You
want them to appear as if they drift upward. Right now, they come out and just
hang in midair. You??™ll also notice that with the Velocity value changed, the particle
stream is much shorter.
Figure 13.10 Changing the Velocity setting can speed up or slow down your particle stream.
Remember that you can play the animation and make value changes to your particles
at the same time.This is the best way to set up particle animations because you can
see exactly what your changes are affecting.
11. Click the Particle tab, and set the Weight value to 3.85 or so. This boosts the particles??™momentum
so they??™ll flow a bit farther. Then, on the same tab, set the Life
Time value to 120. This tells the particles to ???live??? for 120 frames, then go away.
While you??™re at it, set the + ??“ setting to 10. This is a plus or minus randomization
for the Life Time setting. It??™s good to use so that the particles don??™t all die off at the
same time but with a variation of up to 10 frames. Figure 13.11 shows the settings.
Note
Figure 13.11 Adjusting the Particle Weight and Life Time settings help the particles flow and
die a bit more naturally.
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