Particle effects are the most expansive Adobe After Effects tool available and can create everything from snow and fireworks to sci-fi style data streams among more! A particle effect is a system for creating lots and lots of particle elements with one single layer. A particle system will work with emitters (the thing that produces the particles). Particle simulators can be complex to use, here I’ll break them down and give you an overview of how we can utilize particles to build really awesome animations.
