Move the time slider to frame 0, then play the animation in the camera
viewport.
The laserblast moves to the asteroid and stops.
Creating a Material for the Laser Blast
Now you’ll create a glowing material for your laser blast.
Create a material for the blast:
1 Open the Material Editor and move it so you can see the camera
viewport.
2 Move to frame 8 so you can see the laserblast clearly in the camera
viewport.
3 In the Material Editor, select an unused sample sphere and name its
material laserblast material.
4 Click Assign Material To Selection.
TIPIf the laserblast object is no longer selected, you can drag the material
from the sample slot into the viewport and onto laserblast.
5 In the Blinn Basic Parameters rollout > Self-Illumination group, turn off
the Color check box. Set Self-Illumination to 100.
Self-illumination makes a material appear to glow. Non self-illuminated
materials have a flat, unshaded look.
6 Click the Diffuse color swatch.
The Color Selector dialog is displayed.
Adjust the color to R: 255 , G: 114 , B: 0 , and click OK.
The color of the material is a pumpkin orange.
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