Red Giant Software is now shipping Trapcode Particular 2.0 - the latest release of the popular particles system for Adobe After Effects.
The award-winning, patent-pending plug-in offers advanced particle generation for Adobe After Effects users and was recently used to create effects for Hollywood blockbuster Angels & Demons.
Version 2 is shipping at a cost of $399 for new customers, or as a free upgrade to customers who purchased Trapcode Particular 1.5 after April 7th 2009. Existing customers who purchased software before April 7th will be offered an upgrade from version 1.0 and 1.5 at a cost of $99.
Trapcode Particular 2.0's new features are detailed by Red Giant Software as follows, and further details are available over at the official product page.
New Features
- Shaded Particles, Beautifully Lit
All particle types can be shaded from multiple lights in After Effects. Spot, Point and Ambient lights are all supported with natural light falloff available for spot and point lights. This feature is exclusive to Particular and found in no other After Effects particle plug-in.
- Shadowlets, Enhanced Depth
Along with shaded particles, you also get particle volume self-shadowing. This feature creates a shadow from light sources to create a much greater sense of depth in a scene. This exclusive feature is found in no other After Effects particle plug-in.
- New Particle: Streaklet
This new particle type is perfect for long exposure-style light effects as seen in the Apple iPod and Sprint commercials. This a Particular-exclusive feature found in no other After Effects particle plug-in.
- Highest Quality 32-bpc Rendering
Floating point rendering (32 bits per channel) allows super-bright (luminant) particles. When motion blur is enabled, it will render with optically correct, extra bright results.
- Backward Compatibility
Particular 2 can load projects made with Particular version 1.5.
