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#107950From: ARA GREGORIANJun 15, 1994 6:52 PM
hi group: i hope you are all well. can any one tell what happens to particle size of axp's if the box object or the shape object is scaled in the keyframer? do particles grow and shrink according to the scale or do they maintain their original % size relitive to the 3d edit object size? if they do grow and shrink, is there a way to keep the particle size constent using axp that change scale in keyframer? thanks ara
#107985From: Yost GroupJun 15, 1994 10:59 PM
If you scale an AXPBox, the particles will scale accordingly. It's generally recommended not to do any nonlinear scaling, so the particles don't get squashed. There's no way to control particle aspect ratio inside of the Setup dialogs (as you can plainly see). – G
#108030From: ARA GREGORIANJun 16, 1994 2:29 AM
thanks for the reply. what i was wondering about is if you guys know of a work around this issue so that i can achive a constant particle size? if it cant be done in any way then i have to use other means! thanks ara
#108039From: Mike White SunDog Pro.Jun 16, 1994 4:00 AM
Hello the only routine out that let you squash the partical extents and scaling factor is Dust.axp by us released through Schreiber on the Imagine Fractal Bouquet disk set. This routine also has a feature that as far as I kmow no other routine has is strang attractors. Like in Chaos not on partical contacts each other thay repel and attract. Mike White [SDP]
#108046From: ARA GREGORIANJun 16, 1994 6:34 AM
MIKE: I ALREADY OWN THIS AXP. I WILL TRY USING THAT TO CREAT THE EFFECT. THANKS FOR THE INPUT ARA
#108260From: Mike White SunDog Pro.Jun 17, 1994 7:08 AM
Your welcom Mike White [SDP]
#108086From: Yost GroupJun 16, 1994 10:39 AM
Just don't do any scaling of the AXPbox and you'll achieve constant particle size. – G
#108149From: ARA GREGORIANJun 16, 1994 3:09 PM
the particular effect i am trying to get needs the axp box to be scaled in one of the axis to enlarge the effects coverage of the screen. i was told that particle cloud axp by schriber can allow partical scale controll. i am going to give that a shot. thanks for the feedback ara