Amazing 3D particles with full camera and light support—the most powerful particles for After Effects!!
Sure, After Effects has basic particle generation. But Particular 2 goes way, way beyond the basics, with realistic natural effects, lighting control for shaded particles, 3D camera integration, custom shapes, depth of field, and physics controls such as air resistance, gravity and turbulence. Particular is used in motion pictures like Spider Man 3 and Angels & Demons.

Trapcode Particular runs only in After Effects.

• Adobe After Effects CS5, CS4, CS3

Realistic natural effects
Puffy white clouds, shiny bubbles, swirling dust motes, rain, falling snow, realistic smoke, or flocking birds are all possible within Particular, and you never need to leave After Effects.

Fly through your creations
Go far beyond other plug-ins with Particular's full support for After Effects’ camera controls and lights. Enhanced custom particle shading offers full 3D rotation and the ability to fly through particles. Emit particles from lights, bounce particles off of 3D layers, or fly around your creations in 3D space.

What's New

• Now Available Adobe CS5/64 bit compatibility
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• Version 2 has an updated render engine that exploits the power of multi-core systems
• More-realistic shading allows spotlights to illuminate particles or logos as they move in 3D space
• Full 3D rotation allows custom particles to have depth, while expanded physics controls offer more detailed turbulence and expanded support for air resistance

Features

• Sprites and Polygons – NEW
  Custom particles allow the use of layers as 2D sprites (as in version 1.5) and as the new Textured Polygon type.
• Light Me Up – NEW
  Shade all particle types from up to 128 lights in After Effects. Shading can emulate light falloff to make the lighting results look more natural.
• Dynamic Self-shadowing – NEW
  Shadowlet rendering can cast shadows on both main and aux particles, adding realistic self-shadowing from a single light source.
• Advanced Physics Engine – IMPROVED
  Particular now offers support for glitch free-animation of turbulent properties.
• Backward Compatibility – NEW
  Projects from earlier versions will render with similar results in version 2, but with access to new features and faster output times.
• Full Floating-Point Support – NEW
  Improved bit-depth support now offers high-quality, 32 bit-per-channel rendering, allowing full-range output with HDR results.
• User-driven Improvements – IMPROVED
  Version 2 offers a number of small improvements, including: custom particle layers no longer have to start at the same frame as Particular; a new custom particle time-sampling mode; support for the Adobe color picker; and many other small bug fixes and enhancements.
• Auxiliary Particles
  In Particular, particles can emit their own particles, enabling objects to leave bright or smoky trails.
• Physics Time Factor
  Freeze time while moving the camera around in a scene, Matrix-style.
• Non-square pixels
  Particular handles non-square pixel aspect ratios correctly.
• Streak It Up – NEW
  Streaklet particles resemble long-exposure light effects, as seen in Apple's iPod Nano Remastered commercials.
• Transform Your World – NEW
  The Transform World feature allows the entire workspace to be offset or rotated in 3D space without moving the After Effects camera for increased animation flexibility.
• Rotation, Rotation, Rotation – NEW
  Textured Polygon particles can be fully rotated in 3D space, with random rotation direction and speed. Also, particles can be automatically oriented to the direction of their motion.
• Millions and Millions of Particles – NEW
  The maximum particle limit now allows quick bursts of up to one million particles per second!
• Many Views – NEW
  Orthographic rendering support allows you to view particles from After Effects' built-in camera views (Top, Right, Left, Bottom), making it much easier to adjust particle motion in 3D space.
• Presets for SD and HD – IMPROVED
  Version 2 offers 45 updated presets with support for SD and HD resolution.
• Camera Integration
  Particular offers complete integration with After Effects' comp camera.
• Many Views – NEW
  Orthographic rendering support allows you to view particles from After Effects' built-in camera views (Top, Right, Left, Bottom), making it much easier to adjust particle motion in 3D space.
• Built-In Help
  Extensive user guide features step-by-step examples.

• Motion Blur
  Built-in motion blur feature lends realism to moving particles.

Apple Macintosh

• Mac OS X 10.4.6 and later
• Mac OSX 10.5.2 and later
• Power Mac G5, Mac Intel
• 1 GB of RAM
• 30 MB of Hard Drive space

PC/Windows

• Windows XP SP1 or later
• Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit
• Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or faster (or AMD equivalent)
• 1 GB of RAM
• 30 MB of Hard Drive space

Episode 24: An Introduction to Trapcode Particular 2 from Red Giant Software on Vimeo.

Episode 25: Creating a Crowd Scene with Particular 2 from Red Giant Software on Vimeo.

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Plus... check out these special Particular 2 Upgrade Bundles available for a limited time only...

Red Giant Trapcode Particular 2 Upgrade with Presets Vol 1 Bundle - $134.00

Red Giant Trapcode Particular 2 Ultimate Upgrade Bundle - $224.00

Red Giant Trapcode Particular 2 Upgrade Light Bundle - $269.00