3D Crest

[EvilGarlicNaanBread]

Thanks Ross. That makes me feel better, still dumb, but better. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

I made it by scanning in the image, which was very low quality and playing about with it to make it look the way you see it now.

Sorry if it's not quite how it needs to be.

[Soquili]

Egg, I'm attaching a zip file with some .xar and .x3d files I've made; in the hope they may help you in writing the tutorial. You are much better at writing tutorials than me.

http://eighthfire.dreamwater.com/shield3.gif

Jonny, don't feel dumb, you only lack experience using the programs. We all started that way, but with the tutorials by Gary and Egg and experimenting we gain experience.

Soquili

[gwpriester]

Bitmap images, such as your logo, can only be used as fills.

To create a shape that can rotate and animate in Xara 3D the image needs to be in a vector format, such as WMF (Windows Meta File) and EMF (Extended Meta File) and needs to be created in an application like Xara X, CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, etc.

Vector images are shapes such as circles, rectangles, or freehand shapes such as the crest, that are created with vector drawing tools such as Xara's Pen Tool, Shape Editor Tool, Ellipse Tool, Rectangle Tool, etc.

Gary

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[EvilGarlicNaanBread]

If you're around mate, any news on the tutorial?

Cheers. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[Xara 3D master]

Heres a tutorial i did a year ago or so, the page is a bit messed up, but you will get the basic idea... one thing though is replace flash with xara x and *.wmf files with *.xar files

http://www.nokia.contactbox.co.uk/xara

Enjoy Paul

I am the master as well [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[This message was edited by Xara 3D master on May 21, 2002 at 15:16.]

[EvilGarlicNaanBread]

Thanks a lot mate, just one thing though. When I try and pull two imported files together, they just merge, rather than lay on top of each other. What am I doing wrong?

[Egg Bramhill]

Sorry. The tutorial is onit's way. I've half completed it. I'll post it in this forum as soon as it's finished. (Got to get a move on as Xara3D5 is due out any time now and it wil be old hat.)
Egg

[EvilGarlicNaanBread]

OK, thanks a lot Egg. I'm guessing it's quite a big tutorial then, any idea when it might be finished?

Cheers.

[Xara 3D master]

you need to change the extrusion value