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Help! I can't seem to get the occlude function to operate properly for Flare. I've reviewed the demo, text. I have a self illuminated difuse colored object as my flare object, which is positioned behind the object I want to hide it behind in the camera view. I was hope to have no flare until the object peeks around the side of the planet, like the plliars in the demo but no luck… I've used hilite before with occlusion but for some reason the Flare won't work. It flare continuously throughout my sequence…Help.. Thanks in advance