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Re: Emitting / falling sparks (e.g. from a lightsaber)

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Re: Emitting / falling sparks (e.g. from a lightsaber)
by Jeremy Fabiano (rashan) on Jun 5, 2008 at 10:43:05 am

Particular should have some "welding" sparks - a blue and an orange I believe.. you could edit those to suit your needs...

if you wanna make your own.. you can play with the birth rate (keyframe it like b-rate: 0, skip 3 frames, b-rate: 20(adjust to your prefs), skip a frame, b-rate: 0.

that'll give you that brief "burst" .. play with the physics (speed and gravity specifically) .. also the "particle type" - change that around till you find something you like....

also - I can't remember where it is, but turn on the motion blur - this sells the effect pretty well even if it looks a tad lousy before.. it hides what makes the shot look unreal..


I hope my late-night ramblings help out - good luck :)

-Jeremy



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