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2D All the way! / Best software for creating particles, explosions etc?

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 4th Nov 2006 11:28
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Looking at what Grant Clark did in the latest newsletter with explosions I wanted to make my own. I was checking out ExGen earlier and it's kinda nice but it can't do all the things Grant Clarks explosions do.

So, what software have you used and what's the best?


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Posted: 4th Nov 2006 13:24 Edited at: 4th Nov 2006 13:24
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particle illusion (expensive though);
http://www.wondertouch.com/

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Posted: 4th Nov 2006 15:02
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Yeah, I found that earlier thanks to Rich and it looks cool. Too expensive for me at the moment and I also don't need all the features.


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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 18:34
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Seems like ExGen is the best option for me at the moment but it doesn't seem capable of saving an alpha chanel. Although I can easily remove the back background in Photoshop they don't look as good as they could with some propper alpha.


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Posted: 8th Nov 2006 13:30
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I think the October newsletter (or the November one) had a tutorial from geecee3. There was a downloadable special effects pack which may be of use ...


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Posted: 9th Nov 2006 20:40
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I actually use Paint Shop Pro 8 for explosion since it has many built in plugin effects.

www.simpoware.com
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Posted: 10th Nov 2006 10:12
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Sorry - I can't believe how incredibly stupid my post is. I've just re-read your question.


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Posted: 10th Nov 2006 13:25
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Quote: "I actually use Paint Shop Pro 8 for explosion since it has many built in plugin effects."


I'm probably not gonna use PSP but I'll take a look.


Quote: "Sorry - I can't believe how incredibly stupid my post is. I've just re-read your question."





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Posted: 11th Nov 2006 04:38 Edited at: 11th Nov 2006 04:39
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Here is an example of what PSP can do.

I created explosion1.bmp in 10mins, then use PSP to created various effects to get the result that I want.

http://simpoware.com/examples/Explosion.rar

I will be releasing a shooter game soon with all graphics done with PSP.

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