FINALE Fireworks User Guide

Candle
Shell tail, cont.
FINALE Fireworks User Guide
This tab sets additional attributes of the shell’s tail.
Name
Weight
Attribute
Slider (Scaler; 1.0 = natural weight)
Sets the weight the individual particles in the shell’s tail. A value of 1.0 is a particle’s “natural” weight (which
is very close to weightless). If you increase the value, the particles become heavier and are pulled back to
Earth, causing the entire tail to appear to be “pulled down” from its launch point. Smaller values make the
particles lighter and less affected by gravity.
Length
Slider (Scaler; 1.0 = natural length)
Sets the longevity of the particles in the shell’s tail (in other words, the amount of time before they’re
extinguished). By increasing or decreasing this value, you can cause more or less of the tail to be visible at a
given time.
Ramp up
Slider (Fraction)
It takes some amount of time after the launch of a shell for the particles in the shell’s tail to reach their
maximum density. This slider lets you control this “ramp up” time as a fraction of the shell’s duration. If
you set the slider to 1.0, the tail continues to thicken across its entire duration, reaching its maximum density
near the end of its trajectory. If you set the slider to 0.0, the tail becomes maximally dense almost
immediately upon launch.
PAGE 152