[Alan Lorence]

Render 300 frames but only use every other frame?

Increase the Gurgle emitter’s weight (so it falls faster)?

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[Alan Lorence]

Sorry to disappoint, but we won’t be releasing it at IBC, or even making an announcement at IBC.

Alan.
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[Alan Lorence]

Yes, all owners of particleIllusion 3 will be able to get the plug-in (pIllusion AE) for 1/2 price.

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[Alan Lorence]

The “gurgle” example on the website is an exact rendering of the “gurgle” emitter preset, but with the bottom cut off. I think you need to increase the emitter “life” value to make the particles live longer.

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[Alan Lorence]

It’s not ready yet. As soon as it is, you’ll see posts, banners, etc. all over the place. =)

I’m not saying when it will be ready. We’ve set and missed so many deadlines already, so I’m not doing it anymore. One day it will just be available.

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[Alan Lorence]

There’s no good way to do in pIllusion, since it doesn’t have a “camera”.

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[Alan Lorence]

You should contact support at wondertouch dot com.

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[Alan Lorence]

Motion’s particle system is roughly equivalent to particleIllusion 2.0 / particleIllusion SE. Particular is 3D and works inside AE, but particleIllusion 3.0 has a LOT more “presets” than Particular, covering a wider range of effects, from what I understand. I don’t use Particular in production work, so I can’t give a more detailed answer — I’d like to hear from people who use both Particular and particleIllusion.

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[Alan Lorence]

Combustion uses a licensed version of the particleIllusion 2.0 engine. Motion uses a particle system that is similar to particleIllusion, but was developed by Apple.

wondertouch has a collection of particle emitters that work inside Motion, using Motion’s own particle system.

The most advanced particle system is still particleIllusion 3.0 standalone.

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[Alan Lorence]

In some cases you’d rather step the “Number” property down to 0 instead of using “active”. Also, turning down the visibility of particles to 0 isn’t the most efficient way to get rid of them, because they’re still there taking up computation time even though you can’t see them.

Alan.
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