Lightning how to?
09-Sep-95 12:59:27
Sb: #189901-Lightning how to?
Fm: Paul Sanford [LVL5] 75144,2354
To: david W. mennenoh 71561,2343
Dave,
Using Lightning from Schreiber's Imagine FX will do most of what you want.
You should be able to fiddle around with the lightning parameters (thickness, #
of bolts, etc.) and aim the .axp box to hit where you want. Conversely, you
might be able to have multiple bolts strike one single area by rendering
backwards with the .axp box "upside down," so that the forks converge instead
of spreading out.
As far as having the lightning linger and hug an object, it would be
pretty difficult to simulate it with Imagine FX. You would probably need a
very large number of .axp boxes, and it would take forever to tweak. Good
luck!
Paul S.