Xara3D + XaraX(Combined technique)

[xander11]

Hi All!

Here is my illustration I've made for RISA Musical Instruments (The producer of top-quality ukuleles). I used 3-step technique:
1. 2D image in XaraX
2. 3D rendering using Xara 3D
3. Back to XaraX to add some small details
(strings, tuners etc.)
My suggestion to Xara Ltd. - is it possible to combine both applications in one powerful designer's tool in future? http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/confused.gif
Sometimes I need to draw something simple directly in Xara3D and sometimes I want to emboss any shapes in XaraX, but now we have two incredible cool products separately and too many manipulations. It's good to render something simple like this electric uke, but if I gonna draw the rocket engine - I must use Rhino or 3ds-max (Oh, HORROR...) http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/mad.gif

http://www.risa-music.de/index.html
Alexander

[John Rayner]

Nice Drawings Xander...

[wW]

That would be cool if Xara could do the 3d thing to items & vice versa like you suggest.

I expect Xara to one day to integrate some of their products with Xara. Perhaps with the open architecture code option, this will be possible soon. It seems like they've wanted to integrate but haven't gotten around to it just yet. We all must wait & see what happens. But that's the hard part... The waiting

The ukuleles look really nice Alexander! I like the cyan star at the hole & the colors. Really makes it pop.

[Albacore]

I think that most of the users here would agree with Xander as long as it did not restrict the speed of our programme. Look at the 3D tool in AI CS to see how a tool can slow a programme down, alright you don't have to say it, AI is not qiuck anyway.

[gwpriester]

Cool! Is it like an electric base? The strings are so far apart.

Gary

[bcire68]

Gary,

I'm not normally a stickler for spelling, as a matter of fact I'm bad at it. But because I play the electric BASS, I had to say something when you spelled it B-A-S-E.

Sorry, it just rubbed me the wrong way.

Eric

[Availor]

Nice 3D technique. Did you import seperately the details, or as a whole?

[xander11]

Originally posted by Availor:
Nice 3D technique. Did you import seperately the details, or as a whole?

I can describe all the process (even though my English so poor...).
1. I've created 2D image in XaraX, using well known features as a Bevels and Blends.
2. Separately I prepared the simple joined shape and saved it in the special file.
3. After that I've exported the 2D image (without some elements) into JPEG.
4. Opening xar* shape in Xara3D and applying JPEG as a texture.
5. After playing with 3D lighting and embossing
I've imported it back into XaraX as a PNG (with transp.)and apply the little vector details.
The headstock of this ukulele certainly was sliced and skewed.

Alexander