particleIllusion VFX Plugins

"ParticleIllusion's speed, its extensive library of presets, and its overall versatility initially attracted me to the software. Using particleIllusion exclusively on the Jumbotron presentation allowed me to select from a wide variety of emitters so that I could create approximately 70 effects – over 40 of them, including rendering time – in one day."

"Using particleIllusion allows us to consistently deliver incredible gaming graphics and interactive experiences on many of our most popular entertainment products. ParticleIllusion's graphical user interface is so user-friendly, that we made its workflow the basis for creating our in-house runtime particle tool. It is one tool that I can't do without when developing the art direction for a game."

"We ultimately chose particleIllusion for the Beastie Boys video as our first foray using the software because its power, speed, and huge preset library allowed us to produce high-quality, realistic effects and textures to our shots quickly without going to a 3D package."

"The software is very easy to use and quickly delivers CG quality particle effects that we could not previously have taken advantage of without stepping into a CG suite. In our world, speed equates to high value and particleIllusion is the answer."

"ParticleIllusion offers unparalleled visual flexibility and is an ideal tool for fast-paced production environments. One of particleIllusion's main workflow benefits is that it permits various production team members such as VFX artists, art directors, or production leads to track the visual progression of a shot to gain immediate feedback about how the finished effect will look, not only in terms of aesthetics, but with regards to motion flow, etc. With this information we can decide on-the-fly what areas need more work, or at least have an indication about how we will need to solve an effect."

"Deploying particleIllusion together with Adobe After Effects, we are able to quickly customize the existing particleIllusion libraries with our own artwork and seamlessly match the effects design to our characters and background painting style to give viewers the impression that all the effects were generated from the same source."

"Using particleIllusion as our core particle emission tool allows us to go beyond what is available in any other desktop toolset. For our latest project for Birkenstock USA, particleIllusion's proven effectiveness allowed us to create additional, and ultimately controllable, rain where on-set physical effects fell short of the desired result."

"At any given moment I might be called on to create out-of-this-world effects as well as those that match, look, and move in a realistic way. With particleIllusion I can do both. Its power, versatility, and compatibility with leading compositing applications have made it a staple tool in our production arsenal."

"A large part of our work for science fiction television involves the creation of various nebulae, spatial distortions, and exotic weaponry. However, during production on a recent Nokia commercial we used it to quickly develop several different looks for a flashing psychedelic disco dance floor. I had become used to seeing particleIllusion used for organic effects and volumetric renderings, but it was great to see it used successfully for something so completely different from my expectations."

"particleIllusion provides a number of great looks – with over a thousand emitter presets available for download from wondertouch's website as starting points. We're quite excited about adding the upcoming particleIllusion plugin to our toolbox and we expect many other After Effects users are as well."