{"id":10566,"date":"2019-03-29T14:42:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/dazposer\/?p=10566"},"modified":"2019-03-29T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:42:54","slug":"particle-illusion-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/2019\/03\/29\/particle-illusion-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Particle Illusion 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Particle Illusion<\/a> was an After Effects 2D particle animation tool that was purchased by Boris circa 2018. They’ve given it a complete overhaul and their new 2019 version is 64-bit, as… “a lightning fast GPU-accelerated engine with a simple, easy-to-learn interface” with many new emitter presets… <\/p>\n

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Looks nice, but the drawback seems to be that it will only render into expensive high-end video software<\/strong>, such as After Effects and Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or Vegas Pro. Apparently that’s also true of the ‘standalone’, which is only an editor for the presets. <\/p>\n

Sci-fi artists of more modest means will probably want to look instead at the far more affordable HitFilm and its particle generator, if making movies and animation. HitFilm is a sort of ‘affordable After Effects’ at around \u00a3250, and can be had for less — plugging the add-on Particles module into its free Express version<\/a> currently costs \u00a345 here in the UK. The software recently had a total UI overhaul, which must be very annoying for seasoned users — but if you’re new to it you won’t notice that.<\/p>\n

For stills one might look first at the affordable Corel ParticleShop and its addon packs, and even the many free Photoshop plugins kindly offered for Photoshop by Richard Rosenman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DAZ Carrara 8.5 Pro<\/a> can also load all your Poser and DAZ content, and has “a robust particle system” in 3D. As seen in action here…<\/p>\n