[reisser]

The electricity at the beginning of ignition was achieved using a sphere following a spline. A video post glow effect using the "electricity" style was applied. If you are familiar with the video post, then it should be fairly simple. It is just a matter of tweaking motion and such.

All text effects were produced in 3ds max 4.3 as well. That is animated text using leading and scale. There are lens flares and glows in the video post that control the lighting effects you see. Basically, all of the effects in that piece are achieved in the video post.

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

-Brandon