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  • How do I slow the lightning effect?

    Posted by Jeremy Winter on April 25, 2008 at 9:31 am

    I am trying to recreate a static ball effect with some simple lightning inside of a cathode tube. The problem is I can’t change the speed of the lightning. The speed it just insane, I was hoping for more of a smooth, slow wave action. I know of the speed option under lightning but that changes how fast the bolt undulates in relation to amplitude only.

    Any tricks I am just not thinking of? Thanks gals and guys.

    Jeremy Winter replied 18 years, 4 months ago 58,437 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Jeremy Winter

    April 25, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    Excellent, after some tinkering around with Nesting and lowering the frame rate the lightning is moving much more naturally now. Definitely more appealing to my eyes. I had noticed before that when I rendered a small video at half the frame rate that the lightning was moving at a more desirable speed, but I did not want to lower my frame rate for my entire comp for obvious reasons. Nesting was the perfect answer.
    Thanks for the great help once again Dave.

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