One of the things I did in New York was walked around the city shooting pictures of various textures and surfaces. Every block is different and I was able to capture some very cool stuff. I haven't gone through them all but here are a few choice selections for everyone. You can use them commercially but our standard license applies.

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New tutorials will be coming next week; right now, there is a lot to catch up on after being gone for a week. Please be patient as cool things are in the works.

For anyone using CC Particle World instead of Particular, you may know that Particular's Turbulent Field is not available. This feature allows random 3D displacement of a particles position. A similar effect can be achieved with Particle World by adding a TURBULENT DISPLACE effect. It works best with smaller particle and it has some limitations because it is only 2D but it is a nice way to get away from "perfect" particle movement.

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Related Topics:

Fire Title Project -- Uses Turbulent displacement
Dark Energy & Electric Energy -- Uses Turbulent displacement
Fire Burning Project -- Complex Fire Project

Related Tutorials:

Soul Removal Tutorial
Energy Tutorial

A long time ago, I made a tutorial on simulating reflections over a watery surface which I had to revisit recently. I cleaned the project up a bit and now you can use it as a template with your own video. Play around with the displacement map and you can get some interesting results.

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We don't get much rain in Southern California but today it poured. Luckily I had my audio gear handy and I recorded a few high quality clips for your stormy productions.

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Here's a another free project that utilizes various masking techniques to create a friendly heart design.

Today is of course Valentine's Day and I want to remind everyone to do something nice for someone special in your life. Could be your wife or girlfriend, mom or grandma, even your sister.

Now, if you don't celebrate Valentine's day... DO something nice anyways. Just don't do something nice for your friend's wife... that gets a little tricky.

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See you Monday!