Return-Path: Received: from nm3-vm6.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com ([216.39.63.151] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5267307 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:59:01 +0100 Received: from [216.39.60.170] by nm3.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Oct 2013 20:00:15 -0000 Received: from [67.195.23.146] by tm6.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Oct 2013 20:00:15 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Oct 2013 20:00:15 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ameritech.net; s=s1024; t=1382990415; bh=y0f7mgdeqjKjGCpa+8UUxlQfdahzBM26dMbuKdu2wwc=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:From:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:To:References:Message-Id:X-Mailer; b=YhxKH9cXmHAWTkPUMriq9b/Q1AOai/GTozIbdRQqrwRMTTqXG3D3QQGzJM6l1IUC8Rdi2DssX2kX4O8vd6ofAwCnDhVzrlkaWOQWd5cpR1YGskQZT8eFK9lDh4vYDM6vUV/sYQaMhHpL7YZpliiMRzfBB1TGu7ksKSzD443fL10= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 667584.29125.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: hJ7BhjsVM1k.AOb90NywYtE4ZTU7zwtIrYbILFIhZsRBesJ R1t7EWOXn5ju2o_blavWQ7jA53tH8i5pflH5wsv8nScv83jLaIK94YV1X6EN GKDBJkpOL4EusmaDZBsK_sH7XRWGmaCDO6wgB7QP5bLbe6zeuT61KKOZrtxJ rMDiPHFanB.KtGG973TRq621oVFYpUPKQfOLAfDLKc30MA.WmkXNJvMyJF.2 oJHsPpMI_NGoN2boOX9qtc7gmEgijbzqnqjrJ6sA3L4jUPjrsSKBROkT73Kb lm3mRmDXPsBAHpa6YMOVty20bcs4JcDTwZeeDUDJheQxc54gHXmld.bDTn4o a3FbvS8tlnN1FEW.6gDKK1VkIZN8r9cijCDI1cNhSAOVwkP6GUWM4quJZ9Xu QOvCH96YHGV3YeuGRHNs7eyQMj3SHbmYURL_1BYwp8RizvhLV8ARWkpz.9KV BL7_gGyNtY9KWSR77Hrr5yg_UC0FSbiRoj.c4C0s0pG_lquizPEPyZJ.aLvz _X0Px5GeIr6iTU0g_4CZomjQZgu0I6aT.aMFqr2QHTN8p3CDMW2AlpM._J3N rnp0TUuY1.8A8nCQqM6DL0Q-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: EcDW2a2swBB9hFO65S9OhozNocWo6fjqQAGm5CKel5poc8vyhQ-- X-Rocket-Received: from [10.0.1.17] (matulavich@99.233.48.151 with ) by smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Oct 2013 20:00:15 +0000 UTC From: Peter Matulavich Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4-956288148 Subject: Re: Particles following path/Particular? Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:00:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: To: After Effects Mail List References: Message-Id: <7855004A-47C1-49F2-816F-2D3F5716C074@ameritech.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) --Apple-Mail-4-956288148 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii How essential do you regard Trapcode Suite compared to just Particular? Pete = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------- Peter it is one of the few plugins I couldn't work without. It is = flexible, reliable and fast once you learn the interface. It's not = perfect but it is way better than the built in particle systems.=20 On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Peter Matulavich = wrote: Thanks, Blazej, that's a clever workaround. Turns out that will work = fine for the single "river of fire" I'm trying to create, but I'm = curious if that could be done if I wanted to show a fire river that had = several branches. Probably would get a bit challenging, especially if = it looked like the Mississippi delta. I guess something like Particular = would be necessary for that. Again, thanks! I really hate popping for more software when I don't = have a lot of use for it. Do other AE users think Trapcode Particular = is really worth it? Is it that much more versatile than AE=20 particles. Pete = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------------------------- Just create straight path of fire using particle playground, precomp, = and distort with puppet tool? 2013/10/28 Peter Matulavich Anyone know if there is a way to have particles follow a path in After = Effects WITHOUT using a plug in like Particular? I want to create a river of fire that spreads along a specific path. = The fire part is easy enough in AE but now want it to go exactly where I = need it go. Pete= --Apple-Mail-4-956288148 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
How essential do = you regard Trapcode Suite compared to just = Particular?

Pete


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Peter it is one of the few = plugins I couldn't work without. It is flexible, reliable and fast once = you learn the interface. It's not perfect but it is way better than the = built in particle systems. 


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at = 10:34 AM, Peter Matulavich <matulavich@ameritech.net> wrote:
Thanks, Blazej, that's a clever workaround. =  Turns out that will work fine for the single "river of fire" I'm = trying to create, but I'm curious if that could be done if I wanted to = show a fire river that had several branches.  Probably would get a = bit challenging, especially if it looked like the Mississippi delta. =  I guess something like Particular would be necessary for = that.

Again, thanks!  I really hate popping for more = software when I don't have a lot of use for it.  Do other AE users = think Trapcode Particular is really worth it?  Is it that much more = versatile than AE 
particles.

Pete

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Just create straight path = of fire using particle playground, precomp, and distort with puppet = tool?


2013/10/28 Peter Matulavich <matulavich@ameritech.net>
Anyone know if there is a way to have particles follow = a path in After Effects WITHOUT using a plug in like = Particular?

I want to create a river of fire that spreads along a = specific path.  The fire part is easy enough in AE but now want it = to go exactly where I need it = go.

Pete
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