Ulead COOL 3D Explosion Plug-in

Ulead COOL 3D provides a number of plug-in effects that you can apply to your title once you have them installed on your computer. During installation, you can select one or more plug-ins or install all four. The plug-ins include Board, Explosion, Twist, and Fire.

This help file introduces you to the Explosion plug-in and explains how you can customize the effect you apply to your title. To learn more about each property on the Attribute Toolbar as you work along, click the Help button ( [image] ) and click the item in question.

  Note:  If you have not installed all four plug-in effects during installation but decide to do so at a later time, you may run Setup.exe again from the folder where you install Ulead COOL 3D and select the plug-in effect that you want.

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The Explosion effect at a glance

Applying Explosion effects to your title


Explosion effect at a glance
The Explosion effect at a glance

To activate the Explosion plug-in, first select the Object Effects folder in the EasyPalette and select Explosion. On the Attribute Toolbar, click the F/X button. The Attribute Toolbar then automatically changes to display the attributes for the Explosion effect. The EasyPalette also displays all the preset thumbnails that you can readily apply to your title by simply dragging or double-clicking a selected thumbnail. (Alternatively, you may right-click and select Apply.)

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Click the attributes to learn more about each item.


Click to add the settings of the current Attribute Toolbar to the appropriate folder in the EasyPalette. Once in the EasyPalette, you can easily recall the settings and apply them to other titles.
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The EasyPalette

Working with the EasyPalette


Click to activate the plug-in effect. The Attribute Toolbar then displays all the attributes for that effect. Only then can you specify the attributes and customize the effect you want to apply to your title. Click again to turn the plug-in effect off.


Explosion: Movement Type

Select the type of explosion effect that you want to apply to your title. The type of explosion you choose affects the overall effect of your animation. Choices include:

Shatter  Creates a full-blown explosion effect in which your title shatters expansively into tiny bits.

Gravity  Creates a bursting effect similar to Shatter but the shattered bits eventually drop and go off the screen.

Descend  Creates a plunging explosion effect in which your title blows up and directly collapses until it gradually goes off the screen. Particles move in a downward position.

Ascend  Creates a mounting explosion effect in which your title blows up and moves in an upward position until it gradually goes off the screen.

Forward  Creates an all-out bursting effect similar to Shatter but your title blows up into larger particles.

Backward  Creates a bursting effect similar to Forward but the particles remain at a certain distance around the blown-up object instead of exploding in an outward direction.

Left  Creates a lateral explosion effect in which your title blows up and moves toward the left side of your screen.

Right  Creates a lateral explosion effect in which your title blows up and moves toward the right side of your screen.

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Applying Explosion effects to your title


Explosion: Collapse Type

Select how you want your text to explode. You have these choices:

All  Explodes your entire title thoroughly and instantaneously.

Random  Explodes your title at random, blowing up fragments of text a few at a time.

Descending  Explodes your title from top to bottom.

Ascending  Explodes your title from the bottom up.

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Applying Explosion effects to your title


Explosion: Action Sequence

Specify the order or flow of the explosion effect applied to your title. You have these choices:

All  Explodes the characters of your title all at once.

Forward  Explodes your title from the first (left) character to the last (right).

Backward  Explodes your title backwards – from the last character back to the first one.

Random  Explodes the characters of your title at random, blowing up one character at a time.

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Applying Explosion effects to your title


Type in a number between 0 and 100 to adjust the transition level of the explosion effect. The higher the number you specify, the stronger the impact of the explosion becomes. A value of 0 does not apply any explosion effect to your title while a value of 100 generates a full blast explosion.

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Note: If you want to explode your text in the middle of an animation and not from the very beginning, maintain a level of 0 from the first key frame up to the key frame where you want the explosion effect to start.
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Applying Explosion effects to your title


Specify the diversity of the particles after the explosion. The higher the value, the more variety the particles have in terms of size and shape.
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Applying Explosion effects to your title


Specifies the degree of rotation of each particle during explosion. Value ranges from 0 to 100, with the highest value generating a complete rotation.
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Applying Explosion effects to your title


Applying Explosion effects to your title

Applying Explosion effects to your animation adds impact to your web site. You can even customize the explosion effect such as blowing your text up to any degree you specify and to any direction you want.

To explode your title:

1.	Click Edit: Plug-ins or select Explosion Effects from the Object Effects folder in the EasyPalette.

2.	Click the F/X button on the Attribute Toolbar to activate the effect. Clicking it again turns the plug-in effect off.

3.	Select the first key frame. Type 0 in the Level box on the Attribute Toolbar. This determines the extent of the explosion. A value of 0 does not apply any effect to the title while a value of 100 generates a full-blast explosion.

4.	Select the next key frame where you want the explosion to end.

5.	Specify the attributes for the explosion effect, including the type of explosion, the action sequence, the transition level, and the rotation angle of the particles. Ulead COOL 3D automatically generates the explosion from the specified starting frame to the end frame.

Note: If you want to explode your text in the middle of an animation and not from the very beginning, maintain a level of 0 from the first key frame up to the key frame where you want the explosion effect to start.
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Using multiple key frame controls