I will demonstrate some of the features of “Particle Illusion”. They actually have a number of products, including two that I will focus on: Particle Illusion 3 (PI3), and the Pro Emitters. The first is their flagship product for the creation of 2D particle type effects using any video (or still image) as the background. The latter is a set of sophisticated presets for PI3 that were created by long time users who specialize in certain types of effects (abstract, logos, explosions, water, etc.)
They also have an entry level program called “Particle Illusion SE” which lists for $100 vs. about $400 for PI3. The SE version is very full featured in my opinion and well worth the price. In addition, there is a downloadable demo of the SE version, full featured for 30
days. You can get this and see a lot of sample movies here:
http://www.wondertouch.com/default.asp
Steve Kennedy
Coordinator, HAL-PC Multimedia & MIDI SIG
