bullet trials/ripples in 3ds max4

i really need help on this one guys. i need a tutorial on how to make those bullet trials/ripples on video i have a scene editied and all other effects have been added to it, except the bulet trials. please if you know how to make these in 3ds max4, and on video, please post the tut. thanks alot for your help

have you tried google? This forum is not really for 3D users. there are many 3DSM forums out there. What you're looking for is very precise, good luck finsing it. I've done ripples before in Cinema 4D. I used After Effects and a plugin called 'waveworld' or something. I used that to output a movie of a white ring getting larger and larger and dissapearing, like a ripple wave. I used this as a displacement map in a texture and applied that texture to a well sub-divided plane. Hope that helps. I don't know if i got the name of the plugin right...it's a free plugin from adobe.com. You need to register though