PARTICLE How-To Videos & Articles

Follow these particle tutorials to learn all about particle with WonderHowTo's collection of free how-to videos and articles, like Set up a seamless looping particle system w/ Trapcode, Do better compositing with particles in After Effects, and Create a surface from a particle stream in Houdini.

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How to set up a seamless looping particle system w/ Trapcode

Set up a seamless looping particle system w/ Trapcode

In this Episode, you will learn how to set up a seamless looping ...more

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How to do better compositing with particles in After Effects

Do better compositing with particles in After Effects

In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz will show you a ...more

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How to create a surface from a particle stream in Houdini

Create a surface from a particle stream in Houdini

In the following series of videos we will establish a particle stream ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to create particle spray on waves in Houdini

Create particle spray on waves in Houdini

This 2 part Houdini 9 tutorial focuses on creating wind spray generated on the crest of a wave. Water is one of the most basic effects 3D ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to setup dynamics and particles in Houdini 9

Setup dynamics and particles in Houdini 9

In this Houdini 9 video series, you will take a look at the new dynamics shelf tools and see how easy it is to create fairly complex ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to use Thinking Particles in Cinema 4D

Use Thinking Particles in Cinema 4D

Learn how to use Thinking Particles in Cinema 4D. Working with these programs could be pretty complicated if you're not sure what you're ...more

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Curated 1 week ago by The Wonder Team | Comments 0
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How to transfer particle color to boxes in Houdini 9

Transfer particle color to boxes in Houdini 9

In this Houdini 9 video series, you will take a look at the new ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to attract particles to a curve in Houdini 9

Attract particles to a curve in Houdini 9

This Houdini 9 particle effects tutorial establishs a means to attract particles to follow a curve faithfully. POPS is one of the most ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 2
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How to use the particle engine in EffectsLab & VisionLab

Use the particle engine in EffectsLab & VisionLab

This tutorial explains how to use the particle engine in EffectsLab ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to use particles and forces in XSI

Use particles and forces in XSI

This XSI software tutorial shows us how to work with particles and forces to create 3D visual effects. In the first part of this XSI lesson ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to create a new particle system in Unreal Tournament 3

Create a new particle system in Unreal Tournament 3

This tutorial shows you how to create a new particle system in the ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to generate particles from motion in After Effects

Generate particles from motion in After Effects

In this Particle Playground tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to generate snow using Particle Playground

Generate snow using Particle Playground

Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to generate snow using Particle Playground in After Effects. He'll also shows how to make ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to use the particle bomb emitter in 3ds Max

Use the particle bomb emitter in 3ds Max

Creating explosion effects using the particle bomb emitter in 3D Studio Max.

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to add video to a particleIllusion project

Add video to a particleIllusion project

Learn how you can use Wondertouch's particleIllusion 3.0 software to add 3D particle effects to videos or images. This video specifically ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by cwiltz | Comments 0
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How to bounce particles in Particular After Effects plugin

Bounce particles in Particular After Effects plugin

Trapcode's Particular is a powerful 3D particle system AFter Effects ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to ignite a soccer ball in particleIllusion & AE

Ignite a soccer ball in particleIllusion & AE

Creative Cow Leader Jeff Bellune demonstrates how to use the tools ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
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How to reorder particle emitters in UT3 Editor

Reorder particle emitters in UT3 Editor

This tutorial shows you how to reorder particle emitters within particle systems in the Unreal Tournament 3 Editor.

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to reorder particle modules in Unreal Tournament 3 Editor

Reorder particle modules in Unreal Tournament 3 Editor

Learn how to reorder particle modules inside the cascade particle ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to add a particle system in Unreal Tournament 3 editor

Add a particle system in Unreal Tournament 3 editor

This tutorial shows you how to add a particle system into your levels ...more

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DIY Ocular Assault Weapon

The latest in Graffiti-tech: How to write with your eyes. Via Instructables, "Behold the latest ocular assault weapon from the Graffiti Research Lab, openFrameworks, The Fat Lab and The Ebeling ...

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Roly-Poly Bridge

Heatherwick Studio's London based rolling bridge is an engineering marvel. Lots of fun, and immensely satisfying to watch (via YouTube, assuming you can't see it in person). From Heatherwick Studio: ...

Master Nerd Births Perfect Copy Cat Bot

Can't help but smile at this goofy, endearing nerd "master" (Vitalijus Rodnovas) guiding his copy-cat protege robot (coined Waldo). The rig allows Waldo to mimic Rodnovas' body movements in ...

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