Samm

So in my Animation class I was supposed to pick a tutorial to follow as an assignment. I found one of supernova-like explosions and decided to do that one, and it was smooth sailing until I hit the wall. When I reached the step where I made the first material, I finally realized that the tutorial I was using was ten years outdated--which wouldn't be a problem if I was more experienced with the program, because then I might be able to find what I'm looking for under a different name or toolbar. What I need is to enter a what the tutorial called a "channel". I apologize, I know I'm being very vague, but here's the link to the tutorial and a link to the reference image: http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/explo...tionmaster_.htm http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/jeff/Figure%202.jpg If I don't get help, I'll have to do something else. :/