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Sync By Choose the time frame to use when animating Test Value and
Variation. For further information, see
Animation Offset Keying group on
page 2870.
Absolute Time Any keys set for parameters are applied at the actual frames
for which they're set.
Particle Age Any keys set for parameters are applied at the corresponding
frames of each particle's existence.
Event Duration Any keys set for parameters are applied to each particle
starting when it first enters the event.
Uniqueness group
The Uniqueness setting enables randomization of the test value variation.
Seed Specifies a randomization value.
New Calculates a new seed using a randomization formula.
Split Amount Test
Particle View on page 2811 > Click Split Amount in an event or add Split Amount
to the particle system and then select it.
The Split Amount test lets you send a specific number of particles to the next
event, keeping all remaining particles in the current event. You can split the
particle stream by a specific number or percentage, or by every Nth particle.
With a specific number of particles, the splitting takes place once per event,
but you can animate the percentage and every Nth values to vary the amount
of split-off particles over time.
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