MacroSystem Particle Magic User Manual

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If you want to adjust the width of the line of
origin, you should use the

"Tolerance" slider

control. You can use it to set a starting position
plus/minus a particular tolerance.
Adjust the slider control from the configured 0%
to 20%. The preview now no longer displays the
particles in a line but in a broader area.

Go ahead and try out a few more settings and
masks for the

"Starting Position" and

"Tolerance" options so you can get an idea of the
range of options provided by Particle Magic.
Note: The particles only appear in the center of
the picture (when using our predefined settings)
because the mask is a circle that’s white in its
center. Since the

"Starting Position" is set to

100%, the particles only appear within the white
center of the circle.)
Finally, load the

"-Lesson 1-" archive again and

then move on to the next lesson.

Lesson 2
Using

"-Lesson 1-" as your starting point, select

the

"Movement" effect option. In the window that

appears, press the

"Gravitation" button. The

direction is displayed as an angle between 0-359

points upwards, and increasing values change

the direction clockwise). Select 180

as the

direction. This value corresponds to down, which
is the normal direction for gravity (as we know
it!). Now set the

"Intensity" to 5%. Next, confirm

the

"Preview" and you’ll see that the particles

form in the middle and sink slowly to the bottom
- thus creating a gravitational effect.

Try playing around a little with the

"Direction"

and

"Intensity" values and note the results.

You can now save your project under the name
"-Lesson 2-". To do so, click on Save in the "Ar-
chive

" and enter the new name. Finally, confirm

your work by pressing

"Ok".

Lesson 3
Select the

"Movement" option once again, but

this time click on the

"Wind" button. Set the

"Direction" to 90

and the

"Intensity" to 10%. In

the preview you’ll see that the falling particles are
now steered towards the right and indicate a slight
curve.

Lesson 4
Since such a steadily blowing wind looks pretty
unrealistic, you can now liven things up a little!

To do so, go into the

"Movement" window (which

should still be open) and click on the
"Turbulence" option to open the "Turbulence
Settings

" window. Start by making small

adjustments to the settings to that you can easily