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From: portelli
Date: 26 Apr 1999 15:47:18
Message: <3724B4CF.99841A49@pilot.msu.edu>
I have an irrelevant question.  How does a 16 year old afford Max?  I
can't even afford the student version.

Lance Birch wrote:
> 
> I've done this using a particle system and media (this was in MAX, but the
> same should apply to POV-Ray).  The way I did it was to create a particle
> emitter that released only a few invisible particles every frame.  Then I
> binded a particle based media system to it and set the fractal turbulence
> very low.  Then all that was necessary was to animate it.  (the system for
> the particle media I used was called FreePyro, a free version of
> PyroCluster).
> 
> Unfortunately I've lost the original file :(  Otherwise I would have posted
> it here for you.
> 
> Maybe you could use that particle system that was talked about here a while
> ago... and use the particle positions for spheres of media (this is
> essentially what FreePyro does)...
> 
> --
> Lance.
> 
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