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particleIllusion 3.0: special effects software offering text effects, explosion effects and more

wondertouch develops acclaimed computer special effects and special video effects programs

Make special effects for film and television such as fire effects, smoke effects, firework effects and more

wondertouch, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is an award-winning software developer specializing in particle effects for the visual effects industry.

The company's flagship product particleIllusion, a sprite-based particle effects application, is designed to provide the most comprehensive effects creation tool and efficient workflow. Considered one of the most popular solutions for effects creation and special effects in movie and television shows, particleIllusion is now used worldwide by creative professionals working in film post-production and pre-visualization, standard and HD video, commercial broadcast, motion graphics and game content creation.

special effects in movie and film applications text and logo effects

A spectrum of recent entertainment projects shaped by the software for the creation of special effects in movie and television shows include feature films "North Country," "Stealth," "Wedding Crashers," "Sin City," "The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D," and "Fantastic Four;" the hit soap opera, "Passions;" syndicated entertainment news program "Access Hollywood;" interactive game titles "Crash Tag Team Racing," and "MX vs. ATV Unleashed;" episodic television series' "Battlestar Galactica," "JAG," and "Navy/NCIS;" various sports programs including: "NBA on TNT", "NASCAR on TNT;" national commercials including Kellogg Company, NAMCO and Cadillac/Saab (GM); music video projects for Dave Matthews Band, and many others.

About particleIllusion

particleIllusion is a standalone particle effects application designed as an easy-to-use, low-cost, high performance tool to quickly and simply add particle effects to any image, animation, or video footage. particleIllusion features an ever-growing collection of over 1400 preset effects such as smoke, fire, explosions, water effects, sparkles, colorful motion graphics effects, and many others which can be used to create special effects in the movie and television business or for other creative enterprises. particleIllusion features OpenGL hardware acceleration to provide real-time (or near real-time) previews of most effects and ultra-fast rendering of final output.

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"Graphical particles are a hot topic today in motion graphics design, and wondertouch's particleIllusion provides a number of great looks - with over a thousand emitter presets available for download from wondertouch's web site as starting points. We're quite excited about adding the upcoming particleIllusion plug-in to our toolbox, and we expect many other After Effects users are as well."

Chris Meyer, CyberMotion


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