Creating a Christmas Tree with Trapcode Particular

Paul, you are correct. I had to go back and re-render the sequence for Aharon to use. I had turned off the camera to make an adjustment and hit render, realizing my mistake far too late, after the tutorial was up. These things happen to the best of us.

As for your other comment regarding the settings. You are correct. I only have so much time. If I were to take the time to do ram previews on every step and also show what every change in each parameter did, the tutorial would last a solid week. I try to explain the overall concept and as many features as I can in the limited time I have. That being said, nothing stops people from downloading the project file and playing with the parameters to see what they do or reading the documentation. That is how I learned - try it yourself and you will learn it much better. It is a balancing act between giving enough info and getting bogged down explaining everything.

That being said, thank you for your comments and for watching the tutorial. So many people watch these and don't leave any feedback. I really value your thoughts and like to see what people like and also what people would like to see done better.

All my best,

Mike Park

I live in Nevada, South of Vegas. It is actually 50... but my friends in Wisconsin where we just moved from are suffering feet of snow... just rubbing it in.

Heading to Disneyland today... Yippee... a view of real magic. (or at least forced perspective)...

Rob

Mike,

To show that that someone actually does stuff with tutorials... Here is what I did in just a few hours of playing with your tree... Thanks again!!!

http://www.transparentalchemy.com/Holiday.html

Rob, thanks so much for the kind words. It is because of people like you that I do these tutorials. I know these things because people before me were nice enough to make tutorials and teach me...that and hundreds of hours of using and playing with Particular! I have several ideas for new tutorials in the future...did you catch the one before this, Deathly Apparition?...but am taking a little time off for the holidays. If you just cant wait for more, you can always check out my new Master Series dvd here at the Cow titled, Practical Particles. I have 12 tutorials on using Particular in real world situations, and some fun ones as well. Just a little shameless self-promotion. You can find it in the training section. Have a wonderful holiday season!

Best,

Mike