This is all done outside of the Combustion software, so it can be very handy. “ShowIEL” (available for FREE at the Wondertouch website) is the free particleIllusion “Emitter Viewer” for the library and can be used OUTSIDE OF COMBUSTION to preview/play out the emitters from any Particle Illusion Emitter Library in an interactive OpenGL window on your desktop. If you need to BROWSE and SEE your particles (perhaps you are trying to find a particle that you are considering using for a project or effect,) THEN you should be sure to DOWNLOAD and INSTALL the “ShowIEL” program. Of course the number of effects that you use, and the parameters of those effects have an impact on performance. Particle Illusion uses OpenGL, so you’ll time most of your renders in frames per second instead of seconds (or minutes) per frame. The new library will be converted and it’ll become another entry in the Library popup list. Or, you can drop the Illusion library file into the “Particle Libraries” folder in combustion’s program folder and then restart combustion. Next, open Combustion, open particles, and simply use the “Load Library” button.

To install new particle libraries: first download he library and save to a local drive. However, if you search, you can find some cool new pre-created unique effects since Combustion V2’s release. They, collectively, are generally very nice, but, unfortunately, they are totally un-organized. The Libraries are all free and User Submitted. This includes effects such as Abstract, Explosions, Natural, etc. Note that the relevant Particle Libraries should be dated AFTER January 2002, since most of the libraries BEFORE that date are already included with the release of Combustion v2. It is the Particle Illusion software that is integrated with Discreet Combustion Version 2.0 (both Mac and PC.) Combustion v2 User can download additional FREE Particle Libraries for use in their systems from the Wondertouch Particle Library collections. There, You can DOWNLOAD More FREE Particle Effects ! This is in my book, but I will share it with you all here:Ībout those intrated Particles… go to the SOURCE… Here is a really nice TIP / TRICK for your Particle use.

Particle illusion emitters