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 television and movie special effects, 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.
A spectrum of recent entertainment projects shaped by the software for the creation of film and movie special effects which 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 film and movie special effects, effects for image applications, and particle effects for fun.
particleIllusion features OpenGL hardware acceleration to provide real-time (or near real-time)
previews of most effects and ultra-fast rendering of final output.
"At any given moment I might be called on to create out-of-this-world
effects as well as those that match, look and move in a
realistic way. With particleIllusion I can do both. Its
power, versatility and compatibility with leading compositing
applications have made it a staple tool in our production
arsenal."
Stuart Roholt, digital effects
supervisor, NBC Studios
Interested in learning more? The following
links are good starting points:
What is particleIllusion, and what can I do
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