By Elina Shatkin, September 30, 2003
wondertouch, a newly established software developer specializing in particle effects for the visual effects industry, announced the worldwide availability of a major upgrade and expansion of the company's cornerstone 2D, sprite-based particle effects software application, particleIllusion. The new particleIllusion 3.0 enables creative professionals working in film post-production, film pre-visualization, commercial broadcast, standard and HD video, and Web graphics to customize and modify effects, or create entirely new effects. particleIllusion 3.0 on the Windows platform is presently available for download.
particleIllusion 3.0 is equipped with a host of interface and productivity enhancements such as `super emitters,' `library manager,' and `forces' that improve integration into existing production environments, and new color options to facilitate higher-quality image output. Rendering engine improvements promise to provide an even broader spectrum of effects possibilities
particleIllusion is a standalone particle effects application designed as an easy-to-use, low-cost, high performance tool to quickly and simply add particle effects to any image, animation, or video footage
. particleIllusion features an ever-growing collection of hundreds of preset effects such as smoke, fire, explosions, water effects, sparkles, colorful artistic effects, and many others. particleIllusion features OpenGL hardware acceleration to provide realtime (or near realtime) previews of most effects and ultra-fast rendering of final output.
Highlights of particleIllusion 3.0
o Forces: allows for influencing particles after they are created; wind for example.
o Super emitters: allows for the automatic creation of emitters, to achieve new levels of realism and creativity.
o Color options: including "get color from layer" allow users to simulate "displacement" effects in realtime.
o Library manager: allows easy movement of emitters between libraries.
o Dozens of interface and productivity improvements.
particleIllusion 3.0 is available on the Windows operating system for download immediately. The boxed version of the software is scheduled for shipping on June 6, 2003. particleIllusion 3.0 for the Mac platform is scheduled for release in late Q3, 2003.
Pricing is as follows:
-- particleIllusion 3.0 (download-only version - $389 (USD)
-- particleIllusion 3.0 (boxed version - available now for pre-order; scheduled to ship on May 31, 2003) - $399 (USD)
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