Novice Here: Applying shapes and textures.

[Sloppy]

Hi ther all. Ive been working on a new revolving avatar. I made this using Photshop and used Animationshop to make it revolve. Thing is, ive just got Xara 3D 6.0 and Xtreme. So i guess you know whats coming..... !!!!!

I have my still picture in myphotos as a Png, I take it that i need to some how make a shape using my picture in Xtreme. export the shape back to Xara 3D then my Png picture onto the top of that. You see, i want it to have some depth to it so it doesnt appear flat!

Am I along the right tracks here or am I way off the trail?

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...-BN-AVATAR.gif

Thanks!

[Doug]

Hi ther all. Ive been working on a new revolving avatar. I made this using Photshop and used Animationshop to make it revolve. Thing is, ive just got Xara 3D 6.0 and Xtreme. So i guess you know whats coming..... !!!!!

I have my still picture in myphotos as a Png, I take it that i need to some how make a shape using my picture in Xtreme. export the shape back to Xara 3D then my Png picture onto the top of that. You see, i want it to have some depth to it so it doesnt appear flat!

Am I along the right tracks here or am I way off the trail?

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...-BN-AVATAR.gif

Thanks!

They made a tutorial mivie that might help you:

'Creating 3D shapes using Xara 3D'

http://xara.com/products/xtreme/demos/default.asp

[Egg Bramhill]

Hi Sloppy,

Yes you seem to have grasped the concept. You'll need to recreate the vector shapes in Xtreme, copy and paste them into Xara3D.

You'll also need to create a texture to attach to your new shape.

I've attached a xar file I used to create the animation below. (Open the layers Gallery) if you just select all and copy, you can paste this into Xara3D. Now back in Xtreme select all again and export as a 96dpi png, name it texture. Back in Xara3D go View/Text Texture & Browse to "texture.png" / Open


Hope this helps.

[Egg Bramhill]

This thread would be more appropriate in the Xara3D forum. I'll leave it for a few hours then transfer it over there.

[Sloppy]

OK thanks for the reply EGG. Im going to have a play about with that and see what i can come up with. It is nice at last to see my picture with some depth Yeeehaaaaa thanks for that!

Here is a e.g of a Avatar that most of the clans have on the game forum. See how clear and smooth its is. I hope i can achieve this with Xara?

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...AVATAR_4B1.gif

[Sloppy]

OK. So i think ive sussed out how to make a shape. Looking at the video, i can just paste my shape into Xara 3D. For what ever reason i could not do that so i had to import it. Seems to work the same. Here is the animation. I tried to paste my picture on top of that but it wont do it...mmmmm..what am i doing wrong??? I made the shape 100% off my picture so i presume it would go right on the top!!!!

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...NIMATIONNB.gif