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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">Foreground - Snow Parameters</div>
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               <p class="para_th">Parameter</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Color</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Opens a color palette. Use the palette controls to mix the color for the snowflakes.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Near Scale and Far Scale</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Specifies the size of the flakes on the two planes. You should normally make the scale factor for the near plane larger than that of the far plane. The scale factor can be any positive value.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Flake Size</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Works with the near and far scale values to determine the size of the snowflakes.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Density</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Determines a relative density for the snowfall. This option is controlled with a slider, and when the slider is further to the right, there will be a higher density of flakes.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Determines the irregularity of the appearance of the snow. This option is controlled with a slider, and when the slider is further to the right, there will be more irregularity in the snow density.</p>
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