So everybody says you can't retime emitters without having to apply a drag behavior or export and reimport the emitter. Not so! Take a look at this tutorial which describes how to retime any particle emitter within Motion. Slow down, pause, speed up, reverse or loop a particle emitter within Motion the easy way - Clone & set speed.

This is one hell of a tutorial. If you've ever read any of the bulletin boards then this question pops up again and again. The traditional answer has been to apply a drag behavior to stop particles or even export and then re-import the movie and change that speed. Clumsy, long winded and a PITA.

Before we get started with the tutorial, I have put a project at the end of the tutorial so you can download it without having to go through the few steps demonstrated should you wish.

Lets start off by picking a particle emitter in Motion to demo the proceedure. The Shrapnel Explosion in the Pyro section of the Particle Emitters section should do nicely.

OK, click on the next button below to carry on with the tutorial.