BTW, the Apprentice Magicians Guide to particle Illusion is a deal for $10. Lots of great tutorials how to use this app! I just noticed that they jacked the price up to $19.
There are a few chapters I need to get my head into, so it looks worthwhile getting the DVD
Are there any solutions to particle erase [ 7 11 de] no alpha channel render in this DVD?
I prefer the life increase of many of the particles this way ,but no alpha channel output makes it useless unless rendering for an animated mask
I've only had time to watch the Overview so far Rory so my knowledge is very basic, but that pareticular tute was very helpful to get me started - I've downloaded the lot and have them as wmv and mov files.
I've already been able to render a few sequences with alpha, both as PNG sequences and Lagarith avis.
Yes Grazie - based on the single avi I've done so far, I love it - sent him a small token of my appreciation ...
- but getting back to PI I'm having a few hassles - preview looks perfect, then the render has strange artifacts - like a vertical line mid screen, original texture on one side, plain white on the other - haven't got time to sort it at present, but I'll get back to it ...