Boris RED includes incredibly powerful filter for generating particles from specific areas of a composition and precisely controlling their motion and behavior. The area from which the particles emit (called the production area) has fully adjustable and animatable width, height, and depth values, so the particles can be set to emit from a single point, a line, a plane, or an area with true 3 dimensional depth (or any combination of these over time in a single effect).

The Particle system itself has full 360 degree Tumble, Spin, and Rotate control, as well as control for the point of view Camera offering full 360 degree Tumble, Spin, and Rotate parameters. Custom particles can be easily created or imported, but need not be limited to static outlines: particles may be created by using RED compositions as shapes.

Besides the all-purpose Particle System filter, other particle filters in Boris RED are Advanced 2D Particles, Scatterize, and 3D Image Shatter.

Particle System. At right: Comets, Stars, Sparks and Comet. Click images above to open movies. Both approx. 1 MB