friedpixels aka James Ramirez is pretty excited about the new version of Stardust and is posting a bunch of great little renders on his Instagram. We highly recommend following!

A new version of Stardust modular particle system for Adobe After Effects is about to be unleashed, offering some extremely powerful and exciting new tools. An early adopters version for macOS will be released next Friday, Sept 29, 2017. A Windows version will follow in October. It will be a free update to all current customers.

Excellent 3-part tutorial using Stardust and Optical Flares on Motion Array 

Great compilation of experimental renders using Stardust by friedpixels aka James Ramirez

Roland Hartmann of graphicinmotion.com shows how to create digital code logo reveal using Stardust Text / Mask Emitters, Auxiliary, Replica and more. Stardust is a Modular 3D particle system for Adobe After Effects

Awesome live projection mapping using Stardust, Plexus, Pastiche, AE Pixel Sorter, Wind and more by DrawLight net

Lendon Bracewell from Visionary Universe shows how to create a luscious Energy Wave using Stardust Emitter, Field, Force and Turbulence nodes.

Comprehensive multi-part tutorial series to get up and running with Stardust

James Ramirez aka friedpixels recorded a step by step jam session showing how to create pink lightning using Stardust. Includes free AE project download.

friedpixels aka James Ramirez had some fun with Stardust

friedpixels aka James Ramirez does a fantastic overview:

A look at the Stardust plugin for After Effects in comparison to the Trapcode Suite. This is the second explainer video I've ever made, so I hope you can look past my inexperience and enjoy the video. I'm just generally excited about Stardust and want to share that with the community. This is by no means a bash to the trapcode suite, anyone who knows my work knows that I live and breath that suite, this is just a comparison look.

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Lendon Bracewell from Visionary Universe shows how to create a striking magic particle trail using Stardust point emitters, turbulence, forces, auxiliaries and more.

Roland Hartmann of graphicinmotion.com shows how to create stunning Earth HUD elements using Stardust Grid emitters, Fields, Replica Turbulence and more.

Eran Stern shows us how to create this awesome particle animation using Stardust and a Motion Capture dancer. Also check out the Simon Bronson/Chris Vranos version of this that also uses Plexus.

Reel showing newest features in Stardust Modular 3D Particle System for After Effects

In this french language tutorial, Grégory Villien of Motion Café, shows how to create a 3D galaxy nebula using Stardust

VinhSon Nguyen reviews Stardust and Mocha VR on his new DojoTV show.

Fantastic new reel using Plexus, Stardust, AE Pixel Sorter, Paint & Stick and more from Simon Bronson.

This awesome tutorial uses Stardust and Plexus 3 to achieve a beautiful result using motion capture dancer data.