ParticleIllusion - how do you guys use it?

rlc4810 schrieb am 15.08.2005 um 11:58 Uhr

I downloaded the 30 day evaluation copy of ParticleIllusion SE and have been tinkering around with it. Needless to say, it really generates some eye-popping effects that I would love to incorporate into some of my work. But I'm having some issues with it, and I was hoping someone who uses it could share some insights.

I determined early-on that PI SE isn't a plug in. So I figured I'd have to do some of the compositing work outside of Vegas. It didn't take me long to generate a few test loops inside of PI that I could place on a Vegas timeline. Then, I was hoping to be able to go the other way, where I would generate a section of video inside of Vegas that I could import into PI and add some eyecandy, then re-import back into Vegas. I generated my Vegas loop as an uncompressed AVI, but unfortunately PI wouldn't open it, giving me an 'AVI request format' error!

Does anyone here know what I need to do to get around this error? Furthermore, if anyone can share how they've successfully used PI in a VV project, I'd be most grateful for any suggestions.

Thanks,
Rick <><

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mjroddy schrieb am 27.08.2005 um 01:45 Uhr

Rick, I'm very glad I could help. I'm always jazzed when I have something to offer this community. I take so much, I'm thrilled when I can give back. Glad I could help.
TeeJay, I'm not sure which "plate" you mean. There are several elements; As the camera zooms away from the planet, there is a big ball of light that passes behind the phone number and upper line. This was done in Lightwave with a Volumetric Light. Then, when the last line wipes on, that's obviously PI.
I'm GUESSING you mean the Volume Light. If so, and if you want me to expound on how I did it in Lightwave, I can do that. But if you're only using Vegas and PI, the LW info wouldn't do you much good.
Still, have you goofed with Light Rays in Vegas? It's a pretty fun effect.

TeeJay schrieb am 27.08.2005 um 16:03 Uhr

The effect that I am chasing is at 17 seconds into your Vid, where the 2 ladies are chatting and the phone number slides in from each side of the screen. It is then "wiped" with light.

Is the lightwave you referred to the Newtech Lightwave3D?

I do use the Vegas Light Rays Plug for a bunch of stuff but it is not exactly the effect I am after.

Thanks for your reply,

T

mjroddy schrieb am 28.08.2005 um 01:12 Uhr

Ok... I'm with you now.
No... that wasn't done in Vegas. I used Boris Red for that. The light wall you're referring to is actually called a light sweep. Great stuff.
I would imagine it could certainly be done in Vegas with exactly what you mentioned; a cookie cutter and/or some kind of gradient map. I bet Spice could do it, but I have never seen the prog.
If you have Boris (Graffitti may even do it), the Light Sweep filter is what you're after.
Oh... And, yes, that is NewTek's Lightwave I'm referring to for the Volumetric Lights.