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ive got this attached image
i made in photoshop.
ive also got a full size wrap image that i want to put on a cylander like a energy can. has anyone used a vector image that i can import and attach an image to wrap around it?
Q: Can i attach an image to a shape to create a spinning energy drink?
ive attached an image that spins, i want to remake that.
Well, this is the best I can do, and I thought maybe with "texture on the sides"
you could do something, but it seems to be useless for this, well, as far as I know.
Xara3D can't do this kind of animation properly, because the side of the can is not where Xara3D can apply its textures. Xara3D's textures are applied to the front face of a shape. In the case of a can or cylinder, the front face is the circular end of the can. Xara3D can only extrude flat shapes.
You could simulate a cylinder out of many thin rectangles spun around a common centre, and apply a texture to their front faces, but all the cylinder faces will get the same small section of the texture so you then need to shift the texture on each rectangle along by a small amount from the previous rectangle. It can be done, but I think it is far too much trouble, and unless you use a lot of rectangles, the resulting cylinder will not look rounded, and the image might still not look right. And you would also then have to spin the cylinde manually and build up the animation by exporting static frames into a suitable application before you could then export an animated gif.
Xara3D is really not the right tool for this.
Mike
thank you both for trying.
i wish the side texture feature was better
mabey in the next xara3d upgrade you can do this.
Well the strange thing is then, that the option is there?Quote:
Originally Posted by simsmj
Why is there an option for textures on the sides when it doesn`t work properly? Or am I missing something?
And he has done it again.
After the flag he now has, the can.
Yes it can be done, like Obama told us.
look and behold, a spinning can ;)
nice attempt there, like it :)
slight glitch with black artifact on hand appearing and disappearing..
not got x3D to hand - so can't look at file at present
It's the GIF glich. It looks absolutely perfect in X3D. ;)
okidoki - thanks John
And here a complete can (with 'example' because it does take some work,
to discourage the freebee's)
Similar to this thread:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=28452
Nice work Ankhor
Yes the wheel gets reinvented all the time ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by salaam
Actually never saw that one, and I was on the grid here by that date,
weird.
And why didn`t anyone redirect him there, could have saved me
alot of work ;)
But I did it a bit different. I made two spinning 'pills'
opened two XX4's and copy pasted one pill to the all
the seperate layers in the other XX4 I had both 'pills'
in the right frames in one XX4, then I overlayed one 'pill'
over the other and per frame I used the transperancy tool
to show just enough of one of the 'pills' so the animation would
look smooth. You see, a different approuch.
('pill' = well, the pill shape like you see in my x3d example and like
simsmj made in the other thread.
After that I made a outcut square and per frame subtracked shaped them
into the shape of a can.)
Hi this is my first post and am glad to be here:D
I had a go also, a little rough around the edge though.
Attachment 63863
I hope the name on the can is'nt a problem it's phantom beer by the way,any thoughts from the guru's are welcome:)
Excellent and welcome. Always good to see new members attaching their endevours.
i was wondering if u could help me do the same thing except with a rose? i believes its the same concept so if u can explain it to me thatd be a great help =]
ahaha im new here...joined jst so i could learn how to do it XD
arivu93,
Please review your first posted thread (22nd July) about the rose question.
You have received responses there.
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...153#post324153
Hi All,
I have been using Xara products for a couple of months now and I feel confident to add my first creation to this site. I thought I'd have a go at the spinning can. After much trawling of the brilliant forums & tutorials here, this is the result. Thanks to all the Guys on here taking time to offer help & advice.
I created two GIFs in X3D6. A basic can & a "Pill" with the graphic (Just an album artwork selected at random) as demonstrated by Ankhor.
In XXPro5 I imported the two GIFs. Cut the label shapes from the "Pill" and pasted onto the basic can. Frame by frame.
Now to attempt a favourite can of mine "Speckled Hen". Also try to get the back of the can right, not a reverse of the front
Cheers,
Fred.
Hi Fred, welcome to the forum. An impressive first post.
Looking forward to Speckled Hen.
Saludos,
Bob.
Use the transperancy tool for the back.
I made two the same pills with different textures.
one became the front the other the back it is only a
thing to place them in the right frames then.
There might be other or easier ways to do it,
but this was my way. a lot of frame by frame work.
Very impressive Fred. Thanks for sharing. We'll need more than one Speckled Hen though ;)
A can of Old Speckeled Hen.
I used Ahkors method, applying transparency to the label overlaps. Works well but a lot of Cut & Paste on Frames.
File attached if they are any use to anyone.
I think I'll drink a couple of cans now, thirsty work this.
Cheers,
Fred.
Yes it is a lot of work. I wish there was a way to import the animation gif
frame by frame in the frames that are there already. But I haven`t found a way yet, so this is the way I have to do it. Maybe in the future, that you can
import the gif in the frames of another gif in XX5, would be handy.
Oh, I forget to congratulate you on the beercan, very well done.
I hope it is cool, the beer, or are you one of the blasphemers who
drink their beer luke warm ;)
Old Speckeled Hen is is fine British ale, must be drunk at room temperature, 15 to 20. On ice - No way :(
Nice warm beer :)
Icy cold lager :(
Strange British thing I suppose.
Cheers,
Fred.
P.S. Another can calling.
Spinning Coke can done in Xara X Pro 5.0.
http://talkgraphics.com/attachment.p...0&d=1249136622
Very well done, Ron!
Thanks Bill,
why is there a lot of white space around my image? I checked the pixel size of the file object and included that when posting the flash image.
Ron I don't know why there is so much white space. I verified the size of the can and the width and height values in the post. I think we will need to wait until Sledger wakes when it becomes daytime again in Australia. :)
Okie dokie, Bill. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soquili
Ron I just noticed you have set 50% zoom in your file.
I've switched it to 100% and exported to flash just to see if that makes a difference when attached on the forums.
Attachment 64355
Exporting with zoom set at 100% made the can larger but also made the white space larger. Maybe something to do with the recent changes. :eek:
Hi Ron/Bill, in the export window set the export option to "Drawing" and not "Page". This should solve the problem.
Cheers Egg. Obvious when someone points out what needs to be done. ;):D