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Figure 17-52
will help you considerably when you're
positioning and scaling it, centering it
directly in front of the derelict 'droid.
An <
F9
> reveals that I've left all the
wonderful work of applying the explo-
sion for you. (Hey! How else are you
gonna learn?)
Type to
Sequence
. (Most explosion
sequences you'll buy will come with an
alpha channel so you can “cut” the
explosion onto a transparent poly. I'm
not a big fan of this because it leaves
the explosion looking flat. So, set Alpha
Channel to
Disabled
.) Instead of the
explosion sequence starting right at
frame 0, I want the audience to have
some time to register what's going on
4.
Next, enter the Image Editor, and load
the first image in the
Images\HV_
Explosion
sequence. Then, set Image
Figure 17-53
