"Zeger Knaepen" <zeg### [at] studentkuleuvenacbe> wrote in message
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> > Honestly, I preferred the one without the lens flare (?) and the curved path
> > does not look very realistic, IMHO.
> Hmmm, I agree about the lensflare, but I think the curved path, although not
realistic,
> makes things a bit more interesting.  And if it's not an asteroid falling down
to earth,
> but a spaceship entering our atmosphere (don't forget it's inspired by HE
Day's animation,
> where this sort of effect is used for the fighters entering the atmosphere),
then the
> curved path, imho, looks a lot better than a straight path.
>

I think the lens flare is good. When something enters the atmosphere it usually
looks like a star. Maybe its just a bit to big.

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