Updated 28 April 2022: Maxon told us that all of the Trapcode tools have native M1 support, and that the information on the website will be updated shortly. We’ve contacted Maxon to check whether that’s correct, and will update if we hear back. The system requirements section of Maxon’s website currently lists the Trapcode Suite tools as supporting M1 processors via Rosetta, Apple’s software emulation system, rather than natively. In addition, Trapcode Suite becomes the latest former Red Giant product to support Apple’s M1 processors, Maxon having adding M1 support in Magic Bullet Suite 15.0 and Universe 5.1 last year.

In Trapcode Suite 18.0, Form’s Layer Maps system, which enables other After Effects layers to control the properties of particles, has been implemented inside Particular. Initial support for Layer Maps inside ParticularĪs with last year’s Trapcode Suite 17.0, the latest update makes functionality previously only available in Form available inside its sibling plugin Particular.īoth plugins create 3D particle systems, but whereas Particular creates organic-looking clouds of emitted particles, Form creates regular arrays. It was released alongside updates to three of the other products in Maxon’s Red Giant Complete subscription bundle: Magic Bullet Suite 16.0, Universe 6.0 and VFX Suite 3.0. The update introduces support for Apple’s new M1 processors in all of the suite’s component tools, and initial support for Layer Maps inside 3D particle plugin Particular. Maxon has released Trapcode Suite 18.0, the latest version of its set of motion graphics and VFX plugins for After Effects, which it acquired following its merger with original developer Red Giant.

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