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From: Stephen Bailey <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Snow Storms via Sparks??
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At 05:29 PM 1/25/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm workign on a school project for a teacher at teh
>university. We need to make a violent snow storm which almost
>obscures the background..eventually the storm subsides to reveal
>the background...Can sparks accomplish this type of effect?
>We're looking for lots of swirling paterns to suggest the
>turbulence of teh storm..I was thinking of using mass amounts of
>particles via lightwave..but perhaps sparks can do it quicker
>and more easily?
>
>
>

You could also try using a huge particle cloud. Keyframe it to move past the
camera and apply a fractal displacement map with World Coordinates. You'll
have to use Motion Blur, since the release version of LW doesn't blur
particles that move via displacement, only those moving via a shift in the
object's position.

Hope this helps.


SGB

S.G. Bailey
Senior Lightwave Animator
Will Vinton Studios