Wondertouch, a leading
software developer of high performance particle effects creation
tools, announced a special limited-time upgrade promotion that
allows registered owners of the Autodesk Combustion 3 or
Combustion 4 desktop software programs to receive more than 50% off
the USMSRP of particleIllusion 3.0, the latest version of the
company's cornerstone, sprite-based particle effects software
application. The promotion – which ends November 15, 2005 – enables
Combustion 3 or Combustion 4 software owners to purchase the
standalone version of particleIllusion 3.0 for Windows or Mac OS X
platforms, at a reduced price of $179.00, a savings of $220.00.
Designed as an easy-to-use, low-cost, high performance tool to
efficiently and easily customize and modify effects, or create
entirely new and realistic particle effects to any image, animation,
or video footage, particleIllusion has been used in hundreds of
feature films, TV episodes, and broadcast commercials worldwide. In
2001 the wondertouch development team integrated the particleIllusion
2.0 engine into Combustion 2 to provide creatives easy access to its
powerful particle effects. Combustion 4, the latest version of
Autodesk's leading visual effects and 3D desktop compositing software,
still contains the particleIllusion 2.0 engine.

"While particleIllusion 2.0 remains the particle system in
Combustion, demanding content creation professionals who want access
to the power and flexibility of the industry-leading standalone
particle effects application can take advantage of this promotional
offer to experience the advantages of particleIllusion 3.0, which
sports numerous feature and productivity enhancements – at a
tremendous cost savings," said Alan Lorence, wondertouch president and
lead developer.
The standalone application of particleIllusion 3.0 offers
Combustion 3 and Combustion 4 software users several advantages,
including:
  • Speed acceleration: the particles in particleIllusion 3.0 run faster than those in Combustion, even with multiple emitters running on modest OpenGL hardware.
  • Forces: Influence particles after they are created, to create wind effects for example.
  • Super emitters: allows for the automatic creation of emitters to create other emitters, to achieve new levels of realism and creativity.
  • New color options: includes the ability to get the particle color from the background footage, allowing for a wide variety of artistic and simulated displacement effects, as well as a new "don't erase" function which essentially allows you to "paint" with particles.
  • Library manager :allows easy movement of emitters between libraries and quick access to any libraries on one's computer.
  • New emitter libraries: wondertouch releases a new emitter library for particleIllusion 3.0 every month. Over 1300 emitters have been released for particleIllusion 3.0, providing new users of particleIllusion 3.0 with a huge set of new effects to use immediately.
The wondertouch promotion enables qualified customers who can
demonstrate proof of ownership of Combustion 3 or Combustion 4 to buy
particleIllusion 3.0 for Windows or Mac OS X at $179.00. This
promotion is available directly through wondertouch.
For more information about how to purchase the wondertouch
competitive upgrade, please visit the wondertouch website,
www.wondertouch.com