If you set the Life Time value to 0 you??™re telling the particles to flow infinitely. If you
leave the value at 60, the particles would only last 60 frames (2 seconds).
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12. You might notice now with these changes that the particle stream fans out a bit
too much. So, jump back to the Motion tab and decrease the value for Explosion
to .0655 and for Vibration to .0385.
13. Finally, save your scene.
Your LightWave 3D manual gives a good description of the numerous settings and values
available to you in the Particle FX_Emitter panel. You should reference this as you work
through the tools. For now, these first two exercises introduced you to particle emitters
and the controls available to them.However, you can do much more with this system, and
you can change how this smoke floats through the air.
Working with ParticleWind
Have you ever been visiting a friend and later that night have
a craving for a hamburger? So you find the only place open,
one of those all-American pub restaurants, and you grab the
first available table.Your place your order and sure enough, the
old lady with long, dirty, gray hair in the booth next to you
lights up a cigarette.
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