# How to make this effect?

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**Created:** [July 23, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-this-effect/26426 "2003-07-23T01:15:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![eggplant\_wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@eggplant\_wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eggplant_wizard)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-this-effect/26426/1 "2003-07-23T01:15:13Z")

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on [flashlevel.com](http://flashlevel.com), the mouseovers on the buttons a small flame looking thing, more like a lazer with smoke comes out. Does anyone know how to achieve this effect? Im trying to make a lazer kinda rocket booster for a space ship. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-this-effect/26426/2 "2003-07-23T02:55:13Z")

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its a cool effect!  
Im not sure but i think i read somewhere its just a bunch of jpegs placed inside a movie.

So u go to photoshop and you have your rocket booster and you apply diffrent settings to the flame and u save each one individually, say you save about 40 of them 😛 and you can have a smooth boosting effect one placed in a movie!

But then again im not 100% sure.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-this-effect/26426/3 "2003-07-23T04:46:59Z")

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Yes, it is a bunch of images placed together.

This smoke effect can be easily attained in 3ds max and then exported as several transparent png or gif files and then imported into MX. The images are them looped to create the effect 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-this-effect/26426/4 "2003-07-23T11:34:17Z")

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It was discussed in this thread.

[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27845&highlight=flashlevel](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27845&highlight=flashlevel)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-this-effect/26426/5 "2003-07-23T11:46:26Z")

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yeah i figured thats what it was, i just can’t get that same look right in photoshop. guess ill keep trying.