Hi cotsy -

Obviously that shouldn't be happening unless YOU tell it to!

One thing you might check in Particle Designer is whether you have any colour or fade options checked (down the bottom of parameters).



Here's a red hot particle I just made. The colours in the particle are the same as the original .png files used. Attached is one of the original PNGs if you'd like to test it in Particle Designer.

Cheers - Tony
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Thank you very much for the quick reply. Your particle looks much better than mine (more red). I used your png file and had the same result with white out edges. Not sure how to add a screen clip to show you. The problem happens when you increase the size of the object. I took your particle and increased the size and the white edges/fading comes in. Not sure how to fix this.

Thanks again. Very much appreciated for all the helpers on this site.

Quote Not sure how to add a screen clip to show you.

Save the screenshot as a JPG or PNG, then attach it using this button below the forum text box:

Changing the size affects the colour??? That's strange. It has no impact on colour here...



Could you also attach your original .png file?

Cheers - Tony
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I still am having the issue. I downloaded your particle and modified the size. I have attached the particle parameters and the resulting screenshot of the pepper in PD and the rendered video.
Thanks again.

Hi cotsy -

I have an apology to make to you. When you suggested that changing particle size had an effect on colour, I questioned it & almost dismissed it. I was wrong.

After looking at your red pepper particle settings, I started testing various graphics in Particle Designer. What I found is that graphics containing a glow effect (like the shiny surface of the red pepper) definitely get washed out when the size is increased too much.

Typically, if particle size is set to 35 or less, with size variation set to 100 or less you wouldn't see any ill effects... but when it gets pushed past that you get that washed out effect.



The same does NOT apply to flat coloured objects.

Back to your red pepper particle... if you set the size at (say) 20 & the size variation at about 100, it'll be OK.

Cheers - Tony
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