ParticlesFree#

Sparks, snow, fog, confetti — free in space or as an overlay across the whole picture.

PlacementFree#

The question is not the technique but where the effect should sit:

• 2D — behind the avatar — a flat plane as a backdrop (snow, rain, fog)
• 2D — in front of the avatar — a flat plane in the foreground (confetti, sparks)
• 3D — free in space — the only case with collision: floor, objects and the avatar's body
• 2D — across the whole picture — an overlay; the object's position and size have no effect here, the spawn area is given as a fraction of the picture in the particle tab

The two 2D cases are the same system at different depths — dragging it forward with the gizmo therefore changes its placement.

PresetsFree#

Sparks · snow · rain · fog · confetti · smoke · fire · magic · hearts · bubbles · petals · stars · dust · fireflies · explosion.

A preset sets every value at once; everything stays adjustable afterwards. Shortcuts and start behaviour are kept.

RandomFree#

The Random button next to the presets rolls a complete effect: colours, motion, size, amount and turbulence. It only rolls within ranges where there is something to see and where the graphics card keeps up — amount and simulation rate stay capped, and collision is never rolled in.

Simple viewFree#

The particle tab has around sixty values. The Simple view tick box in the Object tab cuts it down to the handful you actually reach for — amount, lifetime, speed, spread, direction, colours, size, image. The other values are kept; the tick box only hides them.

The add window has two ready-made tiles for this: 3D particles (easy) and 2D particles (easy).

Sections of the particle tab (full view)#

Starting and stopping#

Emission is toggled by shortcut, a single burst has its own shortcut, and the system can start with the scene.