Create different "particle" effects for webpage background.

Global particle settings

Effect color and character ("Snowflake") will be used to display all particles. Total amount of particles determined by the Amount variable. Initial positions for each particle are random and based on width and height of webpage.

Speed variables

It's possible to set up horizontal and vertical speed, as well as path or distance range. For each particle will be used random Way value in Distance from - Distance to range. So for this random pathway a random horizontal and vertical speed will be used. After each effect cycle particle coordinates will be changed to horizontal and vertical speed values and way counter decreased by one. When way reached zero new random way and random speed are generated. Therefore with different settings its possible to generate a lot of different particle effect from snow to rain or moving stars.

Effect delay

The delay variable will set the delay in the effect engine (in milliseconds). You can lower it to produce smoother animation, however try to keep it reasonable high to consume low CPU power.

Limited Compatibility

Note that this effect has limited compatibility! The effect works on the following browsers:

Internet Explorer 4
Internet Explorer 5
Internet Explorer 5.5 (or later)
Opera 5.12 (or later)
Netscape 4.5
Netscape 6 (or later)

Other settings

There are other settings that are discussed on the following topics from the Advanced Effect Maker documentation:

Working With Text Fields
Working With File Fields And File Lists
Working With Color Buttons
JavaScript Effect Compatibility
Working With Time Delays and Pauses

Aleksey Udovydchenko