Wondertouch announced Monday particleIllusion 3.0 for Mac OS X, a release that brings the software to compatibility with the Windows version of the product. particleIllusion is a standalone particle effects application designed to add particle affects to images, animations, and video footage. The new Mac version of the software includes new features, and improvements to the rendering engine.
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New features of the software include:
- Super emitters: allows for the automatic creation of emitters, to achieve new levels of realism and creativity.
- Forces: allows for influencing particles after they are created; wind for example.
- Color options: including 'get color from layer' allow users to simulate 'displacement' and 'painterly' effects in real-time.
- Dozens of interface and productivity improvements over particleIllusion SE.
'Although Mac users will immediately gravitate towards using particleIllusion for creating explosions, they may be surprised to learn that particleIllusion is useful for much more than iblowing things upi!' Alan Lorence, president of wondertouch, quipped in a statement. 'Many professional users also find particleIllusion an effective tool for creating fully animated backgrounds, wipes and other transitions, and countless other artistic motion graphics elements.'
Whether for digitally blowing things up, or for some serious particle effects work, particleIllusion 3.0 is priced at US$349 until August 31st, 2005. After that, it will be priced at $399. Upgrades from particleIllusion SE for Mac are priced at $249 until August 31st, $299 thereafter.
Owners of particleIllusion 2.0 for OS 8/9 can upgrade to particleIllusion 3.0 for OS X for $49.
You can find more information on the software at the companyis Web site.
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS - WINDOWS
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS - MAC
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS - MAC
Installation Instructions - Windows
The installer below is for use with After Effects.
**NOTICE TO AFTER EFFECTS CC 2015 USERS**
Adobe After Effects 2015 is unsupported.
If you plan to use particleIllusion for After Effects, do NOT upgrade to CC 2015. We will update this page if particleIllusion for After Effects is fully qualified for CC 2015.
Note that particleIllusion for After Effects v1.042 and later require the GenArts licensing to install the license - please see our FAQs for additional information.
To Download and install:
- Make sure you have the After Effects application on Windows.
- Quit AE or other host applications that may be running.
- Download the 1.042 Windows installer (18 Mb).
Either run the installer program from its current location, or save it to disk and then execute it from wherever you saved it. Follow the instructions given by the installer. - Download the additional emitter libraries Windows installer (81 Mb).
Download and install these after installing particleIllusion for AE. The installer for particleIllusion for AE includes just a single emitter library – where the presets are contained. There are dozens of additional libraries consisting of over 3000 emitter presets available using the following installers. - Restart your host application, and the new plug-in should appear in your effects menu.
New in 1.042:
- Added support for AE CC 2014.
New in 1.041:
- Added support for AE CC.
New in 1.04:
- Added support for AE CS 6.
Installation Instructions - Mac
The installer below is for use with After Effects.
**NOTICE TO AFTER EFFECTS CC 2015 USERS**
Adobe After Effects 2015 is unsupported at this time and we unfortunately do not have plans to support it.
If you plan to use particleIllusion for After Effects, do NOT upgrade to CC 2015. We will update this page if particleIllusion for After Effects is fully qualified for CC 2015.
Note that particleIllusion for After Effects v1.043 and later require the GenArts licensing to install the license - please see our FAQs for additional information.
To Download and install:
- Make sure you have the After Effects application on Mac.
- Quit AE or other host applications that may be running.
- Download the 1.043 Mac installer (56 Mb).
Either run the installer program from its current location, or save it to disk and then execute it from wherever you saved it. Follow the instructions given by the installer. - Download the additional emitter libraries Mac installer (143 Mb).
Download and install these after installing particleIllusion for AE. The installer for particleIllusion for AE includes just a single emitter library – where the presets are contained. There are dozens of additional libraries consisting of over 3000 emitter presets available using the following installers. - Restart your host application, and the new plug-in should appear in your effects menu.
New in 1.043:
- Added support for AE CC 2014.
New in 1.042:
- Added support for OSX 10.9 (Mavericks).
New in 1.041:
- Added support for AE CC.
New in 1.04:
- Added support for AE CS 6.
- Support added for Apple’s Gatekeeper in the installer.