c4d´s particles aren´t poor, so far ican tell, but doing tehm postrendering is more efficient, that´s right...
should try a bit with thinking particles.
good reference is
http://www.hypa.tvtry those sample scenes and you´ll never say c4d particles are poor again...
sorry, i was drunk, t´was saturday night, so excuse my faults...
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