R P Studious
yup that's what I use it for :)
import an image
bmp psd tif
as a backgorund, create particle illusion stuff above
export to chosen file type

NOTE
remmeber, it's about a single frame, so you export a single rame AND get yer effects to coincide, or look right, at that frame!

say a fireball lasts 100 frames, a smoke cloud lasts 30 frames, you want both, start the smoke frame say at 80 frames after the fireball, so it has 20 frames  of overlap to chose from, you dig? :)

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