On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:50:14 -0800, "John D. Gwinner"
<jgw### [at] dazsicom> wrote:

>So - no smoke, just a 'shimmer'.

<snip>

>  I was thinking of using some kind of very high IOR clear material in a
>cone, and animate it with 'turbulence'

Not a cone, try a disc facing the camera. Make sure you blend the
normal into nothingness before you reach the edges of the disc so that
they are not visible. The cylindrical, wood, spherical or onion
patterns should do it.


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