Heatwave / distortion / Shimmer

Hey,

I'm trying to add a distortion above the exhaust tubes as if a lot of heat was coming out.... any ideas?

I've tried:
A Cylinder wth noise added,  falloff transparancy, & raytraced refraction

Oh - this is in Max4
:)

I heard this same queston b4 i actually think there's a tutorial over at 3dcafe.com.

I would animate a clothmesh doing a wave effect with almost transparent glass refraction material.(and opacity map for the edges)

-Gav

When you say a clothmesh, what do you mean? Like just a grid bound to a ripple, or some kind of plugin?
I'll check out 3d Cafe too

Thanx!!

Yea, it' a plugin I got from 3dcafe if I remember right, then ripple it and see if that works, I havent tried it but it sounds feaseable eh?

Snds Grate! I'll give it a whirl

Thank you for the advice

:)

compositing my friend...its how the big wigs do it