How to extend the life of a logo?

[Elvis Deane]

The simplest way to do it is to copy and paste a new version of the logo at frame 1. Right-click on it in the stage and convert it to a point emitter. Now the particles will just fly up instead of coming in from all sides. Reduce the Velocity graph to 0, and crank up the Life to about 200%.

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[Charlie Chang]

Thanks. I’ll give that a try.

[Charlie Chang]

Well, I gave it a try…it does extend to about 10 or 20 frames but not long enough. Anyway to make it longer?

[Elvis Deane]

The more you increase the Life graph, the longer the particles will stay on the stage. So just push that past 200, until you get the length you need.

You’ll have to make two more changes if you push it much more than 200%. In the duplicate emitter you made, reset the Size over Life graph, and increase the topmost Size graph to 200%.

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Elvis Deane!
The particleIllusion FAQ
particleIllusion Resources and tutorial CD
Astounding Adventures

[Charlie Chang]

Thanks! Gonna try again.

[Charlie Chang]

Thanks! That works for now.