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