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This is intended to be the first of a series of guides to answer the most common questions that visitors to the forum ask, including the frequent How do I make my logo spin?
The guide will assume little or no familiarity with Xara3D, and will start with the simplest possible method, and later ones will demonstrate somewhat more sophisticated methods.
Mike
Great start there Mike
looks like this is going to be one invaluable guide
:) :)
thancs
nice
only just noticed these and the vid tuts..................thanks to all for making them, going to be very handy :)
thanks
Thanks!
Great help!:)
'No Overtaking' - I always wondered what this symbol was - Since we <g> drive on the 'Right' side (;-^)) I thought it was No Double Parking (LOL)Quote:
Originally Posted by simsmj
thankyous
thanks to all for making them, going to be very handy
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Originally Posted by simsmj
its off the subject but not sure where 2 look im havin trouble with sizin xported gifs,they look huge b4 i export them but afterwards they r very tiny if ny1 can help my yahoo is rebelbulldog75
Hi Rebel,
Welcome to TG forums.
I answered your other post on the same subject here:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...632#post289632
Also please note, we do not offer 1-to-1 support directly to your email address.
Talkgraphics is about sharing help and support.
to difficult for me to readT_TQuote:
Originally Posted by simsmj
Could anyone please make this basic writing spin length ways please withe some thickness to it. Many thanks
Woodlands FC
This is not a place to ask others to do some work for you.
And besides that, what you ask can be done really easy within xara 3D.
Just take a look into the program.
If its that easy, which it probably is to you. Why could you just not help me instead !!!!!!
Its only easy if you know alot about compters.......
We will "help" you as much as you want. But will not do the work for you.
Have you read the first post in this thread? - It includes very detailed instructions.
Which program do you need help with?
(Did you have a look at xara 3D6?)
Well, you don`t need to know a lot about computers for this.Quote:
Originally Posted by lincolnimpman
Open Xara 3D, press the Aa button, type "woodland fc"
choose the font you like on the left, they will be shown.
Then choose the animation option, and choose the button
that is red lined in the picture below.
And at last, in the file menu above, you choose "export animation"
( or ctrl+shift+x) and you choose if you want to export in gif swf etc.
And then you have your spinning words.
If you would like a different spin, check out the other buttons.
Play with the program a bit.
(And the next question will be, how do I get rid off the background
text sample, and we have to reply, buy the product. ;) )
Thanks for the guide simsmj. I was hoping I'd be able to use a png or gif with transparency images as my shape. So how can I make my own shapes to use in Xara 3D6? What did you use to make your current avatar?
Hello, D.Realms, welcome to the forum.
The software we tend to use for vectors in this site is one of the Xara applications, the current flagship of the fleet being Xara Designer Pro. Xara3D is a standalone app which takes vector shapes and extrudes them, giving a solid 3-dimensional look. Such solid objects can be given a paint job by importing a texture in the form of a bitmap of some type, like bmp, png, jpeg, etc. The solid objects can be animated, but the shapes making them up cannot be edited in Xara3D itself, except for extrusion depth and type and size of bevels.
Xara3D is unable to use transparency in these textures, but in exporting an image or animation, it can make the background transparent, if the target format itself permits it.
The avatar you refer to, (the spinning hollow earth) is quite a complex construction, definitely not for the faint-hearted! There is a tutorial describing it here.
Mike
thanks to all for making them, going to be very handy
Hi Mike,
My wife bought 3d7 and I hadn't a clue how to use it your article is heaven sent thank you
simsmj I have always been fascinated with your spinning globe. I think that is just awesome.
if i gave one of you guys an image could you make it spin and maybe clean it up a bit... im working on my company website and really want my logo to spin i think it would look really cool if it could spin in 3d without all the yellow around the actual logo im not sure if you can do this... but from some of the pretty awesome work i saw on here im sure its possible.... i would even be willing to pay
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We do not do freebees. Are you willing to pay for this service?
EDIT: I know you have no Xara software. We do not do freebees. Are you willing to pay for this service?
Thanks, this will be very useful for me
Hello
Making logo spin went fine for me until I got into the instructions where is says to go to the
Options Menu and select Textures. Problem is I can't find that Options Menu permitting this?
Can anyone direct me to the correct Option Menu?
Wayne
Can't help at the moment Wayne. I've just transfered from Windows 7 to 10. On trying to open X3D7 I got an error. Reinstalled but got an Exceeded Activation error, so I'm waiting for support to sort this out for me. :(
Will get back when I'm up & running again.
Egg
OK tnanks for your interest, sounds like you have more problems than I do :)
I know its crazy I cant find an Option Menu but . . .
Wayne
Wayne, Options > Texture... (Alt+X).
Acorn
Acorn
Thanks again, I got it working.
Senior moment
Wayne
i would even be willing to pay