Particle Illusion 3.0.4 With Some Pro Library (Some Of 2009)




Fast, Easy, and Powerful

Fast: particleIllusion uses OpenGL for real-time (or near real-time) previews of all effects, and ultra-fast rendering. Render times are always in Frames per second, not seconds (or minutes, or hours) per frame.
Easy: You can add an effect to your project with a single click of the mouse, or you can customize the effect by changing some of the easy-to-understand parameters (such as "size").
Powerful: The number of parameters that you can change, coupled with some of the advanced features such as "Super Emitters" (particle emitters that create other particle emitters automatically), allow some of the most complex and realistic effects available anywhere.

Out-of-the-Box Effects

One of the great strengths of particleIllusion is the huge library of effects that is included. Over 2600 particle emitters ("effects") are currently available, with a new free library released every month.
What types of effects are included? Too many to list, and many that would be nearly impossible to describe with words, but a few include: explosions, fire, smoke, fog, waterfalls, sparks, sparkles, fireworks, rain, snow, puddle splashes, motion graphics backgrounds, magic effects, space warps, abstract lights, lava, flocks of birds, geometric shapes, aurora, bubbles, waves, rainbows, light beams -- dozens of different types, and hundreds of variations.

This large (and ever-growing) library of effects allows you to create immediately, with no learning curve and almost no effort. You can also customize these effects to create subtle variations or entirely new effects, then save your new presets.
Works with All Video Applications

Since particleIllusion is a standalone application, you can use it with any video editing or compositing software. Bring your movies or image sequences into particleIllusion, add the particle effects you want, then save the output movie or image sequence. You can also save just the particles with an alpha channel (transparency) so the rendered output can be loaded back into your compositing software.


TV & Film Projects

particleIllusion has been used in countless TV shows, commercial, feature films, and almost any other type of project you can imagine -- all over the world. Here is a list of some of the projects where it has been used.

Feature Films

North Country    
Wedding Crashers
Fantastic Four    
H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
Sin City    
The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3D
Stealth    
Constantine
Van Helsing    
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The Manchurian Candidate    
The Chronicles of Riddick
Torque    Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Hellboy    
Blade: Trinity
The Rundown    
The Italian Job
The Core    
Just Married
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days    
Final Destination II
Dreamcatcher    
Biker Boyz
The Rules of Attraction    
Scary Movie 2
Rollerball    
Hart's War
Ghost Ship    
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Swordfish    
Black Knight
Behind Enemy Lines