MAGIC
As long as you get a grasp of controlling the duration of the effect and how
many particles are released on each frame you should have no problem.
One of my favorite things to do is to create custom gradients 1 pixel high
by (?) the number of frames in your effect and use this as your AXP
material.
This gives you absolute control over the end result. BTW this means of color
control works with all AXP materials.
Please feel free to post any questions reguarding specific problems/questions
to me.
Lee