Trapcode Particular by Red Giant Software | Features
Sprites and Polygons
- Custom particles allow the use of image node or movies as 2D Textured Polygons
Light Me Up
- Shade the particles with eight built-in lights or tie in Nuke’s lights for greater control
- Shading on the particles emulates light falloff to make the particles look more natural
Dynamic Self-shadowing
- Shadowlet rendering can cast shadows on both main and aux particles, adding realistic selfshadowing from a single light source
Advanced Physics Engine
- Particular offers support for glitch free-animation of turbulent properties
Full Floating-Point Support
- Improved bit-depth support offers high-quality 32 bit-per-channel rendering, which allows full-range output with HDR results
Auxiliary Particles
- In Particular, particles can emit their own ‘auxiliary’ 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
Reflection Maps
- Textured Polygon particles can use a reflection map to add dynamic color changes to particles as they rotate in 3D. This feature is ideal for adding glints to rotating particles
Rotation, Rotation, Rotation
- Textured Polygon particles can fully rotate in 3D space, with randomized rotation direction and speed, and automatic orientation to the direction of their motion
Millions and Millions of Particles
- The maximum particle limit allows quick bursts of up to one million particles per second!
3D Camera Integration
- Particular offers complete integration with NUKE's 3D camera and 3D preview
Streak It Up
- Streaklet particles resemble long-exposure light effects, as seen in Apple's iPod Nano Remastered commercials.
Transform Your World
- For animation flexibility, the Transform World feature allows the entire Particular workspace to be offset or rotated in 3D space without moving the NUKE camera
Motion Blur
- Built-in motion blur feature lends realism to moving particles
Built-In Help
- Extensive user guide features and 20 minute video tutorial give step-by-step examples