Return-Path: Received: from mail-pd0-f172.google.com ([209.85.192.172] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5267329 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:37:44 +0100 Received: by mail-pd0-f172.google.com with SMTP id w10so5786519pde.31 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:38:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=Z7b+XwEpnP72S6XU3YJfsP5PVS+9vg8z/BzF9+Wj3MM=; b=utkuvFhuM5wmtkzAgYPrr2sBhkUU0VlGSUSaGeN3WdEIxZmD8VlSYEw8TiS6ZBFC5m jpgBm9m65TqJFUY3+mlZbUDK6uqkk3g0X2s7aDbpidAMsNreORFk0e4KnM98Z3FuC5p6 7CXDL1tIMDBWN4KrtcC1FC1ffw1HkfkMy0i+gmXbhTQKXbX/KmP/TFeeQfb4ylXWRqss jXK24hNDJPcwApkDpXCfW2DPrQ2Wm1NZ6gvZO6jPrL2CmCvsuTGgT6xy7Dawu+qaRevK gdceLK8S3eSvAXYFxITODsp2nDWovZBFq1Sk4aAsl0mzN4/grATkhMIoINNw0ynAQuDD 2g9g== X-Received: by 10.68.216.132 with SMTP id oq4mr23421426pbc.50.1382992738863; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:38:58 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.0.102] (c-67-171-136-108.hsd1.or.comcast.net. [67.171.136.108]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id wd6sm37396650pab.3.2013.10.28.13.38.57 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:38:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <526ECB61.8060406@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:38:57 -0700 From: Robert Houghton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] Particles following path/Particular? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030805090907030702010300" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030805090907030702010300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would suggest downloading the demo and giving it a look. Really that's the best way of determining the worth of it to you personally. On 10/28/2013 1:00 PM, Peter Matulavich wrote: > 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. > > > 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 > 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 > --------------030805090907030702010300 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would suggest downloading the demo and giving it a look. Really that's the best way of determining the worth of it to you personally.

On 10/28/2013 1:00 PM, Peter Matulavich wrote:
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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