After Effects Trapcode Particular Plugin !link! May 2026
3D particle system plugin
Trapcode Particular is a for After Effects. Unlike After Effects' native particle systems (like CC Particle World), Particular uses a GPU-accelerated, sprite-based engine capable of generating millions of high-speed particles.
- Trapcode Particular Official Website: Learn more about Trapcode Particular and download a free trial.
- Red Giant Tutorials: Check out Red Giant's extensive tutorial library to learn more about Particular and other Trapcode plugins.
- After Effects Tutorials: Browse our library of After Effects tutorials to learn more about using Particular and other plugins in your AE workflow.
- Smoke: Large particle size, long life, low velocity, high turbulence, soft sprite texture, reduced opacity.
- Sparks: Short life, high velocity, bright color with glow, auxiliary particles spawning from primary, point light interaction.
- Text reveal: Emitter from Layer → Particles inherit layer vertices → use Size over Life and stochastic randomness for organic look.
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