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Snow Particle System 247

Kinds of Snow

Note: Blizzard (page 2–251) is a more powerful

and advanced version of Snow. It provides all the

functionality of Snow, plus additional features.

Tip: To animate p articles following a path through

space, use the Path Follow space warp (page 2–71).

Procedure

To create snow:

IntheCreatepanel,makesurethe

Geometry button is active and Particle Systems

is selected f rom the object category drop-down

list, then click Snow.

2. Drag in a viewport to create the Sno w emitter;

see Creating a Particle Emitter (page 2–239).

Theemitter’sdirectionvectorpointsinthe

negative Z direction of the active construction

plane.

Interfa ce

Par ticles group

Viewport Count—Maximum number of particles

displayed in view ports at any g iven frame.

Tip: Setting the viewport count l ess than the render

count can improve viewport performance.

Render Count—Maximum number of particles that

canappearinasingleframewhenyourenderit.