Free Boris FX Particle Illusion

browj2 wrote on 6/18/2020, 10:24 AM

Boris is offering Particle Illusion StandAlone only, for free! Get it before they change their mind.

When you open it, you will also be offered a bunch of free templates. Get that too!

I did a quick test and rendered to the default mov format. I imported it into VPX (should work the same in MEP) and it comes in with a transparent background. It worked perfectly.

This is a great addition to the toolchest.

John CB

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johnebaker wrote on 6/21/2020, 4:17 PM

@CubeAce

Hi Ray

Thanks for that - I have no log in UsageLog and the other log I have is in

C:\Users\John\AppData\Roaming\BorisFX\Logs

- I do not have Continuum installed - bears no resemblance to either of yours and contains no error messages.

More digging into the workings is necessary along with why it also will not start if the gpu is set to the NV.

It is reasonably exporting using the iGPU for 4K, at full HD it is fast < real time.

John EB

CubeAce wrote on 6/21/2020, 4:36 PM

@johnebaker

Hi John.

Thanks for that location.

There is a file and seems to give a reason for it not working. Not sure how to correct it though.

I think a relevant portion is this bit.

Job 5
Build Date: 2020-5-2
2020-06-11 10:27:48 PI Standalone NOTICE: Launching standalone
2020-06-11 10:27:50 PI Standalone NOTICE: PI Core: ASSERT: 0 (.\ParticleIllusionApp.cpp:6364)
2020-06-18 17:00:52 PI Standalone NOTICE: -------------Launch-------------
2020-06-18 17:00:52 PI Standalone NOTICE: Particle Illusion Standalone 2020.5 - Version: 13.5.1.1368 (80fdd9cdc2f4a4cdc9c729de28fb67cdf8ec313d) Job 59
2020-06-18 17:00:52 PI Standalone NOTICE: Build Date: 2020-6-15
2020-06-18 17:00:52 PI Standalone NOTICE: Launching directly
2020-06-18 17:00:54 PI Standalone NOTICE: PI Core: ASSERT: 0 (..\App\ParticleIllusionApp.cpp:6832)
2020-06-18 17:00:54 PI Standalone NOTICE: PI Core: ASSERT: m_settings.contains(pref) (..\App\Extras\PiPreferences.cpp:311)
2020-06-18 17:00:54 PI Standalone NOTICE: PI Core: ASSERT: m_settings.contains(pref) (..\App\Extras\PiPreferences.cpp:311)
2020-06-18 17:00:54 PI Standalone ERROR: GetFilenameAndCloseForUpload - error copying usage data into backup file: copy_file: The system cannot find the file specified.: "C:\ProgramData\BorisFX\UsageLog\usage_data_borisfx_pi-standalone.txt", "C:\ProgramData\BorisFX\UsageLog\usage_data_borisfx_pi-standalone.bak"
2020-06-18 17:00:56 PI Standalone INFO: Successfully ran bfx-version-update tool.
2020-06-18 17:00:56 PI Standalone NOTICE: Build Flavor: Standalone
2020-06-18 17:00:56 PI Standalone NOTICE: OS Details: Windows 10 Enterprise 6.2
2020-06-18 17:00:56 PI Standalone NOTICE: GPU Vendor(s): Intel
2020-06-18 17:00:56 PI Standalone NOTICE: GPU Name(s): Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630
2020-06-18 17:00:56 PI Standalone NOTICE: GPU Version(s): 4.6.0 - Build 27.20.100.8280
2020-06-18 17:02:16 PI Standalone NOTICE: Exiting
2020-06-18 17:10:41 PI Standalone NOTICE: -------------Launch-------------
2020-06-18 17:10:41 PI Standalone NOTICE: Particle Illusion 2020.5 - 13.5.0.1183
e2fbf4e5a310
Job 5
Build Date: 2020-5-2
2020-06-18 17:10:41 PI Standalone NOTICE: Launching standalone
2020-06-18 17:10:44 PI Standalone NOTICE: PI Core: ASSERT: 0 (.\ParticleIllusionApp.cpp:6364)
2020-06-18 17:11:02 PI Standalone NOTICE: -------------Launch-------------
2020-06-18 17:11:02 PI Standalone NOTICE: Particle Illusion 2020.5 - 13.5.0.1183
e2fbf4e5a310
Job 5

That is from a log file called. Pi.log.

Ray.