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Highlight Geometry 375
Clamp value of 15
As you can see, the Clamp value lets you maximize
or minimize the overall number of highlights
drawn over the same image. This can be a
tremendous time saver.
Alt. R ays—Alternates the lengths of points around
the highlight. It works on every other r ay point,
changing from the ray’s full length to a smaller one
based on the percent age spinner b eneath it. This
parameter can be animated.
Alt. Rays turned off
Alt. Rays turned on and set to 40%
Vary group
The Vary group of controls adds randomness to
your Highlight effects. You can quickly adjust your
effectssothatnotwolookalike.Inmanyinstances,
you want to avoid hav ing your Highlights rotate in
formation, and the Size and Angle buttons cont rol
that.
Size—Varies the overall size of the individual
Highlights.
Angle—Varies the initial orientation of the
individual Highlights.
Reseed—Forces Highlight to use a different
random number to generate parts of its effects.
Rotate group
These two buttons let you have your hig hli g hts
automatically rotate based on their relative
position in the scene.
Distance—Automatically rotates the individual
highlight elements as they recede into the distance.
The faster your elements recede, the faster they
will rotate.