The following article is excerpted from Digital Arts. Red Giant Software has shipped the Trapcode Particular 2 plug-in for Adobe After Effects, which generates quick-rendering 3D particle systems.

“We are incredibly excited to release something this groundbreaking to the community of After Effects artists,” says Chad Bechert, CEO of Red Giant. “The introduction of our Dynamic Fluids physics ...

San Francisco, CA, June 23, 2009 – Red Giant Software, publisher of the popular Magic Bullet and Trapcode plug-ins, today announced that it has shipped Trapcode Particular 2. Trapcode Particular - ...

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Profound Effects has updated Useful Things, the plug-in suite for Adobe After Effects, to version 1.5. Useful Things comes with over 130 effects that create motion graphics; camera POVs; targeting ...