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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 video special 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 video special effects around 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.

particleIllusion has been used in countless TV shows, commercial, feature films, and almost any other type of project you can imagine ? all over the world. Here is a list of some of the projects where it has been used:
Battlestar Galactica, StarTrek Enterprise, Smallville, The War of the Worlds, Sin City, Van Helsing, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Manchurian Candidate, Hellboy, Blade: Trinity, The Italian Job and many more.

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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 video special effects and particle effects to any image, animation, or video footage. particleIllusion features an ever-growing collection of over 1500 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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"Our client base is extremely varied since we support all of the Turner Entertainment Networks domestically and in Latin America. particleIllusion gives our editors an added toolset that none of our editing platforms provide, including Avid, Autodesk Media and Entertainment, and Quantel. The software is very easy-to-use and quickly delivers CG quality particle effects that we could not previously have taken advantage of without stepping into a CG suite. In our world, speed equates to high value and particleIllusion is the answer."

Ken Brady, director of technical operations, Turner Studios


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:

What is particleIllusion, and what can I do with it?
What are the differences between these products?
How are these products being used?

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