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  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.

Watch Particular in action! [flash]
Watch the new features in v1.5! [flash]
View and download more hands-on traing clips here


Tight integration with Adobe After Effects provides bouncing particles on 3D layer
s, 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.

New features in 1.5 include Depth of Field and Motion Path. Read more about them here.

Hosts
Adobe After Effects 6.0 and higher (Mac OSX/Windows)
 






Reviews

"Particular is stunning. It’s beautifully put together and the creative possibilities are endless. As of now, all other third-party particle systems are redundant; if you’ve got After Effects, go out and buy this as soon as you can." Read the full review.
Rating: 5 out of 5 / Computer Arts Magazine issue #99 (August 2004)

<<DV Magazine Award of Excellence>>
"Particular is by far the best particle system available for Adobe After Effects."
Read the full review. By Matt Silverman / DV Magazine.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 / DV Magazine March 2005

"A powerful particle system"
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 / DIGIT Magazine June 2005


Examples from v1.5

DOF bubbles (3.2M) AE project DOF dust (1M) AE project
 
Motion Path Valentine (1.8M) AE project Motion Path Lightpaint (2M) AE project



Examples from v1.0

cubetrail (883K) - cubes with starglow - info skyskraper_snow (3.7M) - 3D tracked
 
bbb.mov (2.2M) - custom particles - info p-reveal (626K) - text wipe - info
p-bounce (2.5M) - layer bouncing - info p-smoke (700K) - smoke presets
 
kitchen (1.5M) - 3D tracked - info cloudflight (1.6M) - info

Images for Press/Print here

Features


• Available for Mac OSX and Windows
• Fast rendering
• Real-time interactive preview
• Advanced physics
• Custom particles (use a layer as 2D sprite)
• Comp-camera aware
• Numerous presets
• Works in 16bit (AE6 PB) and 8bit per channel color depths
• Handles non-square pixel aspect ratio correctly
• Built-in motion blur
• Extensive built-in help
• Available for instant purchase on-line



Trapcode Particular Pyro Pack
This is a collection of documented AE projects designed to inspire and teach how to use Trapcode Particular for explosions and other pyro effects. Requires AE6 Pro or later.

View reel (10MB) :: view docs :: download PyroPack (docs included)

Not convinced yet? Get the free demo and try it today! This demo is unlockable, so if you decide to buy it you only need to purchase an unlocking key and you are set. The product is registered to your name only, so you can actually purchase the unlocking key right now without installing the demo first.