wondertouch Announces new particleIllusion Plug-In for Adobe After Effects

particleIllusion Compatibility with Industry Leading Motion Graphics and Visual Effects Program To Boost Creative Performance and Workflow

LAS VEGAS (April 19, 2004) - At the NAB 2004 convention, wondertouch™, a leading software developer specializing in affordable, high performance particle effects tools for the visual effects industry, today announced that it is presently developing a new particleIllusion™ plug-in for Adobe After Effects . The plug-in will afford motion graphics and visual effects professionals working in the film post-production and pre-visualization, commercial broadcast, standard and HD video, and Web graphics industries to easily access the powerful and highly-acclaimed particleIllusion 3.0 engine from directly within the After Effects environment to efficiently add and modify spectacular effects from the huge particleIllusion library.

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 hundreds of preset effects such as smoke, fire, explosions, water effects, sparkles, colorful artistic 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.

wondertouch will preview the particleIllusion plug-in for Adobe After Effects at NAB 2004 in two locations: in the wondertouch booth (#SL5540) throughout the day, and in the Adobe booth (#SL4730) from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon daily.

"The upcoming release of the particleIllusion plug-in for After Effects marks a significant step forward in wondertouch's strategy to deliver powerful solutions that greatly optimize creative performance and increase productivity," said Alan Lorence, president of wondertouch. "For the past several years, many of our customers have been using the standalone version of particleIllusion as a companion product to After Effects. With this plug-in, creative professionals will be able to access particleIllusion's expansive library of "preset"effects directly from within After Effects - without having to re-render effects - to effortlessly create such things as interesting and unique backgrounds, transitions and wipes, as well as a huge variety of classic particle effects such as smoke, fire, sparkles, and explosions."

About particleIllusion

particleIllusion is the industry-leading standalone, sprite-based particle effects application designed as an easy-to-use tool to quickly and simply add particle effects to any image, animation, or video footage. It features an ever-growing collection of hundreds of preset effects such as smoke, fire, explosions, water effects, sparkles, colorful artistic effects, and many others. With Open GL hardware acceleration, particleIllusion provides real-time (or near real-time) previews of most effects and ultra-fast rendering of final output.

particleIllusion is deployed at leading production and post-production facilities worldwide where it has been used in countless commercials, television shows including "Justice League," "Navy NCIS," "Star Trek: Voyager," "Star Trek: Enterprise," "Smallville," and "That 70's Show;" feature films including the just-released "Hellboy," and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," as well as "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever," "Behind Enemy Lines," "Biker Boyz," "Dreamcatcher," "Final Destination II," "Ghost Ship," "Hart's War," "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," "Just Married," "Rollerball," "Swordfish," "The Core," and "The Italian Job," "Torque," "X2: X-Men United," and many others. Praised for its power, speed and ease-of-use, particleIllusion is quickly becoming the "industry standard" for the creation of dazzling visual effects.

Pricing and Availability:

The particleIllusion plug-in for After Effects (Windows and Mac OS X) is expected to ship in late Q2 / early Q3 2004. Pricing to be determined. All versions of particleIllusion can be purchased directly from the company at www.wondertouch.com.

About wondertouch

wondertouch is a software developer specializing in particle effects for the visual effects industry. The company's flagship product, particleIllusion, is focused towards the needs of creative professionals working in the film post-production, film pre-visualization, standard and HD video and commercial broadcast industries.

wondertouch founder Alan Lorence was the original programmer for Impulse's Illusion software. After acquiring rights for Illusion in July 2002, the company was established to continue the development, sale and support of the product under the name 'particleIllusion.'

wondertouch software products are currently available directly from wondertouch. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Mo.