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AU update and legacy Particular

Forum|Forum|8 months ago
June 11, 2025
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After Effects just auto updated to 25.3 last night and I had all my settings migrate over. However now Particular isn't showing up in the Trapcode menu with the rest of the suite's plugins. All the Trapcode plugins including Particular are where they should be in the correct plugins folder but even thought the rest of the Trapcode plugins are showing in After Effects, Particular is somehow missing.

For context I am using a Legacy installer that I purchased in 2017. It has worked for me all these years with updated versions of After Effects and I never moved to the Red Giant subscription plan.

Has this happened to anyone else?

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Correct answer lizenz 01a19815092

I found a way, but it's quite hacky. This one works on Windows:

• Close After Effects
• Find the file "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\FLT.dll"
• Make a backup copy!
• Open "FLT.dll" in a Hex-Editor (I used HxD, you might need administrator privileges)
• Search for "Particular", change to "_articular" (do not insert/delete any characters!)
• Save the file

We might have to redo this after each update or until somebody decides to encrypt the file 😕😕

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Epicsode

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Hi

Any Possible Way on Mac ?

Cheers

L

lizenz 01a19815092Correct answer

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I found a way, but it's quite hacky. This one works on Windows:

• Close After Effects
• Find the file "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\FLT.dll"
• Make a backup copy!
• Open "FLT.dll" in a Hex-Editor (I used HxD, you might need administrator privileges)
• Search for "Particular", change to "_articular" (do not insert/delete any characters!)
• Save the file

We might have to redo this after each update or until somebody decides to encrypt the file 😕😕

MickSyl

Participating Frequently

Hey lizenz, BRILLIANT!

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Joy Raisinghani

Community Manager

Hello @polieman

Thank you for reporting the issue, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you're experiencing.

Maxon Trapcode Particular version 4.x was known to be highly unstable on Windows, leading to frequent crashes and a poor user experience. These issues have since been addressed in the latest versions of the plugin. To ensure better overall stability, Maxon and Adobe made the decision to block the unstable 4.x version of Trapcode Particular in After Effects 25.3.

Thank you for your understanding.

poliemanAuthor

Known Participant

You get no understanding from me. I never had it crash.

poliemanAuthor

Known Participant

I don't understand the grift. Give me my one stupid plugin.

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hi @polieman,

Have you contacted Red Giant Support yet? What did they say? Let us know.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio

poliemanAuthor

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Thanks for reaching out. I'll see if I can get in touch with them but I have to say I've tested this on 3 computers today. The issue cropped up on my main computer (1) with version 25.3 so I tried Particular on my laptop (2) with 25.3 and had the same issue. Then I tried on my old desktop (3) with 25.2.2 where Particular showed up in the Trapcode menu and worked properly. So the outlier seems to be version 25.3 across the board, and just with Particular. The rest of my Trapcode installs still show up.

nishu_kush

Community Manager

Please let us know how it goes. Do you mind letting us know the OS or all three computers you tested on? There is not much that we can do in this case, but I will try to investigate what's happening.

Thanks,
Nishu

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