It can also load the software’s existing sprite images, over 100 of which have been added in the update. It isn’t a full node-based visual programming system, but it lets you create new effects by combining adjustable ‘blocks’, and comes with over 130 presets geared to common effects like flames, smoke and explosions.
Particle effects tool Particular gets Effects Builder: a new tool for creating custom effects. Trapcode Particular 2.5: new Effects Builder system and presets It’s capable of quite a range of effects, from thread and ribbon-like forms, to lattices and 3D structures.Īs well as paths, you can generate geometry from mask shapes and the motion of 3D lights and the results can be rendered using image-based lighting and ambient occlusion, with GPU acceleration. Top of the features list is Trapcode Tao (above), a new tool for generating procedural 3D geometry along a path. Trapcode Tao: create customisable path-based geometry Red Giant has released Trapcode Suite 13, a major update to its set of motion graphics and VFX tools for After Effects, introducing a new plugin, Trapcode Tao, and overhauling existing tools Particular, Shine and Mir. Posted by Jim Thacker Red Giant ships Trapcode Suite 13.1 for After Effects