Adjust the glow settings:
1 Scroll down to the Glow Element rollout, and in the Name window,
rename the glow effect laser glow.
2 Change Size to 0.25 and Intensity to 200.
3 In the Radial Color group, click the white color swatch and change the
color to orange (R: 235 , G: 120 , B: 60 ).
4 Click the Options tab.
5 In the Apply Element To group, make sure Lights and Image Centers are
off.
6 In the Image Sources group, turn on Material ID. It should be set to 1 by
default.
7 Move the time slider to frame 5.
8 Scroll up to the Effects rollout > Preview group. Make sure the Camera01
viewport is active, then click the Update Scene button.
The frame renders, and then the glow is applied to the laser blast.
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