Frame 10
8 Save your work as myrotating_asteriod1.max.
Creating a Plane for the Explosion
Now that the asteroid and laserblast are animated, it’s time to create the
explosion that will blow it up.
There are several different ways you can create an explosion in 3ds Max. One
technique is to use an animated map. This allows you to apply a movie of a
real explosion to a simple planar object.
Setup:
■ Continue working with the previous file or open rotating_asteroid.max.
Create a plane:
1 Move the time slider to frame 10 if it's not already there.
2 Activate the Front viewport, then press Alt+W on the keyboard to
maximize it.
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