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# 3 07-01-2009 , 05:06 AM
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hammer.horror is correct.

One would use the particle instancer for this issue in combination with ramps and/or expressions to fade each particle over time as needed.


My larger worry for you, is that your employer "Got you" Maya without knowing if they had qualified artists/animators there to use it properly?

As you said yourself, you are new at Maya, so are they offering you qualified training from the VAR?

Maya is not like Poser or some "simple" tool with a set of presets that one can just click a "make it cool" button and expect Jurrassic Park, lol.

So if your employer did not get you training, then your best bet would be to read the help, OR worst-case, do a google search for "Maya Particle Instancer".

Good luck.


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