Chapter 7. Hi, I'm Eye Candy!—Ways to Create and Use Particle Effects

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Editing the color graph of a particle over time

• Animating particles using SubUV charts

• Adding one particle's movement to another

• Making collision detection work for particles

• Controlling sort order for translucent Materials

• Making animated textures using particle systems

• Making trails with AnimTrail TypeData

• Assigning Level Of Detail (LOD) to a particle system

• Leaving a bloody trail