Boris FX - Particle illusion 2021 is out - but beware!
Hi, so you can once again download a FREE copy of the Particle Illusion software from Boris FX. GREAT you shout, but beware they have made some changes.
The new one over rights the old version if you have that one, I did and it was great. Once I got it up and running it looks great, but very quickly I realised the software was CHUGGING big time, compared to its older version this was a big problem. The Render seems to have changed and well it wasn't playing ball. I tried to step back but this only made matters worse as the only older version they have is from 2015 and isn't the one I had and isn't free. I reloaded the new 2021 version, but worse still it now didn't load, just crashes.
So if you have the old version, be careful. Especially if your on older hardware like me.
Andy
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I have the Free standalone 2020.5 installer saved on my disk. Shout if you want me to make it avail on something like Google drive.
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@Andy001z I also upgraded to 2021, but I haven't had any time to play with it. I will let you know. In the meantime, like @NormanPCN, I also still have the 2020.5 installer on my hard drive. Let me know if you would like for me to get it to you.
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Thanks guys, I hope to run some further tests, but if no luck I'll come knocking for sure.
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FWIW prior versions of PI were 2D. PI 2021 is 3D, has a bunch of new fractal fields, etc.
I'm guessing it's using a lot more overhead for that extra power. But as a big jump, not the incremental changes in, say, Hitfilm min specs.
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@Triem23 I think your right, it certainly didn't perform anywhere like it used to. I mean some of the effects in the preview tab looks so nice but adding them to the timeline took forever or just didn't work.
@FilmSensei or @NormanPCN if you could make that older version available I would be so grateful. My download was on my old drive that has since gone up in smoke.
Thanks
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Thanks for those, all up and working guys. FEW that was a bit of a mess.
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Particle Illusion 2021 (14.0.2.0) just crashes on startup on my machine. I see the window briefly and then it just closes.
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@NormanPCN yep that's what it did on mine also
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Particle Illusion 2021 works just fine on my computer. I wonder what the deal is?
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Mac vs Windows?
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@georgefilmltd I'm on a PC...
- Processor - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor, 3700 Mhz, 8 Cores, 16 Logical Processors
- Total Physical Memory - 16.0 GB
- GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB
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I uninstalled 2020 version and installed the newest "Particle_Illusion_2021_Standalone" (Windows 10 Home machine).
Running the program gave an instant white screen then didn't run.
However....
When I installed the emitters, it now works great!
And has some really nice new emitters to boot. No noticeable slowdown I can see from the 2020 version. (Well except for the newer 3d stuff which is expected and mitigated quite a bit by turning off motion blur).
So, make sure you're installing both the standalone and the emitters and make sure they're both the 2021 versions.
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- Windows 10
- Intel i9 9900K 8C/16T, constant 4.8Ghz
- 32 GB ram
- Nvidia GTX 1080 (driver 461.09)
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@NormanPCN Not that much different with you and Jay, so maybe it's a personal problem, and not certain hardware, 🤔
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Wow, there's a a lot of really nice new features in 2021 version. Glad I was able to upgrade.
For those with lower end GPU like me, I'd suggest turning off motion blur in the preview to make it a bit nicer for the new 3D stuff.
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...so maybe it's a personal problem, and not certain hardware,
...just flakey software. At the moment.
I did have 2020.5 and the 2021 emitters installed. I uninstalled those and installed just the 2021 to start and got the crash. I will try @spyresca suggestion about having both installed.
Most uninstallers leave behind droppings and maybe the uninstall of the emitters messed up the new app install. It thought they were there but hey were not.
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Once I installed the add-on emitters the Particle Illusion 2021 now works on my machine. At least it starts up.
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Interesting, I'll have to have a play too, especially now I know I can roll back. The flaming sword effect looked epic.
