Although dedicated tools have their
benefits, you??™ll see from the following project that you can achieve exceptional particle
animation using nothing but Layout. For most everyday animation projects, the robust,
easy-to-use particle engine in LightWave v9 is all you need.
Creating a Basic Particle-Motion Scene
In this project, you don??™t create anything with the particles; you merely apply them to a
scene to see how you can interactively adjust parameters for instant feedback.
Using Emitters
The first thing you should know is that for particles to ???live??? in a scene, they need an emitter.
You can think of the emitter as a faucet where your particles spill out. The various settings
within the particle control panel enable you to adjust how the particles come out,
how many, how quickly, and so on. Standard LightWave particle emitters are nonrendering
objects you place in your scene, but you can also designate any object as an emitter. A
ghostly figure drifting through the air, for instance, might emit a smoke trail consisting
of particles with HyperVoxels applied. There aren??™t any strict rules about when to use an
object as an emitter and when to use a standard emitter; the task at hand usually determines
your choice.
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