Patent ID: 7441206

Claim:
A method for creating 3D visual effects for use in various applications, the method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a start screen of a 3D visual effect creation software on a display device, wherein a creation and maintenance tool is displayed in said start screen as a title bar, a node window, and a properties window, and further wherein a real-time display module is displayed in said start screen as a real-time display window; (b) creating a base node for the 3D visual effect with the creation and maintenance tool of the 3D visual effect creation software loaded on a client computer; (c) creating an emitter node under said base node in hierarchical order with said creation and maintenance tool; (d) creating a display node under said emitter node in said hierarchical order with said creation and maintenance tool; (e) activating said base node for the 3D visual effect with said creation and maintenance tool; (f) displaying on a display device of said client computer the 3D visual effect through a real-time display module of said 3D visual effect creation software; and (g) adding a display property to said display node wherein step (g) further comprises the steps of: (g1) selecting said display node displayed in said node window revealing a third menu; (g2) selecting a display option from said third menu; (g3) selecting an add display option from said third menu which generates a display tab displayed in said properties window; (g4) selecting said display tab displayed in said properties window revealing a display object menu in said properties window; and (g5) selecting a display object from said display object menu.