Alan Lorence
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Where did I see that, was it Aharon’s training DVD?
https://www.pillusionfusion.com
Alan.
wondertouch -
This is a good place to list them. Just make sure that the post subject indicates that there is a feature request (or something similar) so I don’t miss it.
Alan.
wondertouch -
The area emitter mask option uses the alpha channel of the selected image for particle creation, so you need to make sure you use a file format that contains an alpha channel (TGA for example) and that the erasing you did was in the alpha channel, not in the RGB channels.
Alan.
wondertouch -
At NAB this year the only thing we were talking about as “coming soon” was particleIllusion 3.0 for OS X. Possibly the After Effects plug-in version too, but as you probably know from previous posts it’s not available yet, so we were wrong about “soon”.
SE probably won’t get an update until we release 4.0, which will be late 2006 most likely.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Although the app itself has not been updated, the particle system is still very robust — it’s the same version of the particle system in Autodesk Combustion 4, and is equivalent to the particle system in Apple Motion.
Also, we release a new emitter library for SE every month, so you’re always getting new emitters to use, learn from, and play around with.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Yes, I plan on adding this too. A 3.5 release is planned, but no release date yet since I haven’t finalized the list of features that will be added.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Yes, this will be fixed in a 3.x update sometime in the next few months.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Your stage window is not large enough. Use Alt-3 (or Cmd-3 on a Mac) to zoom to a large stage in pI3, then Alt-1 (Cmd-1) to go back to a “normal” layout. You can also drag the window dividers manually, which is what you must do in SE.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Render in pIllusion as a TGA image sequence, and check the “save alpha” option in the output options dialog. pI3 for Windows does not allow alpha channels with AVIs.
Alan.
wondertouch -
I think if you search this forum archives for “pixel aspect ratio” you’ll find more info. Also, I recommend buying Aharon’s training DVD, as it covers this topic in depth. https://www.pillusionfusion.com
Alan.
wondertouch