Attached Link: http://www.wondertouch.com/se_info.asp

animators and all of use might be interested in this. Does some fabulous effects...smoke, explosions etc etc... for stills or animations. Digit August...#64 check the link...great effects to see...plus a large video (18meg)

Forgot...it is version 2.0 on the mag CD

it's only a 30 day trial

You steer us wrong, geoegress... Here is a blurb form Digit mag website.... Get particleIllusion 2.0 SE for FREE | July 22, 2003 By Digit staff Digit magazine is giving away the acclaimed particle-effects package particleIllusion 2.0 SE from Wondertouch FREE with the latest issue. The package one of the best-kept secrets of professional post-production houses is a particle-effects system that can be used to add hundreds of effects to video, including realistic smoke, fire, explosions, sparks, fireworks, water, and more. *****Digit is giving away the full, complete package it isnt save-disabled, and will not timeout. It includes full export functions, and uses OpenGL to give real-time rendering. ******

Wow, that is quite a deal. I've been using Illusion (now particleIllusion) since version 1, very cool and extremely easy to use program. The SE version might be limited in some features but it's too cool to pass up for the price of a magazine. I'm up to version 3.0 now and it is fabulous. I use it for grabbing neat stills and making dinky animated gifs like the attached one since bandwidth for full size animations is too expensive, if you aren't making money from them anyway. I can spend hours just dragging emitters around in the stage area, tweaking settings and watching it! Awesome. No I don't get any kickbacks for saying that, I just appreciate good software that does what is advertised, adheres to Windows standards for an interface for the most part making it easier to get started even without reading the documentation first.

ok- I went to the link you showed- that is what it said- I downloaded the demo- it IS a pretty cool program and not disabled- but for the 30 day thingy

From Wondertouch it's limited, from the mag it's not. Just a special deal they worked out so you'd buy the mag.

No fair, UK won't share :*( I keep hearing of these cool deals through some cool mags and they always turn out to be UK mags. Where can I find these mags in the US? I've checked several of my local mag shops and none seem to carry the 'good' mags, the UK mags....either that or the clerk is stealing the CDs off all the packages..

I get mine at Barnes and Noble (though for a really great deal like the upcoming Cinema 4D v6 in Computer Arts 88, I just order it direct from the mag's website). I hear a place called Borders has 'em, too, but we don't have one of those in my area. We have TWO B&N's within striking range, though.:P The mags to watch are: Computer Arts http://www.computerarts.co.uk 3D World http://www.3dworldmag.com Digit http://www.digitmag.co.uk

Thanks x2000, I'm sure there's a B&N around here somewhere...

arabinowitz has a Poser/particleIllusion tutorial posted in the Animatrix forum at RunTime DNA.

I'm glad of this post. I went to B&N and got issue 63# I'm in Ohio. It came with a timed demo of PI 3.0. Man this is sweet! This sort of finishes of my set of cheap 3d tools. I'm going to reserve issue 64# on lunch hour today! (By the way, I installed the Demo and got right to work without tuts, book or whatever. Just load in movie, draw splines, and render. All too easy...)

I've been searching for #64...but nowhere can it be found... I bought #63 on Saturday...at a B&N about 90miles from my house...was just passing through....hopefully that means #64 is still on its way.

Well I went to B&N yesterday and asked if I they could order 64# for me. They said no. They said they don't do that for mags. I said can you tell me when it will be here? they said no. I was about to get mad, but I went to the rack and Lo! It was there! So I bought it! Good news! The deal thru the mag includes option to upgrade to 3.0 for 239 dollars! Instead of 399 dollars! Whoo Hoo! And the offer is good until October 31. It's ten bucks more if you want them to send you the CD though. Although SE does a lot, I'm sure the forces, super emitters, blockers, and most important: multiple layers are going to be worth the money. Also, there were a bunch more emitters on there, and video tutorials for getting started and making your own emitters!