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Trapcode Particular
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- Developer: Trapcode
- Version: 1.5.1
- Platforms: Mac OS X 10.4.6 and later, Mac OSX 10.5.2 and later, Power Mac G5, Mac Intel, Windows XP SP1 or later (32-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit), Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or faster (or AMD equivalent), Windows XP and Vista 64-bit systems are not supported at this time.
- Host Applications: Adobe After Effects CS4, CS3, 7, 6.5
Purchase Particular
- Particular
- Trapcode 3D Pack includes Trapcode 3D Stroke, Trapcode Particular, and Trapcode Lux
- Trapcode PL Pack featuring Trapcode Lux and Particular
- Trapcode Suite - All Trapcode Plug-ins
Download Demo
Upgrade to After Effects CS3 and Mac Universal Binary
Description
Particular is a powerful 3D particle system that can produce a wide range of effects from natural smoke and explosions to geometric or organic abstract motion graphics design elements.
The real-time interactive preview allows browsing through the numerous presets and playing with them interactively to get a feeling of the dynamics.
The extensive built-in help provides text and animated images that visualize how the parameters work and includes several step-by-step tutorials on specific techniques.
Tight integration with Adobe After Effects provides bouncing particles on 3D layers, emitting particles from layers and lights and using a layer as custom particle. Comp-camera aware and 16bit of course!
The physics engine includes air resistance, gravity and turbulence, providing very realistic particle motion. The keyframable Physics Time Factor gives you full control over time so you can freeze time and move the camera around in a scene.
Examples
Sample Movies
New Features in Trapcode Particular 1.5
- Depth of Field
- Motion Path (ability to precisely control the path particles take after being emitted)
- Particle Count in Info window
This is a free upgrade for owners of v1.0! Just download and install.
View video tutorial on new features(the quickest way to get up to date)
More info on new features(from the built-in help)
Issues with Mac Fixed in Particular 1.5
- New Trapcode Betas solve issue with Mac OSX version of GridIron Nucleo
When using the Trapcode suite of plug-ins together with GridIron Nucleo on Mac OSX, some users have reported that the license magically dissapears in renders, so that the "demo-X" (the red cross that indicates the plug-in is not licensed) appears, most of the times on every other frame (dual CPU) or every fourth frame (Quad CPU). No such problems have been reported with the Windows versions.
Here are public betas of new versions of the Trapcode suite plugs that should fix the above mentioned problem nothing else has changed): Trapcode / Nucleo Betas for Mac OSX
Reviews and Press
- Trapcode Particular 1.0, by Michele Yamazaki, Toolfarm, November 17, 2004
- Trapcode Particular 1.5, by Jeremy Hanke, MicroFilmmaker Magazine, December 15, 2006
- Apple article on Belief with much discussion of Particular
- Computer Arts Magazine
- DV Magazine
- Toolfarm Review
- Studiodaily.com
Customer Stories
"I've come close to purchasing PI (Particle Illusion), but not yet. I can tell you that Particular is one my 'must-have' tools. Example... under deadline on a recent project, I needed to have hundreds of ads, coupons, pages, etc. fly out of a magazine when opened by our talent. After a few false starts with other methods that would have taken me hours to set up, I visited their web site for inspiration, found it and literally within 15 minutes had what I needed and was 95% approved by the client. What's more, I was able to give the client Photoshop specs (layers imported into AE as a comp, used as a source for Particular) and let him make major modifications that only took seconds to update in the AE project. A real life saver on this project." - Andrew Johnson, iMed Design, Inc. [1]
Support
FAQ
- Trapcode Particular, Lux, Sound Keys & Echospace FAQ- Installation and other info from Red Giant
Why aren't the presets showing up?
1. For AE CS3, put the presets in programs/Adobe/Adobe After Effects CS3/Support files/Presets/Trapcode Particular.
2. Relaunch After Effects
3. The presets will show up in the Effect Control window in a pulldown menu near the top.
Trapcode Forum
Official Red Giant/Trapcode User Forum Hosted by Toolfarm and moderated by Red Giant Employees
Training & Tutorials
Toolfarm Tutorial
- School of Fish Toolfarm tutorial
- Make a crowd Belief tutorial
- Andrew Kramer's iPod Nano video tutorial
Render Farm registration tool
In order to use Trapcode Shine/Trapcode 3D Stroke/Trapcode Starglow/Trapcode Lux/Trapcode Particular on the machines in a render farm the plug-ins need to be registered. Since the normal user interface does not exist on render engine installs, here is a stand alone application that will allow registration of the plug-ins. Install the plug-in the normal way on the machines in the render farm, then run this program on each machine and enter your name and key. Do not forget to press "Register".
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