Ticket Burst

HOW IT'S MADE

Ticket Burst stacks 6 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: glowing strokes traced along shapes, particles stretched along their motion, keyframed parameters and post filters (bloom).

It loops seamlessly every 1.6 s, and 6 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0 s to 0.08 s, so the layers arrive one after another. To change its colour, select "Flash" in the studio and edit Colour A and Colour B. Size on the same layer sets how big its particles are.

Layers, in draw order

1. Flashparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.05 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: pale gold.
2. Ringstroke / additiveA glowing line traced along a circle.
3. Raysparticles / additiveOne burst of 14 streaks from a ring at 0.05 s. They ease to a stop. Colour runs from white to gold over each life.
4. Gold TicketsparticlesOne burst of 9 image sprites from a disc at 0.05 s. They fall under gravity, sway from side to side, grow as they age and spin. Colour: white.
5. Red TicketsparticlesOne burst of 7 image sprites from a disc at 0.05 s. They fall under gravity, sway from side to side, grow as they age and spin. Colour: white.
6. Paper BitsparticlesOne burst of 30 squares from a disc at 0.05 s. They fall under gravity, sway from side to side, spin and slow down with drag. Colours range between gold and red.
7. Sparklesparticles / additiveOne burst of 18 stars from a disc at 0.08 s. They swell and then shrink away and slow down with drag. Colours range between white and gold.