FINALE Fireworks User Guide

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Star
FINALE Fireworks User Guide
A star is created when particles of pyrotechnic material are ignited and emitted by a bursting shell. The Star
tab defines the basic attributes of a star, such as its duration and whether it’s accompanied by a report. Other
star attributes are provided through Star body, Star tip, Star tail, and so on. A star’s force—but not its
duration—is affected by the Shell burst > Burst force setting.
Name
Longevity
Attribute
Slider (Scaler; 1.0 = natural longevity)
Sets the amount of time between the star’s emergence from the bursting shell and the time that its
pyrotechnic material is exhausted. The slider value isn’t an amount of time in seconds: It’s a scaler on the
star’s natural duration, which is determined by its caliber, speed, and other factors. This natural duration is
represented by a value of 1.0. If you set the slider to 0.5, for example, the duration between the burst and
the time that the star is exhausted will be half as long as the natural duration. If you want to extend the
stars’ trajectories, increase the longevity value.
Abridgment
Slider (Fraction)
Abridgment adds a bit of randomness to the star’s longevity. With a setting of 0.0, there’s no randomness—
all stars that burst from a shell last (approximately) the same amount of time (as set through the Longevity
slider). As you increase the Abridgment value, you reduce the duration range. For example, a setting of 0.5
means that a star may die out any time after half of its longevity has expired.
The Abrigment setting never increases a star’s duration so that it lasts longer than the Longevity setting—it can
only decrease it.
Has tip
Has report
Checkbox
Checkbox
These two checkboxes determine whether or not the firework has a tip and a report, respectively. The tip and
report attributes are set in the Shell tip, Report, and Report sound tabs. Note that shells and stars use the same
Report and Report sound settings.
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