Birth/Death Size Determines the size of the particles when they are created and when they
expire.
Opacity Map Controls opacity changes for the particle over its lifetime.
Color Map Use with the Birth and Death colors to shade the particles over time.4. With the Particles layer selected in the Timeline panel, choose Effect > Simulation > CC
Particle Systems II.
5. Go to 4:00 to see the particle system.A large stream of yellow particles appears in the Composition panel.
Customizing the particle effect
You will turn this stream of particles into a supernova by customizing the settings in the Effect
Controls panel.
1. Expand the Physics property group in the Effect Controls panel. The Explosive Animation
setting works fine for this project, but instead of the particles falling down, you want them
to flow out in all directions, so change the Gravity value to 0.0.2. Hide the Physics property group, and expand the Particle property group. Then choose
Faded Sphere from the Particle Type menu.Now the particles look intergalactic. Don’t stop there, though.
3. Change the Death Size to 1.50, and increase the Size Variation to 100%.This allows the particles to change birth size randomly.
4. Reduce the Max Opacity to 55% to make the particles semitransparent.