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From: mark@fusion.MV.COM (Mark Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Star Trek VI
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> I was watching Star Trek VI "The Undiscovered Country" again last weekend.
> If anyone has seen it, there is a part where the Kilgon moon explodes
> sending out a "shock wave".
Ah yes, the Praxis explosion. Everybody loves that effect.
> I have tried creating a disc, asigning a fractal noise pattern
> to it, then setting the transparency to 100% with the edge transparency
> set to opaque and a high threshold value. Doesn't look very good.
No that wouldn't work.
> I was wondering if anyone knows a way to create that in LW.
Here is a short and simple summary: Create a long rectangular strip
with 40 or more segments along the X axis with dimensions something
like x=60, y=0, z=6. Save it. Perform a 360 degree X axis bend so that
the strip loops around on itself. Save it as a morph target. Now load
the first object and morph it 100% into the target. Then use multiple
noise textures that move toward the center of the hoop and fall off
to 100% transparent on the inside. Give your textures some velocity
and then animate the whole thing by just scaling it up from size=0.
Pretty easy, huh.
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* Mark Thompson (603) 424-1829 *
* Fusion Films Inc. mark@fusion.mv.com *
* Radiant Image Productions *
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