation, etc. We can’t give you a formula to try — you have to experiment.
Alan.
wondertouch -
You have to “end” the footage at the right frame. Double-click the layer thumbnail and set the “end” frame.
Alan.
wondertouch