Particular 3’s updated Aux system now includes the ability to add custom particles for even more variation, as well as keyframeable parameters for more control. Spawn new child particles through Particular’s Aux system. Use any composition image as a particle by assigning it to a 2D sprite or textured polygon – still and animated sprite images can be loaded directly within After Effects or in the Designer via the new Sprite Loading Panel.

Use your own 3D models or choose from Particular’s library of over 60 OBJs which can be loaded directly within After Effects or in the Designer via the new OBJ Loading Panel. Emitters in multi-system setups can share parameter settings, and can be saved as a single preset.ģD models and animated OBJ sequences can be used as particle emitters. Preview your particle layout with camera and emitter position controls.Ĭreate beautiful, complex effects through the interaction of different systems, all within one instance of Particular. New in Particular 3, the Designer respects the AE comp size, bringing in the composition and camera info. Depending on system and setup, users can see speed boosts of up to 4X or more over previous versions. Get fast feedback with Trapcode Particular’s new GPU Acceleration through OpenGL. Red Giant’s news release has a good summary of the new features, reproduced in part below: Particle effects tool Trapcode Particular is now GPU-accelerated – via OpenGL, so it should work on any manufacturer’s graphics cards – and now supports multiple interacting particle systems. New in Trapcode Particular 3.0: GPU acceleration, support for multiple particle systems In addition, Trapcode Suite 14 includes a free 2.1 update to Trapcode Tao, adding DoF effects. The release includes two major plugin updates, Trapcode Particular 3.0 and Trapcode Form 3.0, both of which can now use models in OBJ format as particle sources. Red Giant has released Trapcode Suite 14, its updated motion graphics and VFX plugins for After Effects.

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