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particleIllusion Standalone

particleIllusion is available as a standalone or as an After Effects plugin

With its easy-to-use interface, high rendering speeds, and thousands of brilliant effects from which to choose, particleIllusion Standalone is a popular option for Sapphire Accents.

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This standalone version of particleIllusion enables you to add effects quickly and easily, which leads to more focus on the creative process rather than the technical. The collection of dazzling effects is large and varied and covers all areas – sparkles to smoke; geometric shapes to motion graphics; creatures to space warps – and everything in between.

Features Benefits
  • Compatible with virtually any video editing or compositing application
  • Open GL rendering
  • Over 3,000 presets, with new preset emitters released regularly
  • Combine an unlimited number of particle emitters on a layer, with multiple layers
  • "Deflector" and "Force" objects to simulate hard and soft collisions and wind
  • Motion blur for added realism
  • The ability to create new emitters from scratch, create new libraries of these emitters, and reorganize existing libraries
  • No other software needed
  • Intuitive user interface – which means your time is used productively
  • Endless creative possibilities
  • Ultra-fast preview and rendering
  • Ever-expanding creative toolset
  New License
particleIllusion 3.0 $389
particleIllusion SE $99

All prices in USD

Host Platform OS
  • Standalone
  • Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" or greater
  • Windows XP or greater (32/64-bit)

 

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User Goal

Creative Freedom
Maximum Productivity
High-Quality Results

 Preset Looks
Maximum Speed
High-Quality Results
Design Freedom High Design Control
Maximum Flexibility		 Simplified Control Set
Extensive Preset Library
VFX Role

Ideal for:

Film Compositors
Broadcast Editors
Motion Graphic Artists

Ideal for:

Professional Videographers
Video Editors
Industry TV, Film, Broadcast
Advertising		 Wedding, Events,
Online Advertising
Platform All Host Platforms Premiere Pro
Final Cut Pro
Sony Vegas Pro
Price Starting at $1,699 $299
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Priced at $299

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"Integrating particleIllusion into the pipeline as our primary particle effects tool has been critical to the creative process. Having worked with the software on several film projects, its ease of use, reliability, and access to real time viewing and lightning-fast renders allow us to deliver stunning imagery and successfully improve the turnaround time of our shots."

Deak Ferrand, Lead Visual Effects Designer/Matte Painter
Hatch FX

"...the wondertouch team have done an excellent job of creating a novice-friendly user interface and workflow for their powerful flagship app."

Walter Schoneknecht
TV Technology

"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."

Ken Brady, Director of Technical Operations
Turner Studios

"Now that even conservative 2D Mac artists are quickly gaining ground on the 3D world, many designers are looking for a tool that will set them apart from the rest of the crowd. The additional features provided in wondertouch's recently released particleIllusion 3.0 for Mac OS X may prove to be an affordable way for artists to quickly introduce complex particle animations into any composition."

Ko Maruyama, Animator and Effects Compositor

"ParticleIllusion is the ultimate 2D particle generation system. In power, depth, and performance, it just can't be matched."

Dave Nagel
Digital Media Net

"ParticleIllusion is my secret weapon. When I'm under tight deadlines, which is almost always, particleIllusion allows me to quickly and easily create unique animated elements and effects for my work. It's extremely customizable, easy to use, and renders super fast, allowing me to get my projects done on time and under budget."

Aharon Rabinowitz
All Bets Are Off Productions

"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."

Michael Munkittrick, Managing Creative Director
Evolve Media Solutions, Inc.

"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."

Jack Tunnicliffe, Visual Effects Artist
Java Post Production

"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."

Stephen Pugh, Visual Effects Producer
Eden FX

"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."

Fernando Medrano, Art Director
Radical Entertainment

"Having the software on the same workstation as our HD graphics/finishing station allowed us to quickly pre-visualize effects and speed up our workflow. ParticleIllusion fills a gap that our other software packages do not provide."

Ross Shain, HD Editor/Effects Artist
Northern Lights Post

"In a Biscuit Brothers scene called 'Crazy Classics,' we took a particleIllusion preset of a fountain spray and imported it to one of our 3D packages to create a series of musical notes. The net result looked like it took hours to create, when in reality we were able to achieve 3D quality results quickly and without effort."

Greg Omelchuck, Art Director
The Animation Farm

"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."

Stuart Roholt, Digital Effects Supervisor
NBC Studios

"Our client base is extremely varied since we support all of the Turner Entertainment Networks domestically and in Latin America. ParticleIllusion gives our editors an added toolset that none of our editing platforms provide, including Avid, Autodesk Media and Entertainment, and Quantel. "

Ken Brady, Director of Technical Operations
Turner Studios

"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."

Ross Shain, HD Editor/Effects Artist
Northern Lights Post

"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."

Tom Granberg, Senior Artist
Rainbow Studios