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Palm<br />
Pistil body<br />
<strong>FINALE</strong> <strong>Fireworks</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
The Pistil body controls let you fine-tune the mass of the pistil’s stars, such that they’re more or less<br />
susceptible to air friction, gravity, and wind. These attributes only affect the pistils’ trajectories; they don’t<br />
modify the size or appearance of the stars.<br />
Name<br />
Weight<br />
Attribute<br />
Slider (Scaler; 1.0 = natural weight)<br />
Sets the weight of a single pistil. A value of 1.0 is the pistil’s “natural” weight. If you increase the value, the<br />
pistil becomes heavier and is pulled back to Earth more quickly (it appears to droop). Smaller values make<br />
the pistil lighter and so the straight-outward portion of its trajectory is less affected by gravity.<br />
The Pistil tail tab also has a Weight attribute. The two Weight controls affect different aspects of the pistil’s<br />
trajectory: This attribute affects the weight of the pistil’s star, bending its trajectory. The Weight controls in<br />
the Pistil tail tab set the weight of the particles along the entire tail. When you increase the weight of this<br />
attribute, you cause the stars to arc and then droop; when you increase the weight of the pistil’s tail, the<br />
effect is that of “pulling down” the entire tail from the pistil’s initial burst point.<br />
Momentum<br />
Slider (Scaler; 1.0 = natural momentum loss)<br />
As a pistil consumes its pyrotechnic material, it loses mass and momentum, and thus slows down and<br />
becomes increasingly more susceptible to the effects of the wind and air friction. This attribute lets you set<br />
the scale of the pistil’s ultimate momentum (the point at which it has exhausted its material) compared to its<br />
burst momentum. A value of 1.0 produces a “natural” momentum loss. If you increase the value, the pistil<br />
maintains more of its momentum over the course of its trajectory. If you decrease the value, the pistil loses<br />
momentum more quickly.<br />
Wind resistance<br />
Slider (Scaler; 1.0 = natural wind resistance)<br />
Sets the pistil’s susceptibility to the wind and air friction. A value of 1.0 produces a slight, natural resistance.<br />
Decreasing the slider’s value makes the pistil less affected by the wind, causing its trajectory to straighten<br />
and elongate. Increasing the value increases the effect of the wind and air friction on the pistil, shortening<br />
its trajectory and bending it in the direction of the wind.<br />
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