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News Release from: wondertouch | Subject: particleIllusion 3.0
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 September 2004
particleIllusion Plug-In for Adobe After
Effects
At the Siggraph 2004 convention, wondertouch announced it will demonstrate beta technology of its particleIllusion 3.0 plug-in for Adobe After Effects.
At the Siggraph 2004 convention, wondertouch, a leading software developer specializing in affordable, high performance particle effects tools for the visual effects industry, announced it will demonstrate beta technology of its particleIllusion 3.0 plug-in for Adobe After Effects Cited for the speed and interactivity of its interface which allows artists to quickly and efficiently deliver effects in real- or near-real time, the particleIllusion plug-in will provide motion graphics and visual effects professionals with easy access to the powerful particleIllusion 3.0 software engine from directly within the After Effects environment
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The software is scheduled for release early in the fourth quarter of 2004.
Previews of the particleIllusion plug-in for Adobe After Effects will take place in the wondertouch booth (#912) each day of the Siggraph convention.
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Alan Lorence, president of wondertouch, states the initial release of particleIllusion brought immediate requests from the After Effects user community for a plug-in version of the software.
"Although particleIllusion is used today quite successfully as a companion product to After Effects by many of our customers, being able to create the same amazing effects from within After Effects will result in a big workflow advantage," said Lorence.
"For the many professionals that have invested time and effort mastering the After Effects environment, and have not had the time or desire to learn another interface, being able to access particleIllusion from within the program they are most comfortable with makes particleIllusion an attractive option that they would not have previously considered, and allows wondertouch to reach a new audience of user." "Graphical particles are a hot topic today in motion graphics design, and wondertouch's particleIllusion provides a number of great looks -- with over a thousand emitter presets available for download from wondertouch's web site as starting points.
We're quite excited about adding the particleIllusion plug-in to our toolbox, and we expect many other After Effects users are as well," said Chris Meyer, CyberMotion.
"While as a standalone product particleIllusion 3.0 is already blazingly fast, there's no substitute for having access to its more than 1,100 preset effects directly within After Effects.
Using the particleIllusion plug-in, users will no longer need to re-render footage each time a change in AE is made.
This, coupled with After Effects' own advanced toolset, which includes masking, motion tracking, and expressions, will both speed up workflow and provide users with even more creative power than one could get from either program alone.
As a daily user of particleIllusion, I'm excited that it's reaching even higher levels as a production-worthy tool," said Aharon Rabinowitz, animation designer at New York City-based All Bets Are Off Productions and advanced After Effects instructor at Pratt Manhattan's Center for Continuing and Professional Studies.
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