# Awesome movie, awesome site

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**Created:** [February 1, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/awesome-movie-awesome-site/135936 "2005-02-01T00:58:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![trundrumbalind](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/trundrumbalind/32/696_2.png) [@trundrumbalind](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trundrumbalind)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/awesome-movie-awesome-site/135936/1 "2005-02-01T00:58:23Z")

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OK, I’m not one for the “How did they do this?” questions but if you log onto the site [www.dawnofthedeadmovie.net](http://www.dawnofthedeadmovie.net/) (go see the movie too!) and click on the “Blackout” section. There’s a nice “flashlight with smoke passing through the beam” effect. This is the kind of thing I’m looking to learn a bit more about and I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas about how they went about it.

I’m thinking they might have used a separate stand-alone program like particleIllusion but possibly, they’ve used some clever masking using a series of PNG’s.

Also, there’s some nice fire effects on the site too that I’m looking to learn a bit more about too.

Dave