FINALE Fireworks User Guide

Palm
Star body
FINALE Fireworks User Guide
The Star body controls let you fine-tune a star’s mass so that it’s more or less susceptible to air friction,
gravity, and wind. These attributes only affect the stars’ trajectories; they don’t modify the size or appearance
of the stars.
Name
Weight
Attribute
Slider (Scaler; 1.0 = natural weight)
Sets the star’s weight. A value of 1.0 is the star’s “natural” weight. If you increase the value, the star
becomes heavier and is pulled back to Earth more quickly. Smaller values make the star lighter and so the
straight-outward portion of its trajectory is less affected by gravity.
Momentum
Slider (Scaler; 1.0 = natural momentum loss)
As a star consumes its pyrotechnic material, it loses mass and momentum, and thus slows down and
becomes increasingly more susceptible to the effects of the wind and air friction. This attribute lets you set
the scale of the star’s ultimate momentum (the point at which it has exhausted its material) compared to its
burst momentum. A value of 1.0 produces a “natural” momentum loss. If you increase the value, the star
maintains more of its momentum over the course of its trajectory. If you decrease the value, the star loses
momentum more quickly.
Wind resistance
Slider (Scaler; 1.0 = natural wind resistance)
Sets the star’s susceptibility to the wind and air friction. A value of 1.0 produces a slight, natural resistance.
Decreasing the slider’s value makes the star less affected by the wind, causing its trajectory to straighten and
elongate. Increasing the value increases the effect of the wind and air friction on the star, shortening its
trajectory and bending it in the direction of the wind.
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