Hello,
I haven’t used particles in a very long time and need to figure out a couple of things for an upcoming job. I looked through the Flame Learning Channel videos and in one of them it is mentioned that there are some tutorials in FXPHD. Does anyone know which course they are in. I did brows through but could see anything relating to particles.
This one has some cool Particle classes from Scott Balkcom.
https://www.fxphd.com/details/474/
@SamE has some great tips in this course too:
And of course this awesome Logik Live might be a good start too:
I have abused that cold breath setup! It’s a beautiful thing.
I used it on an HP spot a few years ago. It was gold!
Balkcom‘s blood is amazing.
The essential thing with particles is that they don’t work under a 2D track. You have to move the camera, and let them flow in space.
Thank you all.
So good to be part of this community!
Also check these out.
Aaand stay tuned 
Upvote for Scott Balkcom’s FXPHD. I was fortunate to learn from this master.
@Sinan Thank you for sharing. The leaves effect is very cool.
I’m looking into manipulating letters in supers. Do you think particles can help with that? eg I have a 2 line bold graphic and want to blow away all the letters as if the letters were made of paper.
Hi @johnag
Unfortunately you can’t designate individual letters as particles. You can however, use Explode a surface into square polygons and make them fly away as I show in the leaves example.
I am moving house and unfortunately don’t have time to try it but will do as soon as I have the time.
You probably thought about this but you could try creating a cascading text animation with 3D text in action.
I wish I still had my setup from this - I made it in 2004 after designing a bunch of stuff like it working with @gpm at Fox Sports. He’s the king of this kind of thing! This is a very old show reel… but I did the titles like leaves blowing away… Digital Banshee 2007 Show Reel I seem to recall my process was to paint bits away from my font in the matte channel, attaching an axis to each painted layer I wanted to blow away, then using particle animator to have them blow away from their starting position. @Sinan that tutorial is fantastic! I’m sure John will get that with that 
Cool stuff!