04-19-2006, 10:12 AM
When met with a similar situation (back in V1 days), I created small FF snowflakes using the sphere and sizing down. Then I randomly elevated them, keeping them all in the same horizontal plane. What I ended up with in essense was a sheet of snowflakes that i just put in front of the camera, almost as if you were using a filter. If a shot needed a greater sense of depth, I just duplicated the snow wall and layered them. It's not as tedious as it sounds, and I found it very useful. I've attached a sample.