OT: Particle Illusion Training Special

Byron K wrote on 10/31/2009, 2:40 AM

Just found this deal for those who use Particle Illusion. Haven't watched this so don't know know if this is good or not..

http://store.creativecow.net/p/69/the_apprentice_magicians_guide_to_particleillusion

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earthrisers wrote on 10/31/2009, 6:59 PM

Thanks for the heads-up.
I've scratched the surface of PI and can do some fairly simple stuff, but I'm willing to gamble the $10 in hopes that this will actually get me deeper into the product.
Also: I looked at some more info on the Cow website, and learned that the PI tutorial is hosted by Elvis Dean, who has over time put up some pretty cool Particle Illusion emitters on the Wondertouch (publishers of PI) website.
That's a good sign...

elvis-deane wrote on 11/2/2009, 1:23 AM

Interesting, I pop in here to look for Vegas 9c info and find this out. Haven't really been involved with the Cow for some time now, was a bit surprised they still had any inventory.

Grazie wrote on 11/2/2009, 2:26 AM

Elvis, how do I download the DVD Tutorials and get the discount too?

Grazie

ingvarai wrote on 11/2/2009, 4:20 AM

I see no option to download at all, it is all about "shipping and handling". Irritating in these days with broadband.

PeterWright wrote on 11/2/2009, 5:21 AM

I've just bought PI SE, and today I bought and downloaded the package - it's so helpful - after just watching one clip - "Overview", I already understand many concepts which were previously mysteries.

The download is 1.4Gb and this unzips to about 3.5Gb.

I just followed the links from the Creative Cow forum: The link below shows a price of $39.99, but after processing, I was refunded $29.99 via PayPal.

http://pi.shockingtales.com/order.html

ingvarai wrote on 11/2/2009, 7:28 AM

This too is on sale, but I see no download option
http://store.creativecow.net/p/68/particleillusionfusion

The link below shows a price of $39.99, but after processing, I was refunded $29.99 via PayPal
Hm.. why not use $10 from the beginning?

Earl_J wrote on 11/2/2009, 7:50 AM

Hello everyone,
my visit to both sites indicates an add to cart button. . .

Looks like a fun DVD...

Until that time... Earl J.

elvis-deane wrote on 11/6/2009, 7:21 PM

I've fixed this now so that the download version matches the price at the Cow site.

FilmingPhotoGuy wrote on 11/7/2009, 12:18 AM

OK, thanks Elvis.

I found the download version for $19.95 not $10 bucks as promised.

I've been using PI for years now and I keeping learning more tricks everytime I use PI. I'm sure this training DVD will very helpfull.

-Craig

Rory Cooper wrote on 11/7/2009, 1:36 AM

Awesome Elvis there is also another thread dealing with PI

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

This is a question I asked on that thread, any ideas or can we expect something new in an update?

Thanks
Rory