Light rays generated from your layer can now exist in 3D space, respecting the angle and position of the camera, making this a true 3D volumetric lighting effect. Now, with this new 2.0 release, Trapcode has added some really useful and modern features that bring new life to this effect. Unfortunately, the Shine effect hadn’t been updated for a very long time. When this plug-in was introduced many years ago, users finally had access to volumetric lighting effects that only the highest end graphics houses used, at a price even the hobbyists could afford. This feature is truly one of the highlights of this update. Particular has been a staple for After Effects users for years and the interface was always quite hard to grasp, but with this new effects builder, users can easily tweak one of the many presets or create their own custom particle effect quickly and simply. There’s also presets for more abstract effects like magic and light. Particular has been a staple for After Effects users for years and the interface was always quite hard to grasp, but with this new effects builder, users can easily tweak one of the many presets or create their own custom particle effect quickly and simply.Īs before, users can create effects based on fire, smoke, fireworks, explosions, dust, muzzle flashes and many other real-world particles. You can easily create custom particles based on your own images and you’ll see a real-time visual representation while you are building your custom particle effect. You are presented with a wide variety of behaviors and styles for emitters, particles, physics and auxiliary particles. The new effects builder allows you to build custom effects based on visual building blocks. A huge new feature is a big step in improving the user experience. This update includes some new features including 130 new presets, a sprites library, a very cool explode behavior and an expansion in the number of particles to 30 million.

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