Boris FX Particle Illusion Standalone (Free)

Features

Real-Time GPU-Based Particles Generation

High-end production value makes clients happy. Real-time particle generation makes creative users happy. Particle Illusion features a user-friendly interface that makes generating effects like sparkles, smoke, fireworks, and explosions simple. Featuring a real-time interactive preview window, see particles how they were meant to be seen. Added benefit: saving your clients time and money.

Emitter Library With Thousands of Presets

Particle Illusion comes with thousands of preset emitters (via a separate free installer). An integrated search makes it easy to zero in on the effect you’re looking for, and the real-time preview lets you click and drag to see how it will move. Use as-is or adjust the position, shape, life, number size, etc. by scrubbing values in the control panel. Create new presets too by saving any adjusted emitter back into your custom emitter library!

Easy-to-use Preset Driven Workflow

No physics degree? No problem! Particle Illusion makes adding stunning particle animations to your scene as easy as 1-2-3. Select an emitter in the library, double-click, and voila, the emitter is added to the scene. Or choose an emitter and click where you want it on your shot to save a step or two. You can add as many emitters as you’d like, and adjust parameters to dial in the look.

Control Panel With Speedy Keyframe Navigation

Many library emitters contain animated parameters. To make it easy to find and modify the animated values, parameters with animation are highlighted with a red box in the controls view. Navigation buttons make it easy to move through time keyframe by keyframe where values can be easily adjusted, interpolation can be changed, and keys can be added and removed.

Forces

Particles that move like the wind! The Forces feature makes it easy to add force fields that create complex, organic movement or can attract or repel particles. From swirling chaos to a controlled flow of particles, the result is even more interesting, realistic particles.

Deflectors

Need particles to bounce off a logo? Simulate interaction with your footage or graphics using Deflector objects! Easy to add and use, deflector collisions are just one more way to add something extra to your particle-based projects.

Interactive Stage Window with On-Screen Motion Path

A visible motion path will appear over the composite window when an emitter’s position has been animated over time. The motion path displays the changes to the position and velocity of the emitter source over time. The on-screen path is fully interactive. Control velocity by repositioning points on the visible motion path within the composite window. Modify bezier keyframes with directional handles via on-screen controls.

Pre-Render for Speed

Both the plugin and standalone version of Particle Illusion feature the ability to “pre-render” a particle animation to a ProRes QuickTime movie. This will allow you to dramatically speed up your final render when using the plug-in version, or render out a movie for use in a compositing or editing application from the standalone version.

Mocha Motion Tracking (Plugin Only)

The integration of Mocha’s Academy Award-winning planar tracking and masking tools inside Particle Illusion gives users a unique advantage over other particle plug-ins. Both the particle emitter position and the position of the world camera can be driven independently or together using Mocha’s tracking data. The Mocha Essentials UI makes accomplishing advanced VFX even easier whether you’re a Mocha newbie or an experienced Mocha user.