importing 2d into 3d text?

[simsmj]

actually I usually use .web to export, http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif just to keep exported objects and working .xar files separate. I only suggested .wmf because .web and .xar apparently need the xara plugin to have been installed before Xara3D can import them, and .wmf doesn't, and I didn't want to suggest an action in the tutorial that might not actually work for some users.

By the way, Egg, that's some eye-watering gif you posted in the XaraX forum. Nice.

Mike

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[ProblemGirl]

actualy, I did have some problems with the file extension name. I didnt wish to "bug" the forum anymore, so I emailed Mike privately about the matter. Unfortunatly I havnt recieved a response. But if its all the same..Ive got the plugin

thnx,
Jennifer

[simsmj]

I check my email several times a day, but didn't see one from you, Jennifer. Perhaps you could try it again?

If you have the plugin, then yes, use .xar or .web for export/import.

Glad to have helped.

Mike

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[ProblemGirl]

well..I am pretty much done with the graphic and I thought some might like to see what their efforts produced. You will notice some interference on the sides near the top..that is due to the wings of the cadius being too near the edge of the graphic. I will change that henceforth but none the less its is almost perfect and well....here it is:
http://www.citraceutic.com

[This message was edited by JenniferLyn on November 04, 2003 at 11:01.]

[simsmj]

You are obviously getting the hang of it.

A suggestion, if I may. When creating a transparent gif for a given background, it helps to set the image on a similar-coloured background before exporting, it removes the white flickering edge. If it is going onto a flat background, it doesn't need transparency if you can make the image's own background the same colour.

Another tip is that the graphic on the web site is over 1800K in size, and will be very slow to download, most especially for modem users, and also might not animate smoothly on older less "beefy" systems. Making the image smaller will be a great help (fewer pixels), as will using less colours (less memory per pixel), and finally reducing the number of frames in the animation will make a great difference in file size. Ultimately it is a compromise between the desired visual effect and practicality. It is harder of course to acheive the same result in a smaller file, but sometimes it is amazing how small the file can get and still look good. You should aim for a maximum of a few hundred Kbytes, if possible.

Well done,
Mike

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[Egg Bramhill]

Great to see someone sticking to their guns and seeing something through till the end.
I agree with all of Mikes points tho.
A standard dial up connects at about 5Kb's per second, so you can work out how long your animation would take a dial up visitor to download. They would be long gone before a quarter of the animation downloaded. The great majority on the web still connect at this speed.

On his point re the size, the image is to big for the majority of users to see in a single screen. Over 50% of visitors still view web pages at 800 x 600 screen resolution. Even maximised, due to the Browsers 'furniture', the available real estate for your web cantent is reduced to 775 x 440 pixels. (See screen grab)Notice that even at 1024 x 768 screen resolution the whole of the animation is not visible due to the Browsers furniture.


Hope you don't take these points as critising, just trying to help.

Regards
Egg

[Egg Bramhill]

Just a rough guide to screen resolution usage. A screen grab of just 1 sites statistics. Remember folks with 17 or even 21 inch monitors sometimes view at 800 x 600 pixel resolution.
Egg

[ProblemGirl]

I just rushed over to my html editor and uploaded to new and improved graphic...I really shouldve thought of changing the background.. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
Thanks so much, problem solved and I couldnt be happier, this is my first graphic, and Im so proud of me (even though I just followed your instructions most of the time) http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

signing out
Jennifer