Accidental sphere in Xara 3d

[ren2980]

I think your file is a shortcut/link rather than a 3dfile.

Norman, the attached file is an original Xara 3D6 file which is a bundle file with a relatively new version of 3D6 when I purchased the application over the internet two months ago.

Thanks Bill for your help to explain for me again.
Ankhor, I do not have the same problem as you encountered. I have tried Firfox 2.0 and IE 7. Both are OK without trouble. Hmm…trying to figure out a solution.

[ankhor]

Norman, the attached file is an original Xara 3D6 file which is a bundle file with a relatively new version of 3D6 when I purchased the application over the internet two months ago.

Thanks Bill for your help to explain for me again.
Ankhor, I do not have the same problem as you encountered. I have tried Firfox 2.0 and IE 7. Both are OK without trouble. Hmm…trying to figure out a solution.

Oh I wasn`t referring to browsers, but .xar and .x3d files, I can open
them if the filename have no space or other weird characters in it, but with
spaces in the name, I have to first download them and then open them.
Without spaces or weird characters, I can open them immediately and
they appear in Xtreme or 3D6 immediately.

Somehow with spaces or unussual characters it doesn`t work.
And you see if you look closely that spaces are shown as "%20"
in between, that might be why they don`t load immediately
into the respective programs?

[ren2980]

Oh I wasn`t referring to browsers, but .xar and .x3d files, I can open
them if the filename have no space or other weird characters in it, but with
spaces in the name, I have to first download them and then open them.
Without spaces or weird characters, I can open them immediately and
they appear in Xtreme or 3D6 immediately.

Somehow with spaces or unussual characters it doesn`t work.
And you see if you look closely that spaces are shown as "%20"
in between, that might be why they don`t load immediately
into the respective programs?

Here comes the right image file.

[MiChEaL.WaRdRiP]

this is my first attempt with these instructions.

http://www.freespaces.com/ykpool/images/rotate1.gif

also, wondering if there is a way to put text on top of this without having to open photoshop/imageready and editing it in there (which takes a long time for animated text)

[salaam]

Hi MiChEaL, you've made some quick progression.

wondering if there is a way to put text on top of this without having to open photoshop/imageready and editing it in there (which takes a long time for animated text)

It would depend on what sort text animation you wanted to make.
If you want to rotate it, this would be very straight forward as you already have the globe rotating, so you could make it in X3D with the globe.

Anas

[MiChEaL.WaRdRiP]

Hi MiChEaL, you've made some quick progression.

It would depend on what sort text animation you wanted to make.
If you want to rotate it, this would be very straight forward as you already have the globe rotating, so you could make it in X3D with the globe.

Anas

i kind of wanted it to rotate independently (maybe in the opposite direction) or use a different effect for the text.

also .... i have need to use a gradient text. can you tell me the easiest method of going about getting it into X3D? i want it to go from one color (at beginning) to another color (at end) .... for example, red to blue

[salaam]

i kind of wanted it to rotate independently (maybe in the opposite direction) or use a different effect for the text.

also .... i have need to use a gradient text. can you tell me the easiest method of going about getting it into X3D? i want it to go from one color (at beginning) to another color (at end) .... for example, red to blue

To rotate in any direction is easy regardless which direction the globe is going. Just type in the text, position objects using baseline shift if needed, select the text, add texture in texture options.
To use another animation would be impossible unless you also edited it in another software package. You may be able to do the whole lot in 'swing animation' instead of rotate.

For the gradient you will need to apply a bitmap texture. See this earlier thread:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...light=gradient

[MiChEaL.WaRdRiP]

To rotate in any direction is easy regardless which direction the globe is going. Just type in the text, position objects using baseline shift if needed, select the text, add texture in texture options.
To use another animation would be impossible unless you also edited it in another software package. You may be able to do the whole lot in 'swing animation' instead of rotate.

For the gradient you will need to apply a bitmap texture. See this earlier thread:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...light=gradient

thanks i got the gradient fill .... now just to fix the text with image

whenever i try to put the text in, it makes a "doughnut" out of the picture instead of keeping the sphere .... and putting the word inside the blank spot

[salaam]

whenever i try to put the text in, it makes a "doughnut" out of the picture instead of keeping the sphere .... and putting the word inside the blank spot

Sorry MiChEaL, my mistake. I didn't realise that your globe was a border rather than a text object.
You can not place text outside of borders in this way.

Below is the result of making the glode from a text based object. Because it is made with a very large bevel, it takes up the whole X3D page, so there is little room for the text. The globe has been made with 2 pages; Africa on one page and the Americas on the other. I have also created a background image of a black disc the size of the globe as the text globe is not actually fully round.

Anas

[MiChEaL.WaRdRiP]

that's almost what i wanted but i kind of wanted the ability to have the text anywhere on the image. also, did you try changing the fit to width size down to a point size (say 48 pt) so it would be smaller???