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Jeff Bellune ~ Igniting a Soccer Ball, part 3
Jeff Bellune ~ Igniting a Soccer Ball, part two
Jeff Bellune ~ Igniting a Soccer Ball, part one
Aharon Rabinowitz ~ particleIllusion Logo Hold Technique
Bill O'Neil ~ Professional Emitter Libraries: Pyro and Hearts
Bill O'Neil ~ wondertouch particleIllusion Professional Emitter Libraries
Elvis Deane ~ Relighting an Actor
Elvis Deane ~ Orbing and Beaming Effects
Aharon Rabinowitz ~ particleIllusion 3 and AE 7
Aharon Rabinowitz ~ wondertouch Professional Emitter Libraries for ParticleIllusion 3.0

	Jeff Bellune view bio Adobe After Effects Igniting a Soccer Ball, part 3 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Jeff Bellune demonstrates how to use the tools available in particleIllusion and After Effects to get a particle emitter source to track an element in a video clip. Part Three shows how to mask the emitter layer in an After Effects composition, so that the emitter appears to be placed properly in the scene relative to the other video elements. Tutorial, Video Tutorial particle Illusion Igniting a Soccer Ball, part two In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Jeff Bellune demonstrates how to use the tools available in particleIllusion and After Effects to get a particle emitter source to track an element in a video clip. Part Two concerns the animation of the emitter itself so that it accurately tracks the video element. Tutorial, Video Tutorial particle Illusion Igniting a Soccer Ball, part one In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Jeff Bellune demonstrates how to use the tools available in particleIllusion and After Effects to get a particle emitter source to track an element in a video clip. Part One details how to animate the Layer Offset in particleIllusion to eliminate motion in the clip that is caused by movement of the camera that filmed the scene. Tutorial, Video Tutorial back to top

	Alan Edward Bell view bio particle Illusion particle Illusion 3 Film editor and FX artist, Alan Edward Bell shares some Hollywood secrets in this review of particleIllusion 3 from wondertouch. Alan concludes ''...particleIllusion 3.0 is a 'must buy' for anyone needing a robust and powerful 2d particle engine.'' Read the rest of the review to find out why. Review back to top

	Elvis Deane view bio particle Illusion Relighting an Actor Have you ever created an effect in which your actor is throwing a fireball? Pretty cool effect, right? But something's wrong. It doesn't quite look real. In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Elvis Deane demonstrates relighting an actor that's throwing a fireball which will add realism to the effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial particle Illusion Orbing and Beaming Effects In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Elvis Deane demonstrates creating that orbing or beaming effect that so many people ask about. Tutorial, Video Tutorial particle Illusion Disintegrating People and Things with particleIllusion CreativeCOW leader Elvis Deane has been asked a few hundred times now how he blew himself up using particleIllusion, and until now the entire tutorial of how to do this was only available on his video tutorial CD. So, by popular demand, here is how to blow up your friends or family safely and effectively. Tutorial particle Illusion Disintegrate a Logo with particleIllusion particleIllusion is used for alot of effects work, from blowing things up, to psychedelic color blasts, and lighting stuff on fire. In this tutorial, Elvis Deane demonstrates something a little different. We're going to use particles to disintegrate a logo. Tutorial back to top

	Jim Harvey view bio Adobe After Effects Particle Illusion Fusion Volume 1, Hosted by Aharon Rabinowitz In this article, CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Jim Harvey reviews: Particle Illusion Fusion Volume 1, Hosted by Aharon Rabinowitz and says, ''It's a good thing that you can pause a DVD, because Aharon Rabinowitz packs so much information into a small space that you're going to be pausing this DVD frequently ... The DVD is packed to the rafters with content. You won't be getting that What the heck did I pay for?'' feeling with this DVD. Review back to top

	Bill O'Neil view bio particle Illusion Professional Emitter Libraries: Pyro and Hearts In this article, CreativeCOW's Bill O'Neil takes a look at the new wondertouch Professional Emitter Libraries. In this set are two Pyro libraries and one Heart set which is a collection of beautiful heart themed designs and backgrounds. Review particle Illusion wondertouch particleIllusion Professional Emitter Libraries In this article, CreativeCOW's Bill O'Neil takes a look at the new wondertouch Professional Emitter Libraries. Bill says he's never been a fan of of 'presets' because he feels like he's stealing someone else's work, but in this case, he finds that ''...Tom's work is inspiring. Dive into the settings of his emitters and learn. It is obvious that he has spent a lot of time in creating these deep, complex images. If nothing else, this collection can replace a few stock background libraries you might have. They are that good.'' Review back to top

	Aharon Rabinowitz view bio particle Illusion particleIllusion Logo Hold Technique In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz answers the common question: ''How do I make my logo stay up longer in particleIllusion?'' If you've ever had trouble making you're logo stay on screen when using a pIllusion emitter preset, this will show you how to do that in just a few simple steps. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Adobe After Effects particleIllusion 3 and AE 7 After Effects 7 & ParticleIllusion 3: In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to get position data from After Effects 7 into particleIllusion. Also, using the same method, you can get data from After Effects 7 into older versions of AE. Tutorial, Video Tutorial particle Illusion wondertouch Professional Emitter Libraries for ParticleIllusion 3.0 Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz reviews wondertouch Professional Emitter Libraries for ParticleIllusion 3.0 and concludes that while not every emitter is equally useful, it's a great product to supplement the emitters you're already using, and an excellent value overall. Review