Gold Strobe Breaks

[Curtis B]

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Just curious, I know the color “Peach” somewhat works for gold strobing effects, but when is “Gold” going to be turned into a color vs. an descriptor/editing term? Another VDL I’ve noticed is the “droop” on some brocade shells in consumer fireworks… in Finale, Brocade or Brocade Crown shoots too straight and there isn’t a way to make the stars fall quicker. I know you can make the trail of sparks bushier or thicker, but you cannot make them droopier.

 

These are more suggestions than needing help, but thought I would write down my thoughts that I’ve incurred while making VDLs this past week.

[Neil]

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Hey Curtis,

 

Try experimenting with the duration of the effects to get some extra droopiness. For single shots or individual shells (or tube effects that you plan to combine into a cake later), you can specify duration with a number and “s”, like 2s for 2 seconds. As part of a cake or other complex effect, you’ll need to use a number followed by the term DUR, like 2 DUR. The duration applies to the burn time of the stars or the main part of the effect, and if you don’t enter a value, a default value gets used according to the caliber of the effect.

 

Here’s an example of a 1.2" Brocade effect with various durations set to achieve various levels of droopiness. Setting the duration like this, combined with using other VDL modifiers like Slightly Big or Very Small, and trail modifiers like Long Trail or Slightly Short Trail should be able to get you nearly any level of droopiness you need!

 

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Curtis B wrote:

Just curious, I know the color “Peach” somewhat works for gold strobing effects, but when is “Gold” going to be turned into a color vs. an descriptor/editing term?

 

Gold implies stars with trails of gold sparks. Gold Tip implies gold colored start without trails of sparks. For example, 3″ Gold Tip Strobing.

 

References:
VDL colors
Glossary of VDL Effect Terms

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What about an effect like an willow palm that has gold strobing tail? Peach Strobing Willow Palm is how I would normally write it… would I just write it as Gold tipped strobing willow palm then?

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Strobing Willow is one of the newest VDL terms/effects. It’s a dramatic improvement from not having strobing Willow, but there’s no question it needs some more love. Gold Tip Strobing Willow is a case where you won’t get a good result – it doesn’t produce a trail containing gold tipped micro stars. Another current limitation is that adding a tip to a strobing willow star requires the effect editor. The good news is these are easy tweaks to make in the effect editor and I’m also confident we’ll be able to further improve the VDL capabilities at some point.

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