is it possible to load a gif to background on xara 3d 7?
i wanted to have a gif running in the background and a logo spinning in front.
when i try to load a gif, it just appears as a still pic
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is it possible to load a gif to background on xara 3d 7?
i wanted to have a gif running in the background and a logo spinning in front.
when i try to load a gif, it just appears as a still pic
Yes however you may need to do some adjusting of the size to keep it form tiling.
thanks.
do i import? import animation? or just open?
You can use a gif as a background image but not as an animated gif. It will not animate.
If you have Xara Photo & Graphic Designer or Designer Pro you could manually integrate two animated gifs.
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i've seen these.......were they done on 3d 7 or another programme?
The objects in the foreground of the animation on the left look to be made in Xara3D as to which version, it could be any of them. The shimmering animation in the background was not made in Xara3D and the composite animation was not made in Xara3D.
under the texture option select background and load texture.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dnewbie
ok thanks
u'd think there'd be a program that could do it all instead of using 2 or 3 just to make 1 pic lol
Bill is correct,Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dnewbie
To get your background as a gif you need to go to the texture options select background and load textures (your gif in this case). As Bill said it will not animate, it's sort of like a wallpaper.
In the examples you posted, the first one appears to use two different animations, one for the rotating objects and another for the text. That is not possible as far as I know. You can only use one animation type. but those can be varied on the different objects by using the I-beam to select the particular object. For instance you can rotate objects in different directions at the same time but you cannot rotate one and swing something else at the same time. The second one looks doable.
There are, but you will be getting into 3D programs such as Blender for example. The problem here is they are very difficult to learn or at least the learning curve is steep.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dnewbie
Blender is a free program and if you hurry Daz is offering Bryce 7.1 for free. But that offer is going to end very soon.
http://www.daz3d.com/
It would be nice if 3D6 could do it, but a gif animation editor is the only way I can find to make the background animated.
After making the spinning effect in 3D6 and exporting as a gif with a transparent background, it was easily resized, copied, and pasted into this existing gif animation using a third party editor.
I don't know if XaraXtreme can do this or not, perhaps someone else can comment...
That's pretty cool lwc. While I am a Xara guy, there are times when it is necessary to use other software to help out, as you are finding out. Don't get me wrong Xara does what it does very well and is a pleasure to use, but there are times.... Could Xtteme do that, possibly, but it sure would require a lot of work. So however you did that sounds like a good solution.
You can use Xara Designer Pro or Photo & Graphic Designer to combine two animations, as I mentioned in post #4 in this thread.
Import the animation you want to use as the background.
Import an animation with transparency to be used over the background animation.
Copy frame by frame from the transparency animation and paste them into the frames of the background animation.
It is easiest if you have the same number of frames in both animations. However, you can improvise if needed with a little inventiveness.
Thank you Bill, when I said it would require a lot of work, that's what I was thinking. Depending on the number of frames or course. I did something almost similar at one time, where I wanted a name to rotate and get bigger and bigger to appear like it was moving forward. I did it but that really was a lot of work.
the pic on the left has the spinning discs and writing is pulsating. the background is moving like a riplle effect on the moon's reflection.
the pic on the right is a moving video of a woman running on the beach and has spinning disc in front. this one the woman told me she did in xara and jasc. i have jasc, but haven't figured out how she did it yet.
thanks everyone...i'll keep trying
lwc thats great.....thats what i was talking about, having movement behind the spinning 3d.
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the pic on the right is a moving video of a woman running on the beach and has spinning disc in front. this one the woman told me she did in xara and jasc. i have jasc, but haven't figured out how she did it yet.[/QUOTE]
I see no animation on the one on the right.
Also I understood what you are trying to do.
Jasc was the company that created Paint Shop Pro before Corel bought them.
While Jasc was still developing PSP they included the Jasc Animator application. Corel dropped the Animator application from development.
Jasc's "Animation Shop" is what I use. I've had it for about 12 years now. It was available from Corel for a few years, but they no longer show it on their websiteQuote:
Originally Posted by Soquili
as an available product. It is however, still available as "freeware".
Thank you for that information, I'll have to try that out.
The Animation Shop is available as freeware. http://www.freewaregeeks.com/?page=d...28&category=18
Scroll to the bottom of the page for a direct link to the download.
Thanks to lwc for providing the link.