Particles plugins

Particles plugins for After Effects, Premiere Pro, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, DaVinci Resolve and Blender. 78 plugins in total.

Trapcode Suite

Maxon

Particle, 3D form and light effects, including Particular and Form.

FreeAfter EffectsPremiere Pro
X-Particles

INSYDIUM

Particle and simulation system for Cinema 4D: fluids, smoke, fire and cloth.

FreeCinema 4D
tyFlow

Tyson Ibele

Particle and simulation system for 3ds Max with a free base version.

Free3ds Max
Red Giant - Annual Subscription

MAXON

MAXON's Red Giant subscription: Trapcode particles, Magic Bullet color tools and more for major video hosts.

FreeAfter EffectsCinema 4DDaVinci ResolvePremiere Pro
Furikake

One Chance

A lightweight particle generator for After Effects with multi-core rendering and Multi-Frame Rendering support.

FreeAfter Effects
Yanobox Nodes

Yanobox (FxFactory)

Generative graphics plugin for building connected particle networks and abstract HUD-style visuals from points, models or footage.

FreeAfter EffectsDaVinci ResolvePremiere Pro
FxFactory Block Party

Noise Industries

3D transition plugin that builds particle and lighting animations out of your own clips.

FreeAfter EffectsDaVinci ResolvePremiere Pro
Creation Effects: Network

Creation Effects

Builds animated 3D networks of dots joined by lines, using shape layers in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
AEJuice Trapcode Magic

AEJuice

Fifteen customisable magical particle effects built on Trapcode Particular v6, with pre-rendered versions for other editors.

FreeAfter EffectsDaVinci ResolvePremiere Pro
Plexus 3

Rowbyte

A procedural particle engine for After Effects that draws particles and generates lines, facets and links between them.

FreeAfter Effects
Mettle Flux

Mettle

Generates 3D volumetric fractal flames for backgrounds, nebulas and sci-fi effects, including 360/VR output.

FreeAfter EffectsPremiere Pro
Rowbyte Aura

Rowbyte

GPU plugin that generates hundreds of thousands of procedural vector-like waves in 3D space inside After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Fluxion

grape design

GPU particle plugin for After Effects that makes particles flow along vector fields generated from masks.

FreeAfter Effects
PhysicDesk

MotionDesk

Real-time 2D physics simulator inside the After Effects viewport that bakes results into native keyframes.

FreeAfter Effects
MaskPNGscatter

Ratio

After Effects tool that scatters hundreds of copies of a PNG or layer randomly inside a matte or mask.

FreeAfter Effects
AEJuice Sandstorm Effect

AEJuice

Turns a still photo into a billowing sand-blown particle effect in After Effects with no extra plugins.

FreeAfter Effects
AEJuice Trapcode Elements

AEJuice

Library of 58 fluid-based air, earth, fire, lightning and water elements designed for Trapcode Particular in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Vectory

Zaebects

After Effects plugin that turns images into moving networks of lines from particles steered by pixel brightness.

FreeAfter Effects
Handy Particles Pro

PENCIL Park

Builds particle systems from shapes in After Effects and exports them to Rive.

FreeAfter Effects
mirAI

nebulaf

AI assistant for After Effects that turns written prompts into scripts, expressions and particle motion.

FreeAfter Effects
Wind

Ebberts + Zucker

Animates text, vector, video and shape layers in and out like blown by wind in native After Effects 3D space.

FreeAfter Effects
Particle Pro

LetsMotion

Preset-based particle effects for After Effects that run on the separately purchased Stardust plugin.

FreeAfter Effects
Pixion

grape design

GPU-accelerated particle system for After Effects driven by pixel data from source layers.

FreeAfter Effects
INSYDIUM Fused Annual Subscription

INSYDIUM

Annual subscription covering INSYDIUM's full Cinema 4D plugin range for particles, terrain, plants, modeling and rendering.

FreeCinema 4D
INSYDIUM Fused Perpetual License

INSYDIUM

Perpetual-license bundle of INSYDIUM's Cinema 4D plugins for particles, fluids, scattering, terrain and rendering.

FreeCinema 4D
Particle test code

Chuggnut

Experimental script-based particle system for 3ds Max with several particle types, gravity and wind resistance.

Free3ds Max
Spyderfy: Boid Systems Add-On

LIGHTARCHITECT

Blender add-on that adds boid-driven swarms of bugs, birds and creatures with animated assets.

FreeBlender
The Particle Library

Lewis Martin

Blender collection of 57+ customisable particle animations in nine categories, along with 10 pre-animated models, imported with one click.

FreeBlender
Particles Link

IK3D

Blender add-on that links particles, point clouds and Geometry Nodes points into moving line artwork with 10 live connection styles.

FreeBlender
Particles-X

EdenWeby 3D

Blender add-on gathering common particle settings, presets and ready-made particle objects into four panels for sci-fi scenes.

FreeBlender
Cake_Particles

scaryplasmon

Blender add-on that bakes particle simulations into keyframed objects for FBX or GLB export.

FreeBlender
Weatherfx Add-On

LIGHTARCHITECT

Blender add-on that drops rain, hail or snow particle systems into a scene in three steps.

FreeBlender
Pgt Fractal Generator

Jonas Mangelschots

Blender add-on that builds fractal forms from two input meshes with a vertex estimate and spread controls.

FreeBlender
Physics Gen

Ace Of 3D

Blender add-on that randomizes smoke, fire, fluid and particle settings with a single click.

FreeBlender
Particle Instantiator

Tim Zoet

Blender add-on that converts particles into real objects with copied animation, modifiers and constraints.

FreeBlender
Spritehandler

Missing Field

Blender toolset for creating, animating and generating sprite sheets with a UV-driven node group.

FreeBlender
Condensation Generator

ConGen

Blender add-on that covers objects with thousands of non-overlapping water droplets for product visualization.

FreeBlender
Weather It

Blender Bits

Blender add-on for weather effects from storms and heavy rain to mist and snow, with rain bounce and snow buildup.

FreeBlender
Shockwave Addon

EdenWeby 3D

Blender add-on that makes a particle-based shockwave in one click, then lets you tune color, size, shape and speed.

FreeBlender
Energy Fx Addon

EdenWeby 3D

Blender add-on with 13 preset energy effects including saber rods, shockwave bursts, glowing lines and electricity.

FreeBlender
Hair Net

Holo_X

Converts proxy meshes and curves into Blender hair particles, rewritten from the original HairNet.

FreeBlender
Phenix

IK3D

Runs particle emission, fluids, constraints and collisions on the GPU in Blender through WGPU compute shaders.

FreeBlender