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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 is an award-winning software developer specializing in creating particle effects and special video effects for the visual effects industry.

The company's flagship product particleIllusion, a sprite-based particle effects application, is designed as a tool to provide the most comprehensive special video effects and efficient workflow. Considered one of the most popular solutions for effects creation, 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 and its special video effects 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.

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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 special video effects and 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. 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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"particleIllusion's speed, its extensive library of presets and its overall versatility initially attracted me to the software. Using particleIllusion exclusively on the Jumbotron presentation allowed me to select from a wide variety of emitters so that I could create approximately 70 effects - over 40 of them, including rendering time, in one day.

"As an After Effects user group member I was always envious when I'd hear the PC users talk about particleIllusion as being the best particle generation system available. With the latest version of the software now on OS X, I am finally able to 'keep up with the Joneses'!"

Jack Tunnicliffe, visual effects artist, Java Post Production


Our products include:

  • particleIllusion 3.0 our award-winning standalone particle effects application that enables you to quickly and easily add a huge variety of particle effects to your images, animation, or video.
  • particleIllusion SE our low-cost introductory version of particleIllusion.
  • Emitters for Apple Motion Using our years of particle system experience, we've converted over 300 of our particleIllusion SE effects to work inside Motion, using Motion's own particle system.
  • The Professional Emitters are a collection of 180 high-quality particle emitters for use in particleIllusion 3.0.

Interested in learning more? The following links are good starting points:

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