Can you freeze particles?

[SuperSGL]

I'm using 13.5 and creating a starry night thought I could use particles to simulate this. Can't find away to freeze them though. I know there are tons of other ways I might even render out the first image and use the png for the background but was just curious if it could be done?

[Víctor Paredes]

Yes, you just need to be sure the lifetime and any movement value are set to zero.
Here's an example and the Moho file:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bbwbnw8zlc0rm ... moho?raw=1

[SuperSGL]

Thanks! I didn't realize I had .5 in the Velocity setting

[Maestral]

Once I read the title, I had somewhat different freezing in mind - is it possible to freeze particles once they start motion? As in interrupting a cycle by adding a keyframe.
Some moons ago I resolved it with a rendered image sequence of just the Particle layer and the last frame as a separate image.

[MrMiracle77]

If you wanted the particles to slow to a stop, ensure the 'acceleration' is directed in the opposite direction of the 'initial velocity' value, then swap to your screencap before they reverse direction.

[Maestral]

Thanks. That's a very neat approach.
Initially, I tried to mimic a "spill", as if some amount of particles were spilt and remained on the surface. Your approach seems more convincing.