The biggest differences between using a true 3D app like Maxon’s Cinema 4D or Autodesk Maya and Adobe After Effects (besides being pseudo 3D) are features like true raytraced rendering and interacting particle systems with fluid dynamics. The bread and butter of the Trapcode Suite has always been Particular, and Version 4 continues to be a powerhouse.

I won’t be covering each plugin in this review but you can check out what each individual plugin does on the Red Giant’s website. Trapcode Suite 15 is keeping tools like 3D Stroke, Shine, Starglow, Sound Keys, Lux, Tao, Echospace and Horizon while significantly updating Particular, Form and Mir. And Red Giant didn’t disappoint with Trapcode Suite 15.Įvery year Red Giant adds more amazing features to its already amazing particle generator and emitter toolset, Trapcode Suite, and this year is no different. We are now comfortably into 2019 and enjoying the Chinese Year of the Pig - or at least I am! So readers, you might remember that with each new year comes a Red Giant Trapcode Suite update.

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