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CHAPTER 6: SPECIAL EFFECTS 245
Lightning effect
Light bulb and Comet effects
Flashlight effect
Particle Effect
The Particle Effect adds the realism of fire, smoke, snow, and other natural
effects to your images. Each effect has its own self-contained set of attributes
which can be individually customized. The Particle Gallery in the EasyPalette
also provides preset particle effects that can be directly applied to images.
PhotoImpact now allows you to create animations based on Particle effects. This
means you can simulate falling rain, thunderstorms, cloud formations, brush fires
and other special effects and save your images as animated GIFs or sequenced
BMPs. Choose the motion type for your particles: Manual - where all particles are
manually placed, Directional - where all particles follow one motion, or Emitter -
where the particles seem to emanate from one source then radiate away from the
center. Although your animation closely simulates the real behavior of these
particles, you can control the movement by adjusting the parameters available in
the Particle dialog box.
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